Wendy Shattil / Light shining through the U.S. border wall, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA, March 2020.

Lucas Bustamante / Aerial view of cut tree trunks in deforested Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. 25 tree species, many of them threatened, are involved.

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

David Woodfall / Hedge which has been 'netted ' to prevent breeding birds nesting, which would delay building development of new homes. The tree in the background has also been cut back. Chester, Cheshire, Eng...

David Noton / Slash and burn deforestation near Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance, men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African rainforest clearance - man with chainsaw cutting hardwood tree felled for timber. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Jabruson / African Rainforest clearance - hardwood tree felled for timber exploitation. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / African Rainforest clearance - hardwood tree felled for timber exploitation. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched vegetation and rocks after fires during the peak of the dry season, Vale de Lua, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, Septe...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) in a cut forest. East coast, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Ingo Arndt / Burned trees in front of Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, September 2011.

Tim Laman / Logging road and forest destruction in pristine area of Waigeo Island, West Papua, New Guinea

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) walking in grass burnt in bushfire, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Dynamite blasted reef, near Taglibas, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Jabruson / African rainforest transport penetration. Road and associated infrastructure development difficulties. The onset of the rainy season deteriorates dirt roads and vehicles get stuck in mud, Cameroon, Au...

Jabruson / Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum) flying above pile of hardwood timber logs in storage depot. Lope National Park, Libreville, Gabon.

Denis-Huot / Bush fire at dusk, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, October 2012

Sven Zacek / Trees that have been gnawed by Beavers (Castor fiber) Southern Estonia, October.

Kirkendall-Spring / Clearcut forest in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Washington, USA, August 2011.

Jabruson / Boy walking on large pile of hardwood logs ready for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place f...

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with trucks carrying hardwood timber stop on the route from near the Lope National Park to Libreville, Gabon, 2009. No release available.

Sergey Gorshkov / Ash and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Red hot lava flow from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Lava and ash erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012

Sergey Gorshkov / Ash plume and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012

Mark Taylor / Forest fire at night with silhouetted trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Roy Mangersnes / Storm over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, lightning sstrikes are the predominant cause of bush fires, Botswana, November

Roy Mangersnes / Bushfire and dust devils in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana, November

Jack Dykinga / Charred remains of Aspen-fir forest near Hannagan's Meadow, at sunset with fireweeds growing in profusion amidst felled trees, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, USA September 2011

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Volunteers clearing and burning vegetation, Vange Marsh RSPB reserve, Essex, England, UK, November.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Machinery that cuts, peels and calculates the volume of the wood, cutting eucalyptus trees in the municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastren Brazil, January 2012. No release available.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Christophe Courteau / Timber washed onto the shore by the strong arctic currents. There are no trees on Spitzbergen, all the wood comes from the Siberian Coast, Poolepynten, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Thunderstorm and bushfire at night. Kalahari, Botswana, November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Thunderstorm and bushfire at night. Kalahari, Botswana, November.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Area of felled non-native plantation as part of habitat management to restore bog peatland, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, UK, July 2011

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Juergen Freund / Fisherman collecting freshly blasted or dynamited schooling fish in the reef. Phillipines, April 2009.

Claudio Contreras / Fast flowing silted river, deforestation, Port-a-Piment, Haiti, October 2010

Andy Rouse / Harvested potatoes in Virunga Volcanoes National Park with agricultural land behind and forest beyond where the mountain gorillas live, Rwanda, April 2010. Encroachment of the human population on habi...

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of old coral reef destroyed by dynamite fishing. New corals are not able to colonise the rubble. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Old coral reef destroyed by dynamite fishing. New corals are not able to colonise the rubble. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Volcanic ash and lava eruption from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, steam rises as the flowing lava interacts with glacier ice, Iceland, May 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Lightning effects in the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption, Iceland, May 2010