Bulgaria, beech forests in Central Balkan National Park near to Kalofer,

Photo by Georgi Ekov.

Costa Rican forest

Photo by Alejandra Porras and Mariana Porras, COECOCEIBA-AT

Women processing cloves and coffee

These are women from Batipuh Selatan, Tanah Datar in West Sumatra. They traditionally produce coffee and cloves. WALHI supports indigenous peoples here to gain customary rights over their forests. Their rights ensure that they can conserve their forests and have the ability to grow coffee and cloves. Photo by: Chaus

13. Making traditional hunting traps

Sungai Rumanau men demonstrate a traditional trap for hunting small game. Photos by PACOS, Malaysia and Tony Allison

Forest and streams in Georgia

Georgia, natural broad leaved forests in Kharagauli near Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park. Photo by Merab Machavariani.

Sappi FSC 'plantation' in South Africa

Photo: Wally Menne, Timberwatch

Deforestation for palm oil in Peru

Aerial image of deforestation for new palm oil plantation in Ucayali, Peru. Photo by Mathias Rittgerott/Rainforest Rescue

Monoculture tree plantation, Ixopo, South Africa

Photo: Wally Menne, Timberwatch

Wildfires in central Portugal

On 17th June a dry thunderstorm ignited a forest fire in central Portugal, already parched from an intense heat wave and severe drought. It quickly spread over nine different municipalities and took a week and vast fire-fighting resources to extinguish. Sixty four people lost their lives, mostly trying to flee the fires in their cars, on roads flanked by eucalyptus plantations. Photo credit: Margus Kurvitis

Don Pedro Suarez, a Mapuche, observing the deforestation and plantations surrounding his community in the Bio-Bío region. These are causing biodiversity loss and water shortages making the future uncertain. Along with his community, Don Pedro has been in a long struggle against forestry, pulp and hydropower companies in order to protect their sacred sites and their way of life. They are actively engaged in conserving local biodiversity through their traditional practices and traditional pesticide free agriculture.

Plantation forestry in Colombia.

Photo by Global Forest Coalition.