Matteo Rodrigues (35) after smoking crack cocaine in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the s...

Nathaniel Tavares (31) exhales while smoking crack cocaine in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname...

Matteo Rodrigues (35) smoking crack cocaine in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggli...

Matteo Rodrigues (35) smoking crack cocaine in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggli...

A rock of crack cocaine on a home-made pipe, about to be smoked, in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nic...

Police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser look at the docked ship. In February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they foun...

The freighter Eser, onboard which, in February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they found nearly ten tonnes of cocaine on the vessel. Th...

Edimondo Junior (24), an ex-cocaine user at the Tendas el Shaddai drug rehabilitation centre with Honorio Da Costa Fragata (71), the rehab's director. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'H...

Edimondo Junior (24), an ex-cocaine user at the Tendas el Shaddai drug rehabilitation centre. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggling route at...

Nathaniel Tavares (31), suffering from withdrawal symptoms as he waits for crack in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10...

Nathaniel Tavares (31), suffering from withdrawal symptoms as he waits for crack in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10...

One of the numerous 'favelas' in Praia, capital of Cape Verde, where crack cociane is freely available. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smugglin...

Matteo Rodrigues (35) after smoking crack in a crack den. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggling route at 10 degrees north which provides the...

A police officer involved in the raid on the freighter Eser standing on an armed vessel. In February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they...

Duner Gonsalves (23), an ex-drug user lifts weights at the Tendas el Shaddai drug rehabilitation centre in Santa Cruz. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname f...

Natalino Brito (37), an ex-drug user lifts weights at the Tendas el Shaddai drug rehabilitation centre in Santa Cruz. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname fo...

A boy stands on a hillside in Assomada, a town in Santa Catarina, an impoverished farming county an hour's drive through jagged mountains from Praia. Once, the region's main income was from beans, cor...

Houses in the remote mountains in Santa Catarina, an impoverished farming county an hour's drive through jagged mountains from Praia. Once, the region's main income was from beans, corn and livestock....

A scarecrow on a hillside in Santa Catarina, an impoverished farming county an hour's drive through jagged mountains from Praia. Once, the region's main income was from beans, corn and livestock. Toda...

An apartment block, beside the state TV building, where police found 1.5 tonnes of cocaine in the basement. In the two year investigation that followed, tens of millions of dollars worth of property w...

An apartment building where cocaine was found during a police raid. The building is home to the Armed Forces General Staff. In the two year investigation that followed, tens of millions of dollars wor...

Local rapper Ga Da Lomba (35). After moving to America in his late teens, where he says he fell in with a bad crowd, he returned home and spent the next 15 years hooked on cocaine, robbing to feed his...

Cape Verde prison where cocaine smugglers are held. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggling route at 10 degrees north which provides the short...

Local rapper Ga Da Lomba (35). After moving to America in his late teens, where he says he fell in with a bad crowd, he returned home and spent the next 15 years hooked on cocaine, robbing to feed his...

Local rapper Ga Da Lomba (35). After moving to America in his late teens, where he says he fell in with a bad crowd, he returned home and spent the next 15 years hooked on cocaine, robbing to feed his...

Matteo Rodrigues (35, standing) and Nathaniel Tavares (31), after smoking crack cocaine in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Hig...

Cape Verde prison where cocaine smugglers are held. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggling route at 10 degrees north which provides the short...

One of the police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser where nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine were found, looks at the Abiete, a Brazilian fishing vessel caught smuggling two tonnes of cocai...

A rock of crack being prepared for smoking in a crack den in the neighbourhood of Ponta De Agua, Praia. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smugglin...

Cape Verde prison where cocaine smugglers are held. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggling route at 10 degrees north which provides the short...

Police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser stand on an armed vessel. In February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they fou...

Two boats caught carrying a quarter tonne of cocaine between them. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggling route at 10 degrees north which pro...

One of the police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser looks at two smaller boats that, in another police operation, were found to be smuggling a quarter tonne of cocaine between them....

Two of the police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser. In February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they found nearly ten...

One of the police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser. In February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they found nearly ten...

One of the police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser. In February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they found nearly ten...

One of the police officers involved in the raid on the freighter Eser. In February 2019, police on the island made the world's biggest-ever seizure of Europe-bound cocaine, when they found nearly ten...

The Abiete, a Brazilian fishing vessel caught smuggling two tonnes of cocaine in August 2019. The Cape Verde islands lie on what's known as 'Highway 10', the DEA's nickname for the smuggling route at...

Local rapper Ga Da Lomba (35). After moving to America in his late teens, where he says he fell in with a bad crowd, he returned home and spent the next 15 years hooked on cocaine, robbing to feed his...

Members of the community eat a meal together on a Saturday, the day when the community works together and everyone cooks and eats together.

A man weaving fronds from a palm tree. There are many kinds of palm trees. "We pick the fruits of the morete, chili, chambira, chiwa, chonta palms. We eat the heart of the chonta, chili, taraputu, ram...

Two girls collecting flowers which to the Kichwa people of Sarayaku are the symbol of their resistance to the threat to the rain forest.

Children play in a canoe on the Rio Bobonaza. The river is the main link between the people of Sararyaku and the world outside of the forest. It takes four hours by motor canoe to reach the heart of t...

A member of the community uses a machette to clear vegetation from the school. Saturdays is a day when the community works together and everyone cooks and eats together.

Jade Gualinga eats a water melon snack while sitting in a canoe on the Rio Bobonaza. Sarayaku has the vision and mission to 'preserve and use in a sustainable way the natural resources of its territo...

Sarayaku is governed by the traditional Kichwa authorities (Kurakas system). The assemblies are the heart of Sarayaku's community life. All decisions are taken after consultation with the inhabitants...

A child chases a light aeroplane along a dirt runway that allows small planes to land for health reasons or for visits by political or administrative personalities. The Kichwa people of Sarrayku refu...

Jade is preparing her books for school.

Walkanga bathing with her little brother in a small stream. The native peoples of the Amazon have a holistic vision of the Pachamama: "It is not simply a landscape or aesthetic relationship, but the...

Children playing the large square that the community is organised around and where important events take place. The main community includes several schools, an old mission, a women's house and a commu...

A girl crosses a gully using a length of wood.

Jade carrying a handful of fish caught that day in the Rio Bobonaza. Children participate in all community activities with their parents, and from an early age become familiar with hunting and fishing...

The Gualinga girls cut the stinger off a scorpion and put it on a leash to play with, like a pet.

A boy squats inside a building lit by candles and torchlight.

Maya plays in the water before washing clothes. There's no drinking water, no sewage and no sanitation, just an ecological bathroom.

Jose and Sabina cut banana leaves in their family 'chacra' (farm). They will be used for cooking and to make a floor mat for a forest camp.

The indigenous Kichwa people of Sarayaku are located in the Amazon region of Ecuador, on the Bobonaza River. It is composed of seven community centres in a territory of 135,000 hectares. 95% of the Sa...

A young woman brushes her hair. Teenagers in the community often find themselves between two worlds, modernity and tradition.

All members of the family have their own task, children included. Maya and her sisters come every day to hand-wash the clothes in the river.

Men drinking 'Chicha, ak'a in Quechua', an Andean drink found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia. It is made from corn, peanuts (mani), cassava (yuca) or rice (arroz) to which fruit is...

Sabine Bouchat, who came from Belgium to live in the Sarayaku community when she was 19 years old where she fell in love with Jose Gualinga, one of the leaders of the Sarayaku community. They recentl...

A man sleeping in a hammock. Typically, the living area is outside, around the hammocks. After a day of working in the humid heat people will rest and socialise for a few minutes before going to sleep...

A woman and children check a girl's scalp for headlice. Among the Sarayaku, head lice is an exciting game, and the girls quarrel to do it.

A child plays with a balloon in a village clearing.

Sleeping in the forest remains a fairly commonplace activity for children who accompany their parents to temporary camps.

A man wades chest deep into the Rio Bobonaza in order to check fishing nets laid earlier.

Children jumping into the Rio Bobonaza from the branches that overhang the river.

A girl collecting flowers which to the Kichwa people of Sarayaku are the symbol of their resistance to the threat to the rain forest.

Antonio and Lucia are finishing their diner which has been cooked and served on leaves. Leaves are useful for anything, as a mattress, as a drug, as a roof, as a basket, and also as an oven where fish...

In the village a kindergarten and elementary school that integrates both traditional knowledge and the national curriculum has been created by the Yachak Association of Sarayaku (Atayak) to perpetuate...

Preparation of the traditional drink called 'Chicha', made with fermented yucca. Sarayaku tradition is to mix the smashed yucca with female members of the community's saliva. Girls and women have to c...

A group set up a camp in the forest.Setting up a camp can take up to an hour, often ending with the arrival of nightfall.

A man carries a load of palm leaves through the forest. The kichwa economy is 90% subsistence, depending mainly on agriculture and forest resources such as hunting, fishing, fruit picking, honey, palm...

The 'chacra', a farm, will last the time of a harvest, more or less two years. Afterwards, the land will be returned to nature for a minimum of ten to fifteen years. On this land, palm trees and fruit...

Children look at the Rio Bobonaza from a bridge that is their route to school. When classes are over the children play around the bridge and jump from it to the water.

Walkanga playing with a mobile phone while lying beneath a mosquito net. The houses are often raised from the ground, with the lower part serving as kitchen and living room. The habitat is made with...

Walkanga and Jade are playing by the water. Children become familiar with water and the use of dugout canoes at a very early age.

A girl paddles in the Rio Bobonaza. The river is the main link between the people of Sararyaku and the world outside of the forest. It takes four hours by motor canoe to reach the heart of the Sarayak...

A part of the forest canopy illuminated by a strong artificial light.

Children looking at a smartphone before they go to sleep.

A man hunting in the forest. Hunting is common: two species of wild boar (wanta, watusa), different kinds of birds. More rarely: the tapir, which is in danger of extinction, some monkeys, the armadill...

A woman walking through the forest, a daily activity to set up camp for a hunting or fishing trip or to go to school.

Members of the community use their machettes to clear vegetation from the school. Saturdays is a day when the community works together and everyone cooks and eats together. shel

A man lights up a firework while the street fills up with smoke during a festivities in the San Diego neighbourhood.

A mural of an axolotl in the Nativitas neighbourhood. This endemic amphibian from the Valley of Mexico was considered an aquatic manifestation of the god Xolotl.

A mural of an axolotl in the Caltongo neighbourhood. This endemic amphibian from the Valley of Mexico was considered an aquatic manifestation of the god Xolotl.

Luis Zambrano, head of the UNAM's Ecological Restoration Laboratory, in his office. The university's restoration process relies upon the establishment of axolotl refuges to increase water quality, a c...

Two axolotls that morphed, due to stress, into a salamander, rest in a fishtank at the UNAM's Ecological Restoration Laboratory. Although the axolotl seems to be thriving across fishtanks in the world...

A farmer who uses agrochemicals, stands in his 'chinampa' (artificial islands) in San Gregorio. Pesticides are widely used in 'chinampas' to increase production.

Juvenile axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum), a salamander, swimming in a fish tank at an axolotarium, a place to grow specimens and receive tourists, in Xochimilco. Although the axolotl seems to be thrivi...