A man weaving fronds from a palm tree. There are many kinds of palm trees. "We...
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...
Children play in a canoe on the Rio Bobonaza. The river is the main link...
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.
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...
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).
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...
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...
Walkanga bathing with her little brother in a small stream.
The native...
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...
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...
Jade carrying a handful of fish caught that day in the Rio Bobonaza. Children...
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 indigenous Kichwa people of Sarayaku are located in the Amazon region of...
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...
Men drinking 'Chicha, ak'a in Quechua', an Andean drink found in Ecuador,...
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...
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...
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...
Antonio and Lucia are finishing their diner which has been cooked and served...
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...
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...
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 man carries a load of palm leaves through the forest. The kichwa economy is...
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.
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.
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...
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...
A girl paddles in the Rio Bobonaza. The river is the main link between the...
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 man hunting in the forest. Hunting is common: two species of wild boar...
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...
Members of the community use their machettes to clear vegetation from the...
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.
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Malte, a Coton de Tulear, 11 years old.
"Malte has been to the dog cinema...
Malte, a Coton de Tulear, 11 years old.
"Malte has been to the dog cinema several times, he is happy as long as he is here. He hates being alone. He loves to get out for a walk, no matter if it's w...
Arsham, in the foreground, and Arash behind him, look into the sky on a rainy...
Arsham, in the foreground, and Arash behind him, look into the sky on a rainy day in Kayseri. A conservative business hub, Kayseri is home to many Iranian LGBT asylum seekers, with some complaining of...
Yelena (67) shelters from rain beneath an umbrella. The war in Ukraine divided...
Yelena (67) shelters from rain beneath an umbrella. The war in Ukraine divided families and friends. Yelena says she has two sons, one is pro-Russian and the other pro-Ukrainian. The brothers don't ta...
Tanya (70) shelters from the rain beneath an umbrella. When she hears...
Tanya (70) shelters from the rain beneath an umbrella. When she hears exploding bombs she says she is very scared and while some people have become used to the explosions she hasn't and is always scar...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite international de la Croix Rouge) after a sudden rain storm. The ICRC (CICR) is "an impartial, neutral and independent organisat...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite international de la Croix Rouge) after a sudden rain storm. The ICRC (CICR) is "an impartial, neutral and independent organisat...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite international de la Croix Rouge) after a sudden rain storm. The ICRC (CICR) is "an impartial, neutral and independent organisat...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite international de la Croix Rouge) after a sudden rain storm. The ICRC (CICR) is "an impartial, neutral and independent organisat...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite international de la Croix Rouge) after a sudden rain storm. The ICRC (CICR) is "an impartial, neutral and independent organisat...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite...
The headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comite international de la Croix Rouge) after a sudden rain storm. The ICRC (CICR) is "an impartial, neutral and independent organisat...
Fans watch the 35th annual Selcuk Camel Wrestling Festival competition near...
Fans watch the 35th annual Selcuk Camel Wrestling Festival competition near Izmir, Turkey. The event usually draws large crowds of up to 20 thousand, although this year the numbers were lower due to r...
Spectators watch the 35th annual Selcuk Camel Wrestling Festival competition...
Spectators watch the 35th annual Selcuk Camel Wrestling Festival competition near Izmir, Turkey. The event usually draws large crowds of up to 20 thousand, although this year the numbers were lower du...
Ali Reza (L, 28) and Pedram (19), from Tehran and Shiraz, Iran.
They live...
Ali Reza (L, 28) and Pedram (19), from Tehran and Shiraz, Iran.
They live together in a house well known amongst the Iranian LGBT community, Ali Reza and Pedram place a plastic sheet over their garden...
Jim and Ined Humphries drink coffee in front of their temporary home, a...
Jim and Ined Humphries drink coffee in front of their temporary home, a leaking caravan they have covered with a trampoline to protect them from the rain. Jim and Ined Humphries lost their home in a h...
Modjadji Forest is a sacred site for the Rain Queen of the
Balebodu Kingdom.
Modjadji Forest is a sacred site for the Rain Queen of the
Balebodu Kingdom. The Rain Queen is thought to have
magical powers, including the power to induce rain, which
have been passed from mother to...
A rock engraving and painting by San people. The San signified their spiritual...
A rock engraving and painting by San people. The San signified their spiritual connections to the land through rock engravings and paintings. At this spot the /Xam people would invoke the rain,
Park Ranger Donald Ndongo on the edge of a river in the Lope National Park.
Park Ranger Donald Ndongo on the edge of a river in the Lope National Park. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The Congo Basin rain...
Large tree trunks lie on railway carriages in the Gabon Special Economic Zone,...
Large tree trunks lie on railway carriages in the Gabon Special Economic Zone, a controlled hub for the extraction of timber on a sustainable basis. All timber is traced. Gabon is looking to refocus i...
Lee White, former botanist and now Gabon's Minister for the Environment,...
Lee White, former botanist and now Gabon's Minister for the Environment, stands next to an Okoume tree. The okoume tree (aucoumea klaineana) is a popular source of plywood due to its lightness and fle...
Lee White, former botanist and now Gabon's Minister for the Environment,...
Lee White, former botanist and now Gabon's Minister for the Environment, stands next to an Okoume tree. The okoume tree (aucoumea klaineana) is a popular source of plywood due to its lightness and fle...
A forest canopy visible from the air in the Congo Basin rain forest in Gabon.
A forest canopy visible from the air in the Congo Basin rain forest in Gabon. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The Congo Basin ra...
Dense forest in Gabon. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to...
Dense forest in Gabon. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The Congo Basin rain forest covers 90% of the country and is known as the...
Dense forest in Gabon. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to...
Dense forest in Gabon. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The Congo Basin rain forest covers 90% of the country and is known as the...
A forest canopy visible from the air in the Congo Basin rain forest in Gabon.
A forest canopy visible from the air in the Congo Basin rain forest in Gabon. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The Congo Basin ra...
A forest canopy in the mist, visible from the air in the Congo Basin rain...
A forest canopy in the mist, visible from the air in the Congo Basin rain forest in Gabon. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The C...
An okoume tree (aucoumea klaineana), a popular source of plywood due to its...
An okoume tree (aucoumea klaineana), a popular source of plywood due to its lightness and flexibility.
Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil re...
Tanguy Gaouma, the head of Gabon's National Climate Council. Gabon is looking...
Tanguy Gaouma, the head of Gabon's National Climate Council. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The Congo Basin rain forest covers...
Tanguy Gaouma, the head of Gabon's National Climate Council. Gabon is looking...
Tanguy Gaouma, the head of Gabon's National Climate Council. Gabon is looking to refocus its national economy to sustainable forestry due to declining oil reserves. The Congo Basin rain forest covers...