The Devil's Beeftub is so named for its role in cattle rustling when it was covered in forests and a suitable hiding spot. The feature lies on Corehead Farm land which was purchased by The Border Fore...

Carrifran Wildwood began life in the mid 1990s when a group of 40 individuals united to rewild one single catchment to create the 1500 acre (607 ha) forest. The idea was so singular and appealing th...

Carrifran Wildwood began life in the mid 1990s when a group of 40 individuals united to rewild one single catchment to create the 1500 acre (607 ha) forest. The idea was so singular and appealing th...

Carrifran Wildwood began life in the mid 1990s when a group of 40 individuals united to rewild one single catchment to create the 1500 acre (607 ha) forest. The idea was so singular and appealing th...

Carrifran Wildwood began life in the mid 1990s when a group of 40 individuals united to rewild one single catchment to create the 1500 acre (607 ha) forest. The idea was so singular and appealing th...

Sheep and cow pasture at Mountbenger in the Scottish Borders, a landscape typified by dense forest plantations and base grazed grassland or managed moorland. The UK rewilding movement draws together...

The Devil's Beeftub is so named for its role in cattle rustling when it was covered in forests and a suitable hiding spot. The feature lies on Corehead Farm land which was purchased by The Border Fore...

The Devil's Beeftub is so named for its role in cattle rustling when it was covered in forests and a suitable hiding spot. The feature lies on Corehead Farm land which was purchased by The Border Fore...

Tarra & Gameshope (4527 acres/ 1832 ha) was bought in 2013 to connect to the original site at Carrifran Wildwood. Carrifran Wildwood began life in the mid 1990s when a group of 40 individuals united t...

Marks of muirburn on a moorland near Colquhar in the Scottish Borders. The annual removal of heather by fire is a technique used in Scotland to stimulate growth of shoots to feed grouse populations fo...

Marks of muirburn on a moorland near Colquhar in the Scottish Borders. The annual removal of heather by fire is a technique used in Scotland to stimulate growth of shoots to feed grouse populations fo...

Glen Feshie in the Scottish Highlands, a flag ship site for rewilding after deer numbers were reduced from 45 to 2 deer/km2 to allow natural regeneration of trees on the bare moorland. The 'granny' Sc...

Saplings spread around a mature Scots pine tree in Glen Feshie. This flag ship site for rewilding has bounced back after deer numbers were reduced from 45 to 2 deer/km2 to allow natural regeneration o...

Cleared tree plantations and moorland on the Wildlands ltd. estate within the Cairngorm national park. The U.K. has the lowest forest cover of any nation in Europe at only 13%, less than half the Euro...

Cleared tree plantations and moorland on the Wildlands ltd. estate within the Cairngorm national park. The U.K. has the lowest forest cover of any nation in Europe at only 13%, less than half the Euro...

Marks of muirburn on a moorland near Colquhar in the Scottish Borders. The annual removal of heather by fire is a technique used in Scotland to stimulate growth of shoots to feed grouse populations fo...

Marks of muirburn on a moorland near Colquhar in the Scottish Borders. The annual removal of heather by fire is a technique used in Scotland to stimulate growth of shoots to feed grouse populations fo...

Moorland near Colquhar in the Scottish Borders. The annual removal of heather by fire is a technique used in Scotland to stimulate growth of shoots to feed grouse populations for shooting, sheep keep...

A felled tree beside a highway near Bassila. Over 90 percent of the nation's households are dependent on wood or charcoal for cooking. Together with one of the world's highest population growth rates...

Brush being burned to clear land for crops near Bassila. Over 90 percent of the nation's households are dependent on wood or charcoal for cooking. Together with one of the world's highest population g...

'Petit Robert', a traditional healer, at his home in Bougo. He relies heavily on forest plants for his work, and says they once grew in abundance nearby. But now, due to population growth, urbanisatio...

'Petit Robert', a traditional healer, gathering leaves from his stocks to prepare a potion for a client at his home in Bougou . He relies heavily on forest plants for his work, and says they once grew...

ATO Primate Sanctuary rescues primates, many of which are orphans whose parents were killed by hunters and poachers. The combination of habitat loss through deforestation and hunting is having a sever...

ATO Primate Sanctuary rescues primates, many of which are orphans whose parents were killed by hunters and poachers. The combination of habitat loss through deforestation and hunting is having a sever...

ATO Primate Sanctuary rescues primates, many of which are orphans whose parents were killed by hunters and poachers. The combination of habitat loss through deforestation and hunting is having a sever...

Women selling charcoal beside a highway. Over 90 percent of the nation's households are dependent on wood or charcoal for cooking. Together with a demand for agricultural land driven by one of the wor...

The remains of a burnt tree stump on land being cleared for agriculture near Bassila. Over 90 percent of the nation's households are dependent on wood or charcoal for cooking. Together with one of the...

A man sleeping underneath a broken-down pick-up heavily laden with charcoal on a highway in the Oueme Province. Over 90 percent of the nation's households are dependent on wood or charcoal for cooking...

A man carrying logs on the back of his motorcycle. One of the highest population growth rates in the world means tremendous demand for wood for construction and cooking fuel. Combined with increasing...

A family belonging to the Celestial Church of Christ worshipping on the beach. Founded in Benin in 1947, the church forbids idolatory, fetish ceremonies, cult membership, sorcery or amulets and charms...

'Petit Robert', a traditional healer, at his home in Bougou. He relies heavily on forest plants for his work, and says they once grew in abundance nearby but now, due to population growth, urbanisatio...

Supplies of leaves, bark and roots at a healer's premises. Such forest products are becoming increasingly difficult to find due to deforestation, a problem compounded by harvesting them in a manner th...

Supplies of leaves, bark and roots at a healer's premises. Such forest products are becoming increasingly difficult to find due to deforestation, a problem compounded by harvesting them in a manner th...

A family belonging to the Celestial Church of Christ worshipping on the beach. Founded in Benin in 1947, the church forbids idolatory, fetish ceremonies, cult membership, sorcery or amulets and charms...

A stretch of the Oueme River valley cleared for agriculture. Often the only trees left standing are 'useful' ones, such as the mango trees seen here. Over 90 percent of the nation's households are dep...

Deforested land along the Oueme River. Often when trees are felled, only ''useful' ones are left standing, such as this mango tree.

Cattle being herded along a path near Dekanme. Competing demands for grazing and agricultural land are a constant source of conflict in Benin, as in much of West Africa. In combination with burgeoning...

A corn plantation in the Parecis Plateau in northwest Mato Grosso. The region that functions as a watershed between the Amazon and La Plata basins was rapidly occupied by intensive grain agriculture f...

Men work in a gold mine in Peixoto de Azevedo in northern Mato Grosso, which is one of the largest gold producing areas in Brazil. Part of the extraction activity is illegal and even those legalised d...

Indigenous Indian men participate in the 'Quarup', a funeral ceremony, in Yawalapiti village amid smoke from forest fires. With the warming temperature, caused by the climate change, the number of for...

Indigenous Indians prepare to attend a funeral ceremony at Yawalapiti Village amidst the smoke that has covered the Xingu Indigenous Park due to the large number of forest fires.

IBAMA's (Brazil's environmental protection agency) headquarters in Humaita, which was set on fire in 2017 by miners after an agency operation to combat illegal gold mining on the Madeira River, and wh...

Riot police walk down a dirt road inside the Bom Futuro National Forest to remove invaders who had set up a camp with about 200 shacks inside the reserve. In 2019, Bom Futuro lost 874 hectares of fore...

Indigenous Indians prepare to attend a funeral ceremony at Yawalapiti Village amidst the smoke that has covered the Xingu Indigenous Park due to the large number of forest fires.

An indigenous man walks through the village of Yawalapiti amidst the smoke from bush fires in the Xingu Indigenous Park. With rising temperatures, caused by climate change, the number of forest fires...

A forest tractor hauls a log in the Jamari National Forest.

Recent deforestation in the municipality of Apui, along the Trans-Amazonian highway in the south of Amazonas State. Apui is on the front line of agricultural expansion in the Amazon, the seventh most...

An area deforested by land grabbers in the Trincheira Bacaja Indigenous Land. President Bolsonaro's speeches denigrating indigenous populations acted as a stimulus for invaders of indigenous lands. In...

An indigenous man walks through the village of Yawalapiti amidst the smoke from bush fires in the Xingu Indigenous Park. With rising temperatures, caused by climate change, the number of forest fires...

A tractor, almost hidden by undergrowth, used in illegal timber operations inside the Jamari National Forest which was confiscated by the Chico Mendes Institute of Conservation and Biodiversity (ICMBi...

Small patches of rain forest, surrounded by vast agricultural fields, are all that remain after vast swathes of forest have suffered deforestation. Para State is the most deforested of all Brazil's Am...

Recent deforestation in the municipality of Apui, along the Trans-Amazonian highway in the south of Amazonas State. Apui is on the front line of agricultural expansion in the Amazon, the seventh most...

An employee weighing cattle carcasses in the Frigo Verde refrigerator.

An area deforested by land grabbers in the Trincheira Bacaja Indigenous Land. President Bolsonaro's speeches denigrating indigenous populations acted as a stimulus for invaders of indigenous lands. In...

A stretch of the Trans-Amazonian Highway close to the town of Labrea, a municipality with one of the highest deforestation rates in the Amazon region.

A forest tractor hauls a log in the Jamari National Forest.

A legal logging crew take a rest after cutting down a pequi tree in the Jamari National Forest. The lack of monitoring by environmental agencies and consequent ease of illegal logging, even in protect...

Landless Sebastiao Pereira (70) rests in his tent at a camp in Vila Rio Pardo. This camp was set up last year by families who were evacuated from an invaded area within the Bom Futuro National Forest....

A member of the Specialized Inspection Group (GEF) , a part of IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), Brazil's environmental protection agency, destroys brick...

A truck driven by minors and loaded with illegal timber extracted from Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land, is apprehended by IBAMA agents ( Brazil's environmental protection agency) on the Trans-Amazonian...

An area deforested by land grabbers for cattle pasture in the Trincheira Bacaja Indigenous Land. President Bolsonaro's speeches denigrating indigenous populations acted as a stimulus for invaders of i...

Xikrin warriors arrive at Rapko village after a jungle expedition to remove invaders from the Trincheira Bacaja Indigenous Land which had part of their area invaded and cleared by land grabbers. Aband...

A statue of beef cattle indicates the entrance of a farm in Peixoto de Azevedo alongside the BR-163 highway. This region that was once covered by the Amazon rainforest has been deforested to make way...

An aerial view of the construction of the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River. More than 80% of the river's waters has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the biggest man-made interv...

The construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the largest man-m...

A billboard with a message of support to President Bolsonaro financed by local farmers from the city of Altamira, which is located on the banks of the Trans- Amazonian highway.

An area degraded by gold mining, located on the banks of the Peixoto de Azevedo River in northern Mato Grosso. This region that was once covered by the Amazon rain forest but has been cleared to make...

Men working in an illegal gold mine on the Rato River, a tributary of the Tapajos River, within the Itaituba National Forest. Practiced since the late 1950s in the region, the activity has undergone a...

A burned area of forest within the Altamira National Forest. The Novo Progresso municipality has one of the highest deforestation rates in Brazil.

Men working in an illegal gold mine on the Rato River, a tributary of the Tapajos River, within the Itaituba National Forest. Practiced since the late 1950s in the region, the activity has undergone a...

Cattle cross a freshly burned area of forest within the Altamira National Forest in the BR-163 highway region. Along this road is located Novo Progresso, a municipality with one of the highest defores...

A burned area of forest within the Altamira National Forest. The Novo Progresso municipality has one of the highest deforestation rates in Brazil.

Settlers build a house on a newly deforested plot of land alongside the BR-319 road near the village of Realidade. The highway, inaugurated in 1976, which is not yet completely paved, is the only land...

A stretch of the BR-319 highway that connects Manaus to Porto Velho. The paving of this 870 km road, which was one of President Jair Bolsonaro's promises during the presidential campaign, could lead t...

A site of illegal columbite mining in the Jamari National Forest Jamari National Forest.

A site of illegal columbite mining in the Jamari National Forest Jamari National Forest.

Children collect fire wood from the bush around the Gourounkoum camp for internally displaced persons.

A new settlement built in the outskirts of Altamira for families displaced because of the construction of Belo Monte dam.

Trucks work on the construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of th...

The construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the largest man-m...

The construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the largest man-m...

An aerial view of Belo Monte's main dam construction site on the Xingu River. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the largest man-...

A stretch of the Xingu river between the Belo Monte dam and Altamira, seen in 2011 before the dam's construction. The total area flooded by the reservoir was nearly 516 km2, and all these islands form...

Trucks work on the construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of th...

The construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the largest man-m...

The Volta Grande region, a 100-kilometre stretch of the Xingu River that has been seriously impacted by the decrease in water flow due to the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. Much of...

Trucks work on the construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of th...

Deforestation for the construction of the bypass channel of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of...

A stretch of the Xingu river between the Belo Monte dam and Altamira, seen in 2011 before the dam's construction. The total area flooded by the reservoir was nearly 516 km2, and all these islands form...

The Volta Grande region, a 100-kilometre stretch of the Xingu River that has been seriously impacted by the decrease in water flow due to the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. Much of...