Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close Eat devastating action of man , the Paraíba do Sul River reached the limit of their dry . One of the worst droughts in the history of the Paraiba do Sul River. Mateus Curty Água viva fotografada ao nascer do Sol na Praia de Porto de Galinhas. Paulo Roberto da Silva Junior Junior Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) David Steinwender Coastline is changing. Mangroves along the coast are facing severe land use change due to unplanned city expansion, diminishing the ecosystem services these provide to society such as extreme tides control. Cartagena city, as many others located by the sea, is seriously threated by sea level rise and increase of extreme events frequency, and mangroves are natural barriers which reduce the impact of these phenomena. Unfortunately unplanned urban soil expansion is taking over this ecosystems, increasing the exposure of society to sea level change risks and demanding in the future expensive grey infrastructure based solutions for a problem which nature can help us to solve for free. Jorge Leon This photograph was taken at ESEC Taim (Taim Ecological Station), in the municipality of Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul state - Brazil. Pictured are included part of the fauna that is presevada the ecological station, as well as the native flora of the place. ESEC Taim aims to preserve a vast flooded area along with its fundamental elements such as fauna and flora. Eloisa Beal Mutzenberg O município de Ribeirópolis possui uma área de 263 km², está inserido parcialmente na Bacia do rio Sergipe que integra a microrregião de Carira, situada na zona oeste, transição de Agreste com o Sertão. Assim como vários municípios que enfrentam problemas de escassez de água, o município de Ribeirópolis possui o açude do Cajueiro, este foi construído em 1956 com o propósito de reduzir a carência de água na região, possibilitando a convivência da população com a seca. O açude vem sendo usado ao longo do tempo para o abastecimento humano e animal, irrigação e criação de peixes. Aichha Carolina Pereira Fotografía en medio del Humedal Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, que muestra cómo pobladores que viven a orillas de la ciénaga grande, desarrollan labores de extracción de recursos naturales de manera artesanal, para así tratar de no afectar al ecosistema que, actualmente, atraviesa una crisis de salinización. Dayana Carreño O ser humano se adapta e protege quando ele quer, águas preservadas pelo ser humano em constante sincronia com nossa humanidade... paulo jailton Replanting mangroves in Jamaica's coastal wetlands. Ava Tomlinson El rápido crecimiento de las poblaciones conlleva a un acercamiento entre la naturaleza y el hombre. Esto nos enseña a vivir en armonia. Roberto Barco Encontro das águas, No Amazonas (Rio negro e Rio Solimões) rios utilizados para o trasporte de materiais, navegação, e diversas outras atividades. Além de ser um ponto turístico. Isaac Marques Some places do not depend on human changes. Often the sustainable exploitation is the best way to observe the beauty of nature. Igor Carrijo Ramos Foto del equipo de los hoteles Now Larimar, Now Garden y Secrets Royal Beach que fueron sensibilizados y colaboraron con la limpieza de Playa Macao. Leiny Santana Lake Uru Uru, is the smaller brother of lake Poopó in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Together they form a valuable RAMSAR-site since July 2002. A place where both, indigneous people and endemic and endangered birds, such as the Chilean flamingo, can find their food Although this beautiful landscape seems perfect (as some the pictures may suggest): Blue water, open sky, nature and people living peacefuly together. There is also a counterside. Both the lakes got heavily contaminated because of various factors. Mining activities in the sorrounding region, bad management of sewer coming from te city of Oruro and a too low awareness about waste management. Due to the contamination hundreds of thousands of fish have died in November 2014. Meaning an inmense loss of food and economic resources for the local indigenous Uru population in the region. On top of that also the danger of extinction for the red list species and the local Uru people living in this area.On the field trip we where undertaking we met a girl walking along a deserted road going through the Lago Uru Uru area. Driving past the heavily contaminated wetlands this only dramaticised the whole picture. We took the girl with us to the farm she and her mother where working that day at the end of the road where the road ends in the Lago Uru Uru. The farm situated in the little traditional Uru-houses, only less than a mile away from the heavily contaminated fields, keeps both sheeps and cows living alongside of the lake. Also a large variety of bird-species can be spotted in this area. Delivering really pittoresque images. On the other hand stories were told by the farmer that the sheep were being born more and more in deformed way. Also the farms’ cows where faced with more and more miscarriages. The cause for these severe problems for the Uru-population is not really hard to find since the proof is literally around the corner. Laurens pirarucu secando ao sol para alimentação de comidades tradicionais. niviane Balbi Artisanal fisherman in Antonina Bay, an estuarine region in the state of Paraná, South Brazil. Photo taken in February, 2015. Rafaela Granzotti The serenity of this picture of Red Mangroves (Rizophora spp) is a relief to the soul. Jorge Leon fotografía tomada en Argentina, Mar Chiquita, un lugar que se encuentra a 34 km. de Mar del Plata yamila baldi Estância Climática de Caconde - SP Represa vista do Mirante de Caconde Patrícia Ferreira de Souza Estrada entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais. Dennys Lasneau The amazonian wetlands has importance, beyond the regulation of ecological system, in the transportation of people and products in the rivers. The rivers are like roads of water, and is very important all the people living in that region or not, conserve the amazonian water roads. Cristiano Alves Ecotourism is becoming increasingly popular in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. This is providing employment for locals who have great knowledge of the area. The work of ecotourism guides is to show and teach tourists about the biodiversity of the area, here the tourists are learning about the wildlife of Lake Sandoval in Tambopata Nature Reserve. Megan Warner Preparação para a Pesca do Siri, realizada por comunidade tradicional na Baía de Paranaguá - PR Mirelly Lacerda Pinheiro Pesador solitário no rio Parati. Lais Silveira Muelle Laguna Isirere Marcelo Atahuichi Aguapés na Transpantaneira de Poconé-MT Jerffersoney Garcia Costa A fisherman walking into the river, watching the magnificent sunset behind the Serra da Passira. Hélder Santana