Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close Small lake on peat bog in Šumava National park and behind it is the dead forest from bark beetles Veronika Hadacová Fisherman on boat in Inle lake Atsushi TANABE Keibul Lamjao National Park located in Manipur is the only floating park in the world with an area of about 40 sq.km. The park is the home to last viable population of " Sangai" brow antlered deer (Rucervus eldii eldii). The national park is floating over the Loktak lake which is listed in the RAMSAR sites. Tshering Zam 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 foodAlthough 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 LA FAUNA ES UNO DE LOS ACTORES DE LOS LAGOS, AYUDAN PARA QUE EL ECOSISTEMA SEA ESTABLE, CADA ELEMENTO DE UN LAGO ES INDISPENSABLE PARA SU CONSERVACIÓN, ENTRE ELLOS LAS AVES MARIELA CASILLAS ZUBIETA Wetlands near Enisala Fortress VICTOR MARIUS GAIDARGIU 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 Boat and sunset in Natural Park Kailuka Pavel Lakov Pasture in Wetland Cursul Mijlociu – Special Protection Area for birds, part of Natura 2000 Networking Programme, very important to safeguard the habitats of birds with special value for the European fauna (20 species of birds). Dacz Balazs 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 Lake Synevyr Synevyr - the largest natural lake in the Ukrainian Carpathians, one of Seven Wonders of Ukraine. It lies between the mountains, among spruce forest at an altitude of 989 meters above sea level, near the village of Polyana Synevyrska. Besides the well-known version of the formation of the lake that caused by the legendary figures of the Syn’ and Vir, scientists says that lake was formed as a result of rock falls that blocked the valley of mountain streams. It happened about 10 - 11 thousand years ago. And now we have the opportunity to admire a lake with an island in the middle. Maryana Herba 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 Niño pescando en forma tradicional en el Río Nazas bordeado por el Sitio Ramsar 1747, el Parque Estatal Cañón de Fernández río Nazas, donde se practica la pesca de autoconsumo y venta. Gladys Aguirre Balza Pouillot véloce photographié autour de l'Etang du Méjean, zone humide côtière de l'Hérault. Clément JOURDAN 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 La Cocha Lugar emblemático por su majestuoso paisaje, vegetación y variedad de aves características de páramo. Sus habitantes son de origen campesino y descendientes de comunidades indígenas como los Quillasingas, Kofánes, Ingas y Kamsá provenientes del Departamento del Putumáyo. La principal actividad económica es la agricultura, y la pesca de trucha arcoíris.La Cocha es un lugar de encuentro para propios y foráneos Stephania Sánchez 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 Pesador solitário no rio Parati. Lais Silveira Little River Kapustyanka flows through the industrial area of the city of Zaporozhye - Pavlo-Kichkas. Many factories discharge their waste into the river. River in a catastrophic state. Kapustyanka in turn flows into the Dnieper River - drinking artery Ukraine. Gregory Grigoryan Photo prise sur les berges du fleuve sangha, frontière et limite naturelle Cameroun Congo au port de pêche , illustrant les activités durables de pêche (poisson), de commerce du sable et besoins des populations riveraines. Elisabeth MBENG Women more dependent on local wetlands, Loktak lake, Manipur, Ramsar wetlands...South Asian Forum for Environment, join hands for 'United voices sustainable solutions'. Amrita Chatterjee Dreams on Lake Auronzo di Cadore Stefania Ungureanu The picture was taken in a wetland in Romania, near Piatra Neamt, and it ilustrate a landscape of Vaduri lake. It is a protrcted area because there are living wild ducks and swans so that's why people come here to relax, because of fresh air and because theu can feed the swans. Malina Davidoaie 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