Photo stories

aerial view of a village with densely packed red-roofed houses surrounded by lush green forest
Indigenous peoples

The long road to recognition of Indigenous lands in Seko, Indonesia
After 20 years, nine Indigenous communities on the island of Sulawesi finally look forward to state recognition of their customary territories
aerial view of the port of Belém and the Guajará Bay
Infrastructure

Hopes and doubts as an Amazon city prepares to host COP30
Pouring dark beans into a large spoon
Food security

In Kenya, seed banks help with food security
Personas caminando en una zona montañosa
Conservation

Acción Andina: The NGO on a quest to reforest the Andes
A staff working through a rooftop solar plant
Mining

The problem with potash: Thailand’s salt-encrusted fields
Small silver fish surrounded by brightly coloured anemones
Conservation

Diálogo Chino’s best photo stories of 2023
A rancher on motorbike herds his flock into an enclosure at dusk
Desertification

Salt storms sting herders on the Mongolian Plateau
Protesters hold a large white banner with blue and red text
Rivers

Uruguay in muddy waters as it looks to avoid another crisis
heavy equipment and construction on port
Trade

Peru’s megaport reshapes Pacific trade – and the town next door

Highlights

1931 floods in China - Rickshaw pullers working the flooded streets
Rivers

Picturing disaster: The 1931 Wuhan flood
As flood waters rose, a natural disaster exacerbated social divisions and became a health and humanitarian crisis
Climate impacts

Interview: Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer on the casualties of climate change
Josh Haner’s images capture the visceral loss of climate change from the air and sea
Wildlife

Winning images capture threats to wildlife
Snub-nosed monkeys, crabeater seals and a Marsican brown bear all feature in the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
great auk
Wildlife

Book: Remarkable Birds
A new collection of illustrations celebrates the wonderful variety of birds around the world 
Aerial view of the Pastos Grandes salt flat and lagoon
Lithium

Latin America eyes the lithium boom, but opposition endures
Two men stand on a beach in front of a fishing boat
Conservation

The Mexican community who saved a mollusc from collapse
Aerial view of hydroelectric plant near forested area
Hydropower

In Ecuador, riverside communities feel impacts from hydropower push
close up of a clump of oysters in a gloved hand
Biodiversity

Restoring Hong Kong's oyster reefs: a photo story
a person with a beef skewer in his mouth
Beef

Is beef losing ground in South America?
Food security

After historic drought, El Niño rains pose new hurdle for Brazil’s farmers
aerial view of solar plant near coast
Energy transition

Renewables ‘boom’ in the Dominican Republic, but some feel sidelined
Agroforestry

Brazil looks to boost recovery of degraded land
shirtless man standing in forest near tall fan palms
Oil

Ecuador’s oil referendum polarises Indigenous groups
Indigenous peoples

Indigenous groups in Brazil fight for their lands as legal change looms
A woman in a bridge with water lilies in the river
Indigenous peoples

In Peru’s Amazon, Indigenous women lead the way on conservation
sun peeking out from behind large group of coconut trees
Palm oil

Revitalising coconut farming in Southeast Asia

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