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CIFOR-ICRAF photo competition
Trees, Biodiversity, Life
Thank you for submitting your photos!
We received over thousands photos, submitted from all over the world, showing the role of forests and trees in ensuring a healthy environment.
You’ll find all of the shortlisted entries below. We need you to vote for your favourite photo. Then our panel of judges will select the first and second place winners.
You can vote daily for up to five photo entries from each social media account until 4 December. The submission with the most votes will receive the ‘People’s Choice Award’.
The winner will be announced on the CIFOR-ICRAF website and social media channels on 7 December.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at CIFOR-ICRAFPhotoCompetition@cgiar.org.
Jury
Axel Fassio
Axel Fassio is an award-winning Italian photographer who possesses an original
vision and acute aesthetic
sense; his photos narrate stories, illustrate concepts and revel in the sheer beauty of one moment.
Working
worldwide with corporate clients, scientific research institutes and international humanitarian
organizations, his images have been the focus of several exhibitions in London, Paris, Rome, New York,
Los
Angeles, Buenos Aires, Nairobi, and feature on a wide range of medias, from Conde Nast to National
Geographic, from The Guardian to The New York Times and on travel guides spanning from Lonely Planet to
Wallpaper.
Aris Sanjaya
Aris is CIFOR-ICRAF’s photo and video leader who has genuine passion for photography and documentary filmmaking. He believes a good photograph is one that tells a story. Aris’ images are featured in several events for international organizations around the world.
Sheila Murithi
Sheila Murithi is a branding and communications professional with over 10
years’ experience in both the
private and international NGO sectors. She has an avid interest in photography and has served in various
capacities in her local photography community over the years. As a branding expert, she believes that
the
best brands are built by great stories which are best expressed visually.
Perdana Putra
Putra is a visual communicator with more than 8 years’ experience in the
development sector, passionate about nature photography, aerial photography, and architecture. Based in
Indonesia, he has curated photographs of great nature photographers from around the world. As Imogen
Cunningham said, the formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.
Entries
Contest winners
1 place
Abel Feyisa
The central rift of valley of Ethiopia. The photo was taken from the Gurage highland where, the Enset based Agroforestry to the crop-tree integration down to the rift. Mount Zebider, Gurage Ethiopia
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2 place
Badri Narayan
Fruit tree and teak (covered in tree guards) planted in rows in the field and at the Dyke of Farm Pond . Location: Tara Village , Odisha Agroforestry project
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3 place
Elaine Anne Parlade
Forests as Sanctuaries - Forests serve as important natural sanctuaries for wildlife and for most indigenous groups in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, various local organizations have introduced socioeconomic tourism initiatives to raise awareness and engage
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Beauty Of Forest - A part of the forest of Mahamaya Lake in Bangladesh of strange shape. This forest is strangely beautiful from above - the photo was taken from the hill of Mirsrai Mahamaya Lake in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
From a small bead to a forest-the people in Ketah village work together to plant mangroves as an effort to prevent abrasion and produce oxygen-Situbondo, East Java, Indonesia
A rainbow forms above a tree after it drizzled in Oldonyiro, Isiolo County, one of the places hard hit with a prolonged drought in Kenya.
Walakiri sunset. Mangroves are among the most endangered forest types on Earth. In Walakiri, East Sumba, Indonesia, a joint initiative of the government and local volunteers has resulted in a large stretch of coastline being replanted with young mangroves
Many animals that live in the forest around us. The King Fisher bird is also an animal that lives in the wild and looks for food in the river. King fisher usually prey on fish in the river. By protecting the forest ecosystem around us, we are helping to p
Akses jalan yang membelah hutan pinus di Wonosobo-Jawa Tengah
Shot in Dal lake in Kashmere in India which is also known as “Jewel in the crown” due to its beauty & the floating land-mass within it, is a place of great tourist attraction. The area of the lake measures around 20plus square km & nearly 50 hamlets provi
Raising the protector. Women are working in a mangrove nursery near the riverbanks of the Matla river in Sundarbans, India. Sundarbans the largest world mangrove delta and the only mangrove tiger habitat is battling the impacts of cl
A young bornean orangutan hanging on a tree
At first glance, I see beauty and harmony in the buildings and trees. On the other hand, I see a struggle between the trees and the structures—a struggle for survival and civilization.
Importance of Agro-forestry. The above image shows how trees and forest can be combined in agro-forestry farming. Location: Chemususu Dam, Kenya
Buffalo breeders in ngawi, indonesia, bring their buffalo into the forest to get abundant food from the trees
Unísono Infinito - The entrance of a nest of stingless bees of the species Scaptotrigona pectoralis is observed, the nest is located between the cracks of the trunk of a tree of the genus Cordia (Boraginaceae). These trees in the dry forest area are the o
Lush green Karakoram range valley surrounded by Apricot tree during Blossom season in Skardu Pakistan. The area is famous for different varieties of Apricots and scenic landscape specially during Blossom & Autumn
Freddy Iván Barragán García
"Ecosistema", Vista de la Neblina que divide los ecosistemas más ricos como el bosque y la montaña, a orillas del rio Beni, camino a San Miguel del Bala. Rurrenabaque-La Paz-Bolivia
Indigenous Bororos of Bangang village, Southwestern Cameroon, smiles with their trees ready to plant and restore the degraded Mount Bamboutos
The Dayak Tribe uses natural and forest products in plants as traditional medicine for health treatment. This study aims to obtain information about the utilization of medicinal plants in the Dayak Tribe. A Dayak Paser woman from Rangan Village, Yurni Sad
Elephants are known to destroy the trees the vast plains of the Masai Mara. This picture displayed the contrast of the giant displaying respect for the tree. The landscape depicts the vastness and highlights the two elements the tree and the elephant eleg
A awake nature will be able to guarantee needs, but it will not be able to satisfy desires and greed. Sebangau river, Palangka Raya – Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Fisherman - A traditional fisherman is seen paddling a canoe looking for fish in a mangrove forest - in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia
Planting mangroves in coastal areas that are useful for minimizing the possibility of abrasion from wave erosion
Sustainable Rattan_Dayak Iban Lady harvesting rattan at their customary forest for crafting need_Indonesia
Ratargul Swamp Forest is a freshwater swamp forest located in Gowain River, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Ratargul was once thought to be the only swamp forest in Bangladesh and one of the few freshwater swamp forest
In the cifor research forest, sometimes we encounter a very beautiful bird, the kingfisher....this bird is a predator of fish and shrimp....they are very shy towards humans
Forests as Sanctuaries - Forests serve as important natural sanctuaries for wildlife and for most indigenous groups in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, various local organizations have introduced socioeconomic tourism initiatives to raise awareness and engage
Parambikulam .kerala.The Resilient Forest. Living mushrooms are emerging from the lifeless dead log. In Forest, even the death of one's life is the beginning of a new ones. Hence, the perfect example of Thriving Forest.
Fruit tree and teak (covered in tree guards) planted in rows in the field and at the Dyke of Farm Pond . Location: Tara Village , Odisha Agroforestry project
Green Lifeline: Mangrove forests near Pemba, northern Mozambique
The central rift of valley of Ethiopia. The photo was taken from the Gurage highland where, the Enset based Agroforestry to the crop-tree integration down to the rift. Mount Zebider, Gurage Ethiopia
