Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close One of the few means to survival in the region of Ponta do Corumbau, Bahia, is tourism. Here, one native is taking people to appreciate the view and swim on the mouth of the Cahy river. Cecília Martins Manejo de castanha na amazonia niviane Balbi A foto 'O Pescar' mostra o homem sertanejo dentro d'água em uma lagoa realizando a atividade da pesca como atividade prazerosa e para o consumo da família, realizando-a de formar sustentável, sem agredir o meio. Renan Santos This is a picture of the Mouth of the São Francisco, one of the most important rivers in Brazil. The little fisher man market is a mitigation measure created by the government for the fishermen community that used to live on the beach near the São Francisco's Mouth, the place is now flooded because of the construction of an electric power dam and the people there lost their houses and their way of making a living was also affected. Now, besides the fishing, they have this little market where they sell handcrafted gifts and homemade snacks and sweets. Lucas Campos Livelihoods are being sustained in the Nariva Swamp Ramsar Site via the protection and preservation of the various ecosytems, as well as, the facilitating of leisure and tourism. Karlene Seecharan Fotografía que resalta los humedales Altoandinos, denominados locamente como Bofedales, del Parque Nacional Sajama. En la región prestan importantes e insustituibles servicios ecosistémicos, como ser: provisión de agua dulce, provisión de forraje, regulación de regímenes hidrológicos y hábitat de biodiversidad, entre otros. Irina Cabrerizo Suaznabar This photo was made after a big rain that wet the Itaunas village in Barra da Conceição locality in the Holy Spirit. Not only fish and reptiles depend on a humid environment, but also all living beings. Hugo Rogerio Bastos dos Anjos Humedal localizado dentro del Parque Nacional Natural los nevados, en la cordillera Central de Colombia. El complejo se abastecen de agua a más de medio millón de colombianos. Su importancia,es elevada, para el ser humano y la naturaleza. Karol Fernanda Montoya D Aquatic plants in the magical light of sunset in Capibaribe river. Hélder Santana Side of the Hydroelectric where is the water outlet of the machines. The water follows its natural course feeding the river below and keep bringing the riverside families. Yasmim Alves Araujo de Oliveira 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 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 Artisanal fisheries in Baía River, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, one of the rivers of the Upper Parana River floodplain, in Brazil. Taken near sunrise in July, 2015. Rafaela Granzotti Farol de Mandacaru visto do Rio Preguiças, estado do Maranhão, Brasil. Denise Hiller Guimarães Region with plenty of water, where residents use as most living fishing and farming. Yasmim Alves Araujo de Oliveira 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 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 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 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 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 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 Pesador solitário no rio Parati. Lais Silveira 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