biodiversity lost
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Prakash Hatvalne, India - 1st place
- 1st place - Prakash Hatvalne, India: A salt worker, know as an Agaria, in Gujarat, India, collects fire wood. Agarias have little access to safe drinking water, health services, education and residential facilities.
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David Gilbert, USA - 2nd place
- 2nd place - David Gilbert, USA: A recently cleared area for oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia, where only 3% of the original rainforest remains. Friends of the Earth groups' 1st choice.
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MG Sarower, Bangladesh - 3rd place
- 3rd place, MG Sarower, Bangladesh: A man walks along desertified land where the River Padma once ran in western Bangladesh.
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Jessie Boylan, Australia - 4th place
- 4th place, Jessie Boylan, Australia: A uranium mine in South Australia draws 35 million litres of water per day, depriving plants, birds and animals of essential water. Friends of the Earth groups' 3rd choice.
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Alex Masi, Italy - 5th place
- 5th place, Alex Masi, Italy: The blackened, contaminated waters of the Krishni river in the village of Chandenamal, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Prakash Hatvalne, India - 6th place
- 6th place, Prakash Hatvalne, India: On Upper Lake in Bhopal, India, a man shades himself from the sun. Upper lake is the primary source of water for residents.
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Emu Emran, Bangladesh - 7th place
- 7th place, Emu Emran, Bangladesh: A man cuts shark fins to satisfy demand for shark fin soup, an expensive delicacy, in Kuakata, Bangladesh.
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Francisco Morosini, Argentina - 8th place
- 8th place, Francisco Morosini, Argentina: An elderly woman holds on to the fence separating her land, where she rears goats, from the advancing soya plantations, in Cordoba, Argentina. Friends of the Earth groups' 2nd choice.
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SP Mukherji, India - 9th place (tied)
- 9th place (tied), SP Mukherji, India: In Raiguni, India, two men struggle to fish in polluted waters.
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Hetal (Teeku) Patel, Kenya - 9th place (tied)
- 9th place (tied), Hetal (Teeku) Patel, Kenya: In the Kenyan highlands, an indigenous forest has been chopped down for charcoal production.
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Abhijit Nandi, India, 10th place
- 10th place, Abhijit Nandi, India: The highly polluted Yamuna river - one of the main rivers in Northern India - is nearly dead.
