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FoEI photo competition 2009: biodiversity lost

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.

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.

3rd place, MG Sarower, Bangladesh: A man walks along desertified land where the River Padma once ran in western Bangladesh.

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.

5th place, Alex Masi, Italy: The blackened, contaminated waters of the Krishni river in the village of Chandenamal, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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.

7th place, Emu Emran, Bangladesh: A man cuts shark fins to satisfy demand for shark fin soup, an expensive delicacy, in Kuakata, Bangladesh.

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.

9th place (tied), SP Mukherji, India: In Raiguni, India, two men struggle to fish in polluted waters.

9th place (tied), Hetal (Teeku) Patel, Kenya: In the Kenyan highlands, an indigenous forest has been chopped down for charcoal production.

10th place, Abhijit Nandi, India: The highly polluted Yamuna river - one of the main rivers in Northern India - is nearly dead.

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