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  • Manintenance personnel take a break with Ronald McDonald on Nanjing Xilu, Shanghai's luxury shopping street. China's booming economy is bringing wealth to many and improving living standards, but soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy, and seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China..Shanghai, China. 18/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Nanjing Zilu, Shanghai's luxury shopping street. As China's economy continues to boom, more and more chinese are obtaining the modern, energy consuming amenities that wealth and improved living standards bring. China's soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. Seven of the world's 10 most polluted cities are in China...Shanghai, China. 18/11/2005..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Luxury apartment buildings sprouting in the new Pudong financial district of Shanghai. As China's economy continues to boom, more and more chinese are obtaining the modern energy consuming amenities that wealth and improved living standards bring. China's soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy, and seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China...Shanghai, China. 19/11/2005..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Cars and bicycles fight for space in front of luxury department stores. China's booming economy is bringing wealth to many chinese, but energy needs are also soaring. Coal use, decaying industry and growing numbers of automobiles are having serious effects on the environment..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A woman walks through coal miner's housing near a coal mine in a region known as the "sea of coal." Dàtóng has some of the worst air quality in China. Seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world are in China. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China's booming economy is bringing wealth to many chinese, but soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Nanjing Donglu, Shanghai's shopping street. China's booming economy is bringing wealth to many and improving living standards, but soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy, and seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China..Shanghai, China. 18/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Nanjing Donglu, Shanghai's shopping street. As China's economy continues to boom, more and more chinese are obtaining the modern, energy consuming amenities that wealth and improved living standards bring. China's soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy, and seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China...Shanghai, China. 18/11/2005..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Nanjing Donglu, Shanghai's shopping street. As China's economy continues to boom, more and more chinese are obtaining the modern, energy consuming amenities that wealth and improved living standards bring. China's soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy, and seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China...Shanghai, China. 18/11/2005..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Nanjing Xilu, Shanghai's luxury shopping street. As China's economy continues to boom, more and more chinese are obtaining the modern, energy consuming amenities that wealth and improved living standards bring. China's soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy, and seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China...Shanghai, China. 18/11/2005..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Large screen advertising monitors reflected in a city bus on Nanjing Donglu, Shanghai's shopping street. As China's economy continues to boom, more and more chinese are obtaining the modern, energy consuming amenities that wealth and improved living standards bring. China's soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy, and seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China...Shanghai, China. 19/11/2005..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Barges for transporting coal to Shanghai's power plants on the Guangpu river. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China's booming economy is bringing wealth to many chinese, but soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment..Shanghai China. 17/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A coal miner in housing for miners next to one of many mines in an area known as "the sea of coal." 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China's booming economy is bringing wealth to many chinese, but soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal miners extracting coal atop a giant mound of scree. Housing for miners sit at the foot of the talus slope. 75% of China's energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China's booming economy is bringing wealth to many chinese, but soaring demand for energy is having serious effects on the environment..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A miner walks through a haze of coal dust at a regional coal mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A worker at the state run Jinhuagong coal mine sorts coal outside the mine. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China due primarily to China's dilapidated heavy industries and its dependence on coal - the dirtiest form of energy. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal. ..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Miners at a regional coal mine sorting coal. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A miner at a locally run coal mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • In a landscape of devastated mangroves along the banks of the Soungrougrou River in the Casamance region of Senegal, a fisherman pulls in a largely empty net. Drought caused by climate change has transformed the ecosystem into an inversed estuary, of which few exist in the world. When there are abundant rains, fresh water flushes the salt out of the waterways, but with the prolonged drought, inland salt levels have become more concentrated than at the mouth of the rivers where they reach the sea. The increased salinization of the ecosystem has degraded large swaths of West African mangrove forests with devastating consequences on fish stocks, wildlife and the livelihoods of local inhabitants. The biomass that mangrove forests harbor makes them excellent carbon sinks in the fight against global warming. According to a recent report by the UNEP, mangrove forests worldwide are being destroyed at a rate three to five times faster than global deforestation, making them one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet.  Marsassoum, Senegal. 05/12/2015.
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  • Air pollution near the Number One coal fired power plant. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • The Number One coal fired power station. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal miners eating and drinking in between work shifts at the Jinhuagong mine. Mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal - a demand that puts production before safety. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Large blocks of coal being transported from a mine by local sellers. Seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world are located in China, due primarily to the country's dependence on coal for energy and its dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, China. 09/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Workers at the state run Jinhuagong coal mine sorts coal outside the mine. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China due primarily to China's dilapidated heavy industries and its dependence on coal - the dirtiest form of energy. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A worker at the state run Jinhuagong coal mine sorts coal outside the mine. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China due primarily to China's dilapidated heavy industries and its dependence on coal - the dirtiest form of energy. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal miners at a small, private mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries. Coal mining is the the country's most dangerous job. 6000 to 20,000 miners are killed every year in accidents. The demands of China's booming economy put production before safetly..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal carriages being off-loaded at a small, private mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries. Coal mining is the the country's most dangerous job. 6000 to 20,000 miners are killed every year in accidents. The demands of China's booming economy put production before safetly..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal miners at a small, private mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries. Coal mining is the the country's most dangerous job. 6000 to 20,000 miners are killed every year in accidents. The demands of China's booming economy put production before safetly..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Miners at the state run Jinhuagong coal mine prepare to descend into the mine. Over 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, a demand that puts production before safety..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Miners at the state run Jinhuagong coal mine prepare to descend into the mine. Over 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, a demand that puts production before safety..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal mines and miner's housing in the coal mining region around Dàtóng known as the "sea of coal." 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A villager carries two palm seed pods on his head after harvesting them from wild palm trees in the forest near his community. The inhabitants of the commune of Ouonck consider the forest sacred. The production of artisanal palm oil and palm oil products from wild palm groves is an important part of their livelihoods, but they manage the exploitation of the natural resource in a sustainable way. Despite a high level of poverty and a lack of basic services, the community is attempting to develop their quality, natural products rather than ceding to more industrial economic development that could endanger the forest and their way of life. Mandouard II, Ouonck, Senegal. 03/12/2015.
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  • Artificial, plastic palm trees in a park near the Number One coal fired power plant. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries. Coal mining is the the country's most dangerous job. 6000 to 20,000 miners are killed every year in accidents. The demands of China's booming economy put production before safetly..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Residential apartments next to the Number One coal fired power plant. 75% of China's growing energy needs, including domestic heating and cooking, is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Smoke stakes from coal powered energy and industry billowing smoke and climate changing gases. Seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world are located in China, due primarily to the country's dependence on coal for energy and its dilapidated heavy industries. China is the world's leading producer of coal..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Housing for coal miners cover the hills surrounding the coal mining region known as the "sea of coal" near Dàtóng. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China and mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal - a demand that puts production before safety. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal rounds used for household heating and cooking being delivered to a home. Seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world are located in China, due primarily to the country's dependence on coal for energy and dilapidated heavy industries..Beijing, China. 06/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Donkey cart coal sellers in a city street. The sellers buy coal from the mines at 4 AM, transport the coal 20 kms to the city center to sell for domestic heating and cooking use. They earn about 100 RMB (10 ¤) per day. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal carriages being off-loaded at a small, private mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries. Coal mining is the the country's most dangerous job. 6000 to 20,000 miners are killed every year in accidents. The demands of China's booming economy put production before safetly..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A large pile of coal at a regional coal mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Miners at a regional coal mine sorting coal. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A worker at the state run Jinhuagong coal mine sorts coal outside the mine. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China due primarily to China's dilapidated heavy industries and its dependence on coal - the dirtiest form of energy. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Miners at a regional coal mine sorting coal. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal carriages being off-loaded at a small, private mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries. Coal mining is the the country's most dangerous job. 6000 to 20,000 miners are killed every year in accidents. The demands of China's booming economy put production before safetly..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal miners at a small, private mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs, including domestic heating and cooking, is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries. Coal mining is the country's most dangerous work. Some 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, die every year in accidents. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Pedestrians stroll along a boulevard shrouded in smog. Seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world are located in China, due primarily to the country's dependence on coal for energy and dilapidated heavy industries..Beijing, China. 05/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A shroud of smog envelopes Tiananmen Square. Seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world are located in China, due primarily to the country's dependence on coal for energy and dilapidated heavy industries..Beijing, China. 05/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal miners stroll along railroad tracks that transport coal from the mining region known as the "sea of coal" near Dàtóng. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China and mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal - a demand that puts production before safety. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Coal miners drinking in between work shifts at the Jinhuagong mine. Mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents. 75% of China's growing energy needs comes from coal - a demand that puts production before safety. .Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 10/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Donkey cart coal seller in the city street. 75% of China's growing energy needs, including domestic heating and cooking, is supplied by coal, the cheapest and dirtiest form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 12/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A miner at a locally run coal mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest producer of coal. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A Miner runing the coal extraction conveyor at a regional coal mine. 75% of China's growing energy needs come from coal, the cheapest and most polluting form of energy. China is the world's largest coal producer. Seven of the world's ten most polluted cities are in China, largely due to coal use and the country's dilapidated heavy industries..Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China. 11/11/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A village elder emerges from the forest near his community in the Casamance region of southern Senegal. The Jola (Diola) people are an ancient ethnic group that predominate in Casamance. Unlike most ethnic groups of West Africa, the Jola have no caste system. Their communities are based on extended clan settlements with a highly egalitarian organization and collective consciousness. Their culture is profoundly linked to nature and their environment. Most Jola communities sustain themselves through fishing, rice cultivation and palm oil and wine production. Casamance has a unique ecosystem of mangroves, forests and wetlands that has been significantly affected by climate change due to drought, the rise in sea levels and the salinization of waterways and soil, adversely affecting the way of life of its inhabitants. While communities are actively seeking partners and ways to improve their standard of living, they are determined to protect their sacred forests and natural environment. Diagho, Senegal. 10/11/2014.
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  • A man felling trees for the authorized and controlled production of charcoal in the Kalounayes managed forest. Villagers exploit certain species of trees on designated plots of the forest, re-plant and then rotate to new plots in order to earn a living while protecting their local environment. Initiatives to encourage local inhabitants to protect their natural resources while exploiting them in a sustainable way are crucial to the economic development of the region and to mitigate the effects of climate change on the local way of life. Ouonk, Senegal. 10/11/2014.
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  • A woman produces and sells Carousse oil in a rural village. Palm oil production in the region remains traditional and has resisted the transformation to industrial scale plantations to satisfy the growing demand from the international food and bio fuel industries that have resulted in large scale deforestation in SE Asia and Latin America. There is also increasing pressure to cut productive trees for the sale of their truncks, a practice that degrades the forest. If the commercialization of traditional, sustainably produced palm oil products could generate more revenue than the cutting of trees for wood, communities could improve their economic and living standards while protecting the natural resources of their environment.  Birban, Guinea Bissau. 13/11/2014.
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  • An ex-combatant at the Kinpoko orientation center has his iris recorded as part of a biometric registration process. After demobilisation, ex-combatants can choose between returning to civilian life or integration into the national army. Demobilized combatants are identified, registered, instructed in human rights, AIDS awareness, the environment, civilian and military affaires before receiving financial assistance and aid packages..Kinpoko, RD Congo. 07/06/2006.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • An ex-combatant at the Kinpoko orientation center is entered into a nation-wide database after his iris was recorded as part of a biometric registration process. Following demobilisation, ex-combatants can choose between returning to civilian life or integration into the national army. Demobilized combatants are identified, registered, instructed in human rights, AIDS awareness, the environment, civilian and military affaires before receiving financial assistance and aid packages..Kinpoko, RD Congo. 07/06/2006.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Bassirou Sambou submerged in an estuary that runs through the mangroves near his community in the Casamace region of southern Senegal. Drought and rising sea levels due to climate change have caused the salinization of the mangrove's unique ecosystem. As a result, large swaths of mangrove forests and the rich biodiversity that they harbor have been destoyed or degraded in the region. The way of life and culture of the Jola (Diola) people is profoundly linked to their environment. Their traditional livelihoods are based on rice farming and fishing. As the mangroves died off, fish stocks disappeared and rice patties were invaded by salt water, Bassirou Sambou and his friend Salatou Sambou created the Kawawana association (an acronym in the local dialect for "Let's all preserve our patrimony"). The association has managed to replant thousands of mangrove trees and have the entire area declared an "Aire du Patrimoine Autochtone et Communautaire" (An Area of Aboriginal and Community Heritage) which allows them to protect and regulate the exploitation of the area's natural resources. Their initiative has become a model for many other communities in the region who face similar climate change threats. Mangagoulack, Casamance, Senegal. 18/04/2016.
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  • An ex-combatant at the Kinpoko orientation center has his iris recorded as part of a biometric registration process. After demobilisation, ex-combatants can choose between returning to civilian life or integration into the national army. Demobilized combatants are identified, registered, instructed in human rights, AIDS awareness, the environment, civilian and military affaires before receiving financial assistance and aid packages..Kinpoko, RD Congo. 07/06/2006.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • An ex-combatant at the Kinpoko orientation center registers and chooses between returning to civilian life or integration into the national army. Demobilized combatants are identified, registered, instructed in human rights, AIDS awareness, the environment, civilian and military affaires before receiving financial assistance and aid packages..Kinpoko, RD Congo. 07/06/2006.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Children displaced by the December 26, 2004 Tsunami that struck S.E. Asia living at the Sakkoddai Catholic School play with games provided by UNICEF in a program to establish child friendly environments in the Tsunami temporary accomodation centers around the country..Sakkoddai, Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. 14/01/2005.Photo © J.B. Russell
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