Press photos
Photos documenting biodiversity in an urban context are rare. Therefore, compiling the case studies, it was an explicit goal to also collect and publish suitable photos from the cities featured.
With correct quoting, photos (except those explicitly excluded by copyright or other means) can be used in not-for-profit ways, to portray the concern of protecting biodiversity in an urban context.
Pictures, texts, and quotes are free for use with a reference to this source.
(c) ICLEI and UNEP, 2008, applicable to all cases in the Cities & Biodiversity Case Series. All rights reserved.
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- Table Mountain and Table Bay viewed from Blaauwberg Hill, showing recently burnt vegetation at the summit.
- Public Conservation Unit at Tingui Parque: this 380 000m² unit is one of the 30 parks in Curitiba that represent the conservation of native species.
- Woman collecting ncema rushes for weaving. Many people rely heavily on environmental goods such as these rushes to make a living.
- One of Durban’s beaches - the tourism potential of natural areas has not yet been factored into the conservative valuation of the city’s ecosystems services of US$ 400 million a year.
- View of downtown Edmonton from Mill Creek Ravine Park - one of the Biodiversity Core Areas in its ecological network.
- Limestone banks of the river Seine in Île-de-France.
- View of a natural area surrounding the Seine River in Île de France
- City of Joondalup school children undertaking coastal plantings as part of the Adopt-A-Coastline project
- View of downtown Montreal from Mount Royal Summit.
- View of the Roman Forum
- Panoramic view of Rome
- Ark in the Park volunteers releasing stitchbirds from an offshore island into a predator-free area of Waitakere City. Stitchbirds disappeared from the mainland of New Zealand 120 years ago.
- Ringing of Peregrine falcons in Barcelona
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- Aerial view of Walvis Bay showing its variety of ecosystems
