15-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

15-08-2017 - Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

02-05-2016 - Bluebells Oversley Wood Warwickshire © John Harris

02-05-2016 - Bluebells Oversley Wood Warwickshire © John Harris

02-05-2016 - Bluebells Oversley Wood Warwickshire © John Harris

02-05-2016 - Bluebells Oversley Wood Warwickshire © John Harris

28-10-2014 - Nant Gwernol Forest and Bryn Eglwys abandoned slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn. Snowdonia National Park. Wales. © Jess Hurd

28-10-2014 - Nant Gwernol Forest and Bryn Eglwys abandoned slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn. Snowdonia National Park. Wales. © Jess Hurd

26-10-2014 - Tree stump with moss. Dolgoch Falls. Snowdonia National Park. Wales. © Jess Hurd

08-11-2012 - Water droplets. Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Water droplets. Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Water droplets. Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Water droplets. Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Water droplets. Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Water droplets. Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Caution: scientists at work. Scientific international trial to monitor the effect climate change is having on trees, Research will measure survival, health, height, trunk diameter and form across a wi... © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2012 - Autumn leaves, Westonbirt Arboretum, Forestry Commission, Wiltshire. © Paul Box

08-11-2011 - A wood of Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris an evergreen coniferous tree) shrouded in winter mist and fog, forestry plantation on Porlock Hill, Exmoor National Park, Somerset. © John Harris

08-11-2011 - A wood of Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris an evergreen coniferous tree) shrouded in winter mist and fog, forestry plantation on Porlock Hill, Exmoor National Park, Somerset. © John Harris

08-11-2011 - A wood of Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris an evergreen coniferous tree) shrouded in winter mist and fog, forestry plantation on Porlock Hill, Exmoor National Park, Somerset. © John Harris

08-11-2011 - A wood of Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris an evergreen coniferous tree) shrouded in winter mist and fog, forestry plantation on Porlock Hill, Exmoor National Park, Somerset. © John Harris

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. It is affecting japanese larch in this area. A warning sign © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. It is affecting japanese larch in this area. A sign warning of tree fe... © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. It is affecting japanese larch in this area. A warning sign - Danger k... © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Felled Japanese Larch on a hillside of Douglas Fir trees with some rem... © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. A cleared field of Larch and a stump of a larch tree. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. A cleared field of Larch and a stump of a larch tree. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. A cleared field of Larch and a stump of a larch tree. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Larch log pile. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Larch log pile. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Felled Larch trees. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. The first sign of the fungus on the larch bark. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Felled Japanese Larch on a hillside of Douglas Fir trees with some rem... © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. A machine stacks Larch logs. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. A machine stacks Larch logs. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Larch logs with a larch forest in the background. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Larch logs with a larch forest in the background. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Larch logs. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Larch logs. © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Contractors use high pressure steam to clean, site vehicles to prevent... © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Contractors use high pressure steam to clean, site vehicles to prevent... © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. Contractors use high pressure steam to clean, site vehicles to prevent... © Paul Box

15-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to shrubs and trees in the UK. Larch logs. © Paul Box

12-02-2011 - Afan forest, South Wales. Phytophthora ramorum - a devastating fungal pathogen - is causing widespread damage to trees in the UK. It is affecting japanese larch in this area. A warning sign © Paul Box

23-04-2008 - The Forest of Dennis. Newly planted broadleaf saplings, Warwickshire. Felix Dennis has been creating a forest of native oak, ash, lime, birch, hornbeam, willow, rowan, holly, and hazel. it is a regist... © John Harris

23-04-2008 - The Forest of Dennis. Newly planted broadleaf saplings, Warwickshire. Felix Dennis has been creating a forest of native oak, ash, lime, birch, hornbeam, willow, rowan, holly, and hazel. it is a regist... © John Harris

23-04-2008 - The Forest of Dennis. Newly planted broadleaf saplings, Warwickshire. Felix Dennis has been creating a forest of native oak, ash, lime, birch, hornbeam, willow, rowan, holly, and hazel. it is a regist... © John Harris

23-04-2008 - The Forest of Dennis. Newly planted broadleaf saplings, Warwickshire. Felix Dennis has been creating a forest of native oak, ash, lime, birch, hornbeam, willow, rowan, holly, and hazel. it is a regist... © John Harris

23-04-2008 - The Forest of Dennis. Newly planted broadleaf saplings, Warwickshire. Felix Dennis has been creating a forest of native oak, ash, lime, birch, hornbeam, willow, rowan, holly, and hazel. it is a regist... © John Harris

26-12-2007 - Young woman walking through an avenue of trees. The New Forest, Hampshire. © Paul Carter

27-04-2007 - 100% plantation teak at a home and living show near Cheltenham. © Paul Box

05-01-2007 - Children recycle the sheets of plastic which are inserted between banana bunches as they grow, to keep them apart. Children get 2 centavos for each sheet they save in the Soyapa Farms banana plantatio... © David Bacon

05-01-2007 - Children recycle the sheets of plastic which are inserted between banana bunches as they grow, to keep them apart. Children get 2 centavos for each sheet they save in the Soyapa Farms banana plantatio... © David Bacon

31-10-2006 - Autumn colours in the trees at Kielder Forest, Northumberland. Britain's largest forest. © Mark Pinder

31-10-2006 - Autumn colours in the trees at Kielder Forest, Northumberland. Britain's largest forest. © Mark Pinder

28-10-2006 - In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force palm growers to give up the rest. Colombia © David Bacon

03-05-2006 - Forestry has long been a core activity in the Knoydart Peninsula in North-West Scotland, as evidenced by these damaged trees in the woods behind Inverie. © Gerry McCann

03-05-2006 - Forestry has long been a core activity in the Knoydart Peninsula in North-West Scotland, as evidenced by these damaged trees in the woods behind Inverie. © Gerry McCann

03-05-2006 - Forestry has long been a core activity in the Knoydart Peninsula in North-West Scotland, as evidenced by this old tractor in the woods behind Inverie. © Gerry McCann

01-08-2005 - Pine logs awaiting transport on forested land in the Snowdonia National Park © Philip Wolmuth

01-08-2005 - Pine logs awaiting transport on forested land in the Snowdonia National Park © Philip Wolmuth

29-05-2005 - A clump of birch trees. Pilley, nr Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. © Paul Carter

01-04-2005 - Hatchet Pond is the largest body of water in the New Forest. Created in the 18th Century to provide power for an iron mill, the pond today provides a valuable habitat. © Paul Carter

26-12-2004 - Great Mell Fell. The Lake District. © Paul Carter

26-12-2004 - Deep yellow red sunset light falling on snow covered Barton Fell. The Lake District. © Paul Carter

10-08-2003 - Burnt out car dumped on forestry land above Tan-y-Bwlch, North Wales © Philip Wolmuth

09-11-2000 - Dartmoor. Tree hugging © Paul Box

18-07-1995 - Forestry worker felling a Dougals Fir tree, The New Forest. © Paul Carter

18-07-1995 - Forestry worker moving away from the Dougals Fir tree that he has just felled. The New Forest. © Paul Carter

18-07-1995 - A felled Dougals Fir tree, The New Forest. © Paul Carter

18-07-1995 - Forestry worker standing on a felled Dougals Fir tree, The New Forest. © Paul Carter

01-09-1980 - Forestry Commission worker trimming a felled tree with a chainsaw in Thetford Forest, East Anglia. © Paul Carter

01-09-1980 - Forestry Commission centre for producing coal mine pit props and fence posts in Thetford Forest, East Anglia. © Paul Carter

01-09-1980 - Conifer seedlings growing in Forestry Commission polytunnels. Thetford Forest, East Anglia. © Paul Carter