For over a decade peasant activists and water and land defenders in the Aguan Valley have been terrorized, threatened, and murdered at an alarming rate. Most of the killings have been attributed to the Dinant Corporation (African Palm) and Pinares iron mine. With little to no help from a corrupt government, these large corporations are operating with complete impunity in their crimes while peasants who try to protect their land and rights are killed to be kept silent. In Honduras, the deadliest place for environmentalists per capita, the Aguan Valley, could be considered “The Valley of Death”.

On 6 February 2023, a series of massive earthquakes struck south-eastern Turkey and northwest Syria. These and hundreds of aftershocks caused significant destruction on each side of the border, claiming thousands of lives across both countries and damaging essential infrastructure, including health facilities. These have been some of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in a century.

These are the more environmental portraits from the South Sudan project. Usually captured at sunrise or sunset when the Ankole-Watusi cattle were brought in or out of camp.

Bangladesh, the world’s largest delta, is a direct victim of global warming. Increased natural disasters like cyclones and oceanic tidal waves affect Bangladesh’s coastal area. The coastal lowlands of this country have millions who, ironically, depend on the sea for their livelihood. As rising sea levels and unusually high tidal waves encroach the lowlands of Bangladesh, the coastal areas face increased salinity. Fishing communities in Bangladesh report that the availability of many local species has declined with the silting up of river beds, changes in temperature, and earlier flooding.