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  • Police officers from Hampshire Police Marine Support Unit and Thames Valley Police monitor Swan, an environmental activist from HS2 Rebellion sitting on a line above the river Colne seeking to protect an ancient alder tree on the far bank from destruction, as tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team continue to cut the tree during works for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police attended to ensure the removal of the tree by HS2 despite protests from activists.
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  • Police officers from Hampshire Police Marine Support Unit and Thames Valley Police monitor Larch l and Swan r, environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion sitting on a line above the river Colne seeking to protect an ancient alder tree on the far bank from destruction, as tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team continue to cut the tree during works for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police attended to ensure the removal of the tree by HS2 despite protests from activists.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Police officers arrest Swan, an environmental activist from HS2 Rebellion who had been seeking to protect an ancient alder tree from destruction during works for the HS2 high-speed rail link, after she fell from a line which had been cut from the tree during a multi-force policing operation on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police attended to ensure the removal of the tree by HS2 despite protests from activists.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Police officers from Hampshire Police Marine Support Unit detain Swan, an environmental activist from HS2 Rebellion who had been seeking to protect an ancient alder tree from destruction during works for the HS2 high-speed rail link, after she fell from a line which had been cut from the tree during a multi-force policing operation on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police attended to ensure the removal of the tree by HS2 despite protests from activists.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • A tree surgeon working with the National Eviction Team cuts an ancient alder tree which environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion had been seeking to protect from works for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. A large security operation involving officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police as well as the National Eviction Team ensured the removal of the tree by HS2 despite the protests by activists.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • A tree surgeon working with the National Eviction Team cuts an ancient alder tree which environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion had been seeking to protect from works for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. A large security operation involving officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police as well as the National Eviction Team ensured the removal of the tree by HS2 despite the protests by activists.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell trees in Denham Country Park for works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Denham Ford Protection Camp, who are trying to prevent or delay the destruction of the woodland, contend that the area of Denham Country Park currently being felled is not indicated for felling on documentation supplied by HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20200929-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working on behalf of HS2 Ltd, facilitated by around two dozen security guards, fell trees in Denham Country Park for works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Denham Ford Protection Camp, who are trying to prevent or delay the destruction of the woodland, contend that the area of Denham Country Park currently being felled is not indicated for felling on documentation supplied by HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20200929-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working on behalf of HS2 Ltd and some of around two dozen security guards leave after felling trees in Denham Country Park for works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Denham Ford Protection Camp, who are trying to prevent or delay the destruction of the woodland, contend that the area of Denham Country Park currently being felled is not indicated for felling on documentation supplied by HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20200929-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Environmental activists observe tree surgeons working on behalf of HS2 Ltd, facilitated by security guards, felling trees in Denham Country Park for works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Denham Ford Protection Camp, who are trying to prevent or delay the destruction of the woodland, contend that the area of Denham Country Park currently being felled is not indicated for felling on documentation supplied by HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20200929-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working on behalf of HS2 Ltd, facilitated by around two dozen security guards, fell trees in Denham Country Park for works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Denham Ford Protection Camp, who are trying to prevent or delay the destruction of the woodland, contend that the area of Denham Country Park currently being felled is not indicated for felling on documentation supplied by HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20200929-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell trees in Denham Country Park for works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 29 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Denham Ford Protection Camp, who are trying to prevent or delay the destruction of the woodland, contend that the area of Denham Country Park currently being felled is not indicated for felling on documentation supplied by HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20200929-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • A tree surgeon removes limbs from a tree alongside the river Colne as part of works in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to try to prevent or delay works on the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • Environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion stand in the river Colne in Denham Country Park to try to prevent tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team from cutting branches of an ancient alder tree above them as part of works for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. A large security operation involving officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police as well as the National Eviction Team ensured the removal of the tree by HS2 despite the protests by activists.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • A tree surgeon working as a contractor for London's Lambeth council trims high ash branches and boughs in Ruskin Park. Distant Edwardian period homes can be seen with blocks of flats in the Loughborough Estate are beyond. The man is tethered to safety harnesses and he swings himself across the large tree trimming and cutting the heavier and less stable arms of the plant's surfaces. Councils like Lambeth take the health of their public park's trees very seriously after incidents of falling parts onto innocent passers-by, with resulting injuries and legal action.
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  • A man from Buhoma Village on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable forest, Uganda. He’s axing a tree down by hand to do some building work on his home. It takes him an hour before it falls.
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  • After a brief dip, a man gets out the hole cut into a frozen lake for ice-swimming, Kallavesi, Kuopio, Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • A National Eviction Team enforcement agent grasps the clothing of an HS2 Rebellion activist during direct action by anti-HS2 activists to prevent or delay tree cutting in conjunction with the high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • National Eviction Team enforcement agents grapple with activists from HS2 Rebellion seeking to prevent or delay tree cutting in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • A National Eviction Team enforcement agent tries to block activists from HS2 Rebellion seeking to prevent or delay tree cutting in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • National Eviction Team enforcement agents grapple with activists from HS2 Rebellion seeking to prevent or delay tree cutting in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • National Eviction Team enforcement agents monitor activists from HS2 Rebellion trying to prevent or delay tree cutting in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • A John Deere Timberjack felling trees in sustainable woodland in Suffolk, United Kingdom.  The machine chops down and processes a tree ready for chipping in about 90 seconds. This area of the UK is rich in woodland and this wood can provide a sustainable source of heat when used in efficient boilers. This is exactly what local schools are doing thanks to the local council which is managing the resource while supplying wood-fuel for heating. The initiative saves the schools energy, reduces CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes a year and cuts their fuel bills by up to 25%.  Suffolk County Council won an Ashden Award for its approach to susatainability.
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  • A John Deere Timberjack felling trees in sustainable woodland in Suffolk, United Kingdom.  The machine chops down and processes a tree ready for chipping in about 90 seconds. This area of the UK is rich in woodland and this wood can provide a sustainable source of heat when used in efficient boilers. This is exactly what local schools are doing thanks to the local council which is managing the resource while supplying wood-fuel for heating. The initiative saves the schools energy, reduces CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes a year and cuts their fuel bills by up to 25%.  Suffolk County Council won an Ashden Award for its approach to susatainability.
    10-suffolk-2841.jpg
  • Three men going ice swimming after a sauna at the small lake of Vuorilampi, Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • Portrait of a man wearing a woollen hat, surrounded by steam, after going ice swimming at the small lake of Vuorilampi, Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • A portrait of a man after ice swimming at Luonetjarvi lake, Tikkakoski; Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • A portrait of a woman after ice swimming at Luonetjarvi lake, Tikkakoski; Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • 'The Green Season', a swidden rice field almost ready for harvesting Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
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  • 'The Green Season', a swidden rice field almost ready for harvesting Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
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  • 'The Green Season', a swidden rice field almost ready for harvesting Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0019041cc_1.jpg
  • 'The Green Season', a swidden rice field almost ready for harvesting Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0019034cc_1.jpg
  • 'The Green Season', a swidden rice field almost ready for harvesting near the Ko Pala village of Honglerk, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
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  • A Khmu ethnic minority man lights a fire to burn the dry vegetation on his upland field, Ban Non Boun Kang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016996cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016845cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016843cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016834cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016833cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016827cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016705cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape in the Phunoi ethnic minority village of Sinesai, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016641cc_1.jpg
  • A Phunoi ethnic minority subsistence farmer accompanied by her young son clears her land by slashing and burning to grow hill rice and coffee as a cash crop in Ban Sinesai; Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation. The practise is gradually being taken over by the planting of permanent cash crops such as coffee.
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  • Clearing of the land for planting cash crops, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation. In this area the practise is gradually being taken over by the planting of permanent cash crops such as coffee and tea.
    A0016503cc_1.jpg
  • 'The Green Season', swidden rice fields in Houaphan province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0026756cc_1.jpg
  • A portrait of a man after ice swimming at the small lake Vuorilampi, Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • Three men going ice swimming after a sauna at the small lake of Vuorilampi, Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
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  • Two women chatting whilst ice swimming at Luonetjarvi lake, Tikkakoski; Central Finland. Ice swimming takes place in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires a hole cutting in it.  In Finland, the ice swimming tradition has generally been connected with the sauna tradition and it is not seen as an ascetic or religious ritual, but as a way to cool off rapidly after staying in the sauna and as a stress relief.
    06-06_1.jpg
  • An upland rice field in the 'green season', Vientiane Province, Lao PDR. Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao PDR consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0011175cc_1.jpg
  • After drying on the upland field for several days, an Akha Cherpia ethnic minority woman threshes the rice sheaves with a wooden threshing tool to remove the grain before carrying back to the village in sacks.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
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  • After drying on the upland field for several days, an Akha Cherpia family thresh the rice sheaves to remove the grain which will then be put into sacks and carried back to the village. Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0019850cc_1.jpg
  • 'The Green Season', a swidden rice field almost ready for harvesting Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0019037cc_1.jpg
  • 'The Green Season', Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Slash and burn cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0019012cc_1.jpg
  • A Khmu ethnic minority man lights a fire to burn the dry vegetation on his field, Ban Non Boun Kang, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016985cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016703cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016702cc_1.jpg
  • Slash and burn landscape, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao PDR consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation.
    A0016697cc_1.jpg
  • A Phunoi ethnic minority subsistence farmer clears her land by slashing and burning to grow hill rice and coffee as a cash crop in Ban Sinesai; Phongsaly province, Lao PDR.  Swidden cultivation or ‘hai’ in Lao consists of cutting the natural vegetation, leaving it to dry and then burning it for temporary cropping of the land, the ash acting as a natural fertiliser. Shifting cultivation practices, although remarkably sustainable and adapted to their environment in the past, have come under increasing stress in recent decades and are now starting to be a major problem in Lao PDR, causing widespread deforestation and watershed degradation. The practise is gradually being taken over by the planting of permanent cash crops such as coffee.
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  • A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watches tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. The felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, was facilitated by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
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  • A tree surgeon working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fells a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • A tree surgeon working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fells a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • A tree surgeon working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fells a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • Tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • National Eviction Team enforcement agents and security guards watch tree surgeons working on behalf of HS2 Ltd fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project also observed the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • A tree surgeon working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd fells a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • A tribute written on a fence is pictured in front of tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team on behalf of HS2 Ltd to fell a 200-year-old oak tree alongside the East West Rail route known locally as the ‘7 Sisters Oak’ as part of works connected to the HS2 high-speed rail link on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. A small group of local people and anti-HS2 activists based at the nearby Poors Piece Conservation Project watched the felling of the tree, which was home to bats and other species, whilst monitored by a joint force of around fifty bailiffs, security guards and police officers from Thames Valley Police.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-7-Si...jpg
  • A woman farmer taps dripping resin from a rubber tree in a plantation on Pulau Langkawi Island, Malaysia. We see the lady surrounded by even rows of trees, all carefully spaced when planted. Each cool evening the tapper removes a thin layer of bark along a downward half spiral on the tree trunk. She makes an incision in the bark of the tree and fluid then drains into a collecting vessel. If done carefully and with skill, this tapping panel will yield latex for up to 5 years. Malaysia is one of the top exporters of natural rubber. Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia.
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  • A woman farmer taps dripping resin from a rubber tree in a plantation on Pulau Langkawi Island, Malaysia. We see the lady surrounded by even rows of trees, all carefully spaced when planted. Each cool evening the tapper removes a thin layer of bark along a downward half spiral on the tree trunk. She makes an incision in the bark of the tree and fluid then drains into a collecting vessel. If done carefully and with skill, this tapping panel will yield latex for up to 5 years. Malaysia is one of the top exporters of natural rubber. Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia.
    RB_100-16-05-1981.jpg
  • A stack of Christmas trees ready to be sold in Broadway Market on 27th of November 2020 in Hackney,London, United Kingdom. The Christmas trees are cut and wrapped in plastic netting individually making them easy to sell.
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  • A stack of Christmas trees ready to be sold in Broadway Market on 27th of November 2020 in Hackney,London, United Kingdom. The Christmas trees are cut and wrapped in plastic netting individually making them easy to sell.
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  • Freshly cut trees from sustainable woodland are stacked on an airfield in Suffolk, United Kingdom,  to dry out on the disused concrete runway.  The drying process takes about a year.  This area of the UK is rich in woodland and this wood can provide a sustainable source of heat when used in efficient boilers. This is exactly what local schools are doing thanks to the local council which is managing the resource while supplying wood-fuel for heating. The initiative saves the schools energy, reduces CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes a year and cuts their fuel bills by up to 25%.  Suffolk County Council won an Ashden Award for its approach to susatainability.
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  • Apatani tribal elders Atta Yadd and her husband Ba Khang cut bamboo  in the forests surrounding their village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
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  • Apatani tribal elder Atta Yadd  returns home after having  cut bamboo in the forests surrounding their village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
    20071208_india_0201_1.jpg
  • Pile of logs from pine trees which have been cut down as part of forest management on the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Pile of logs from pine trees which have been cut down as part of forest management on the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.
    20170101_logs_003.jpg
  • Pile of logs from pine trees which have been cut down as part of forest management on the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.
    20170101_logs_002.jpg
  • Pile of logs from pine trees which have been cut down as part of forest management on the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.
    20170101_logs_001.jpg
  • A lorry loaded with freshly cut logs in sustainable woodland, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Suffolk county council sustainable wood chip production.This area of the UK is rich in woodland and this wood can provide a sustainable source of heat when used in efficient boilers. This is exactly what local schools are doing thanks to the local council which is managing the resource while supplying wood-fuel for heating. The initiative saves the schools energy, reduces CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes a year and cuts their fuel bills by up to 25%.  Suffolk County Council won an Ashden Award for its approach to susatainability.
    10-suffolk-2714.jpg
  • A stack of freshly cut logs in sustainable woodland, Suffolk, United Kingdom. This area of the UK is rich in woodland and this wood can provide a sustainable source of heat when used in efficient boilers. This is exactly what local schools are doing thanks to the local council which is managing the resource while supplying wood-fuel for heating. The initiative saves the schools energy, reduces CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes a year and cuts their fuel bills by up to 25%.  Suffolk County Council won an Ashden Award for its approach to susatainability.
    10-suffolk-2627.jpg
  • A large section of branch cut from a tree by a tree surgeon working on behalf of HS2 Ltd falls close to security workers and HS2 Rebellion activists taking direct action to prevent or delay tree felling works in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • A large branch cut from a tree by a tree surgeon working on behalf of HS2 Ltd falls among security workers and HS2 Rebellion activists taking direct action to prevent or delay tree felling works in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • A large branch cut from a tree by a tree surgeon working on behalf of HS2 Ltd falls among security workers and HS2 Rebellion activists taking direct action to prevent or delay tree felling works in conjunction with the HS2 high-speed rail link in Denham Country Park on 7 September 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. Anti-HS2 activists continue to campaign and take direct action against the controversial £106bn project for which the construction phase was announced on 4th September from a series of protection camps based along the route of the line between London and Birmingham.
    MK-20200907-HS2-Rebellion-Denham-cam...jpg
  • Police officers from Hampshire Police Marine Support Unit monitor Swan, a female environmental activist from HS2 Rebellion sitting on a line above the river Colne secured to an ancient alder tree which she was seeking to protect from destruction, as tree surgeons working with the National Eviction Team continue to cut the tree during works for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. A large security operation involving officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police as well as the National Eviction Team ensured the removal of the tree by HS2.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • A tree surgeon working with the National Eviction Team prepares to cut an ancient alder tree which environmental activists from HS2 Rebellion had been seeking to protect from works for the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th July 2020 in Denham, United Kingdom. A large security operation involving officers from the Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Hampshire Police as well as the National Eviction Team ensured the removal of the tree by HS2 despite the protests by activists.
    MK-20200724-HS2-Denham-tree-felling-...jpg
  • A fallen tree covers a pathway blown down by high winds as Storm Ciara swept in on February 9th 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. Amber weather warnings were put into place by the MET office as gusts of up to 90mph and heavy rain swept across the UK. An amber warning from the MET office expects a powerful storm that will disrupt air, rail and sea links travel, cancel sports events, cut electrical power and damage property.
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  • A fallen tree covers a pathway blown down by high winds as Storm Ciara swept in on February 9th 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. Amber weather warnings were put into place by the MET office as gusts of up to 90mph and heavy rain swept across the UK. An amber warning from the MET office expects a powerful storm that will disrupt air, rail and sea links travel, cancel sports events, cut electrical power and damage property.
    UK-Weather-Storm-Ciara-3142.jpg
  • A fallen tree covers a pathway blown down by high winds as Storm Ciara swept in on February 9th 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. Amber weather warnings were put into place by the MET office as gusts of up to 90mph and heavy rain swept across the UK. An amber warning from the MET office expects a powerful storm that will disrupt air, rail and sea links travel, cancel sports events, cut electrical power and damage property.
    UK-Weather-Storm-Ciara-3131.jpg
  • A large tall lone tree amongst the bushes on the side hills on the 20th November 2019 in Mvomero district, Morogoro region, Tanzania. Many of the big trees have been cut down for the timber.
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  • A lone palm tree amongst the bushes on the side hills, on the 20th of November 2019 in Mvomero district, Morogoro region, Tanzania. Many of the big trees have been cut down for the timber.
    Tanzania-Morogoro-Scenery-7038.jpg
  • Colourful Black Friday signage at House of Fraser on Oxford Street in Londons West End on the 29th November 2019 in central London in the United Kingdom. Black Friday is a shopping event that originated from the US where retailers cut prices on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.
    BlackFriday2019-1048697.jpg
  • Colourful Black Friday signage at House of Fraser on Oxford Street in Londons West End on the 29th November 2019 in central London in the United Kingdom. Black Friday is a shopping event that originated from the US where retailers cut prices on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.
    BlackFriday2019-1048688.jpg
  • Laos is the most bombed country, per capita, in the world with more than 270 million cluster bomb submunitions dropped on it during the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1974. The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) are a humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conflict worldwide and have been working in Lao PDR since 1994. UXO clearance team 6 (UCT6) is an all-female team, one of MAG’s seven UXO clearance teams in Xieng Khouang Province, one of the most heavily bombed provinces in Lao PDR. UCT6 Technician Xoua Lor (28) holds a machete that she uses to cut the scrub on the clearance site in Ban Namoune.
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  • A lady cyclist reads Barclays-sponsored bike rental instructions with shadows of bare branches on white wall. She has been riding a newly rented 'Boris bike' in Westminster, Central London. The sponsored bicycles have been provided for Londoners and visitors by Barclays Bank and is the brainchild of Mayor of London, Boris Johnson whose aim is to cut down on heavy traffic and increase cycling journeys.
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  • A portrait of three brothers of the same family have their picture taken outside their parents' home in Westcliff, England. The eldest is a teenager of approximately 17 and  is holding his youngest brother who is still only 12 months-old. The third boy is biting his lip while looking to the viewer, more anxiously than the other two. He is possibly 14 but both the elder lads wear identically-designed jumpers that cut across the throat to allow their clean white shirts and ties to remain visible. Apart from the young child, the elders share the same dark hair colour but genetically, they share one chromosome that has given them heavy eyebrows, a family trait. This was taken on Kodachrome film stock in the spring of 1961 so the look and feel of the image is dated with wonderfully muted colours that this Kodak film offered to consumers in the early 60s.
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  • Collecting wood from the Echuya Forest on a Saturday, the only day they are allowed to collect non-dead wood in this area of Uganda. This has been set up by the National Forest Association to try and cut down on the amount of deforestation in the area.
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  • Colourful Black Friday signage at House of Fraser on Oxford Street in Londons West End on the 29th November 2019 in central London in the United Kingdom. Black Friday is a shopping event that originated from the US where retailers cut prices on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.
    BlackFriday2019-1048707.jpg
  • Laos is the most bombed country, per capita, in the world with more than 270 million cluster bomb submunitions dropped on it during the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1974. The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) are a humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conflict worldwide and have been working in Lao PDR since 1994. UXO clearance team 6 (UCT6) is an all-female team, one of MAG’s seven UXO clearance teams in Xieng Khouang Province, one of the most heavily bombed provinces-- in Lao PDR. Before clearance of UXO can take place the site has to cleared of scrub so the lanes can be created and the metal detector doesn’t get stuck. UCT6 Technician Xoua Lor (28) holds a machete that she uses to cut the scrub on the clearance site in Ban Namoune.
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  • The A9 cuts through rain clouds near Killiecrankie, August 6th 2019, Scottish Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. The A9 is the main high road leading from Sterling in the south to Scrabster in the highest North.
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