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Environment Photo Contest

This year, to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 and World Environment Day on June 5, FrontLines and the Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade bureau teamed up for a photo contest focused on the environment. The winning images depict wildlife and their habitats, as well as efforts by USAID, its partners and local communities to conserve the environment and mitigate climate change. Photos came from all areas of the globe and a wide range of USAID projects.

This hamerkop, shown attempting to make a meal of a fellow creature, is among the species whose homes are in jeopardy, in part due to the effects of climate change and habitat destruction on the African continent. Credit: Julie Larsen Maher, Wildlife Conservation Society

In Nicaragua, an endangered sea turtle makes its way across the beach at the La Flor Wildlife Refuge. Through a USAID-funded project, Conservation and Sustainable Tourism in Critical Watersheds, local community park guards were trained to help protect endangered sea turtles and their habitat, and to help develop sustainable tourism activities. Credit: Jerry Bauer, US Forest Service

Dugongs, a type of large marine mammal, caught by the community of Maliangin, Malaysia, are now released within the Maliangin marine sanctuary. As a result of the USAID and World Wildlife Fund Coral Triangle Support Partnership, which supported community education and awareness, the community now understands the importance of protecting endangered species and the benefits of marine sanctuaries. Credit: � WWF-Malaysia/ Robecca Jumin

Uganda boasts an extraordinary diversity of habitats, scenery, and wildlife species. The string of protected areas along Uganda�s western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the Albertine Rift, harbors half the world�s mountain gorillas, huge populations of hippos, as well as elephants, chimpanzees, lions, and much more. Credit: Julie Larsen Maher, Wildlife Conservation Society

Here, a dramatic view of flood plain cultivation in Wakhan, Afghanistan. Known as �the roof of the world,� the Wildlife Conservation Society says the Wakhan Corridor has few rivals in terms of scenic beauty. The little-known area is nestled in the high Pamir Mountains and the region is flanked by the Hindu Kush, Himalayan, Karakoram, and Kunlun ranges. Credit: John Winnie Jr., WCS-Afghanistan

Ocean debris litters our seas and coastline, as seen on this beach in Casares, Nicaragua. USAID/Nicaragua and local partners are uniting with local communities to become part of the solution through clean-ups and educational campaigns. Credit: Rodrigo Gonzalez/Paso Pacifico

Conserving Uganda�s last remaining lions is a global responsibility. The country�s lions have declined by almost 40 percent in less than a decade. Only 415 of the big cats remain in the network of national parks, and in the largest park of all, Murchison Falls National Park, there are just 132 left. Credit: Julie Larsen Maher, Wildlife Conservation Society

With the support of USAID/Tanzania through the Scaling Up Conservation And Livelihoods Efforts (SCALE) program, the African Wildlife Foundation has been working with communities in northern Tanzania � around the Kolo Hills � to reverse trends in deforestation and forest degradation. This work involves supporting women's groups as they grow native trees from seedlings and distribute them area-wide for planting. Credit: African Wildlife Foundation

USAID is supporting the electrification of rural schools in Afghanistan, through projects like the Afghanistan Clean Energy Program (ACEP). ACEP created a 2 kW solar-powered system to provide power to the Shaheed Mahmoodi High School in Band-e Amir National Park in Bamiyan Province, benefitting its 621 male and female students. Here Afghan technicians are finishing installation and testing of the solar array. Credit: Robert Foster, Winrock International

A stone marks the entrance to Band-e-Amir National Park � Afghanistan's first national park. This designation affords legal protection to the lakes and surrounding landscape, and will ensure sustainable environmental management. Since 2006, USAID has been working with Afghanistan and local communities surrounding Band-e-Amir to establish the national park, which covers 56,000 hectares. Credit: WCS-Afghanistan

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