Water Beneath the Sand: The Thousand-Year Foggaras of the Sahara
In a photograph made in 2025, a water measurer in Ben Aissa holds a copper plate above the channel.…
TOPIC 06 · Landscapes · Wildlife · Connection
Nature — Take the scenic route.
Landscapes, ecosystems and the ways people live alongside them.
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Labyrinths of Stone: Madagascar’s Tsingy de Bemaraha
A climber’s pierced boot soles lead into Bemaraha’s cave-cut limestone, its small wildlife habitats and the human histories associated…
The Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya
One bridge in a 2019 study of Meghalaya’s living root bridges had been growing for 66 years and was…
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Why Nature matters
Landscapes are more than a backdrop. This topic explores the connections between living systems, the physical world and the people who depend on them.
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Landscapes, ecosystems and wildlife
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Relationships between people and environment
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Conservation, change and responsible curiosity
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