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First Place
Brent Stirton
Getty Images

"RHINO WARS"

Second Place
Palani Mohan
Reportage for Getty Images

"THE KAZAKH EAGLE HUNTERS"

Third Place
Kacper Kowalski
Panos Pictures

"TOXIC BEAUTY"

Award of Excellence
Carsten Peter
Freelance

"INFINITE CAVE"

Award of Excellence
Joel Sartore
National Geographic Magazine

"UGANDA'S LAST EDEN"

Award of Excellence
Steve Winter
Freelance

"A CRY FOR THE TIGER"

Award of Excellence
Joel Sartore
National Geographic Magazine


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"UGANDA'S LAST EDEN"

Alert to human visitors, a young mountain gorilla and its mother sit tight in Bwindi Impenetrable Park. When the park opened in 1991, villagers resented losing access to forest where they had gathered honey and wood. Today the park shares the fees from gorilla-watching tours with the locals, a small victory in the Rift's unending clashes for livable space. Ecotourism has paid to stabilize gorilla populations up until now, but experts wonder how long it will last due to deforestation and poaching.