MontPhoto, international photography contest (Mountain and Nature Photography Awards)

1st Award
A la búsqueda de mascota de Joan de la Malla de Barcelona (Barcelona)
Place: Jakarta (Indonèsia)
Description: The Pasar Burung are animal markets in the streets of Jakarta. Hundreds of animals live in poor conditions waiting to be sold to some family. It is not hard to find endangered species on sale at some market stalls. In the picture, some buyers chose the bird they will take home with them.

Joan de la Malla

1st Award

Honor award
Polar Shopping Trolley de Britta Jaschinski de London (London)
Place: Magatzem de fauna confiscada, Denver (Estats Units)
Description: This rug, made with the skin of the vulnerable (IUCN Red List) Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), was confiscated by the US government and is only an example of the many disturbing items that people try to smuggle through borders and airports across the globe. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stores 1.5 million seized items at their warehouse. Trolleys are used to move the confiscated items around the warehouse.

Britta Jaschinski

Honor award

Honor award Popular voting
Cargando el futuro de Joan de la Malla de Barcelona (Barcelona)
Place: Ketapang, Borneo (Indonèsia)
Description: The IAR project in Kepatang, Borneo, manages an important orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) orphanage. After the terrible fires that hit the island in 2015 the number of orphans increased considerably. Luckily, the IAR carries out a fantastic job that allows it to re-introduce the majority of these orangutans after a few years. In the meantime, they live in partial freedom conditions. In the picture, a caretaker carries the babies from their dorms to the area where they spend the day.

Joan de la Malla

Honor award / P. V.

Honor award
Precious cargo de Neil Aldridge de Kenn (North Somerset)
Place: Kent (Regne Unit)
Description: Volunteers work tirelessly to save foxes (Vulpes vulpes) across the UK despite fox persecution being high on the political agenda. This red fox was brought to the Fox Project in Kent, England suffering with mange. Having been treated back to health, the fox is carried to a safe release site.

Neil Aldridge

Honor award

Honor award
Poaching survivor de Neil Aldridge de Kenn (North Somerset)
Place: Kariega (Sudàfrica)
Description: This is the silhouette of a poaching survivor. One night during a full moon on South Africa’s Kariega Game Reserve, three white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) were attacked for their horns to feed the illegal trade. More than three rhinos have been slaughtered each day in South Africa since 2008.

Neil Aldridge

Honor award

Honor award
Abejas de Alejandro Peiro Llop de Valencia (Valencia)
Place: Chiva, València (Espanya)
Description: The picture shows a beekeper holding about 200 dead bees (Apis mellifera). The use of legal pesticides in the fields close to the hives is resulting in massive deaths of bees. This is happening all over Spain and the consequences in the long-term could be catastrophic. Without insects there is no pollination.

Alejandro Peiro Llop

Honor award

Honor award
Nightlife de José Antonio Martínez Sáenz de Murchante (Navarra)
Place: Tudela, Navarra (Espanya)
Description: Thousands of millions of mayflies (Ephoron virgo) fly over the bridge of the Ebro river attracted by the dim light of its street lights. What looks like a show is actually an episode of light pollution, a lethal trap for almost all of them. They end up dying and creating a thick layer on the pavement without breeding. It is a scenery showing the beauty of life and the drama of death.

José Antonio Martínez Sáenz

Honor award

Honor award
Una cuerda quedó olvidada en el campo de Eduardo Blanco Mendizabal de Corella (Navarra)
Place: Corella, Navarra (Espanya)
Description: A White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) was entangled by one of the ropes that carried to its nest, maybe confusing it with a branch. We must realize that our waste can be dangerous for many animals.

Eduardo Blanco Mendizabal

Honor award

Honor award
Perpetuarse o morir de Jonathan Díaz Marbá de Zaragoza (Zaragoza)
Place: Andorra, Terol (Espanya)
Description: Two small owls (Athene noctua) copulating with Andorra's thermal power plant in the background. A picture is worth a thousand words and the message with this picture night be for future generations as the world they are inheriting changes constantly and is very dangerous. It is not a natural area anymore, human activity is obvious and visible everywhere.

Jonathan Díaz Marbá

Honor award

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2017

Environmental report