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Discover the world's best nature photography with the new Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
15 October 2021 - 5 June 2022
‘This was the filthiest shoot I have ever done,’ says Jasper.
‘Clambering about this ghastly landfill site in southern Spain made me aware of just how much trash we generate on a daily basis.’ In the Andalucía region of Spain and elsewhere, the dumps are affecting the storks’ natural behaviour. Instead of feeding on frogs, insects, young birds, rodents and worms, they are attracted to this ready source of rotting food, ingesting potentially lethal elements, in particular, rubber bands and plastics, even feeding them to their chicks. But population counts have revealed that, in recent years, rubbish dumps have become increasingly important to white storks, providing a constant food source during both the breeding season and winter and helping to increase their numbers. The concern, though, is that some populations are now so dependent on rubbish that the replacement of dumps with incinerators, combined with increasing loss of their natural habitat, may cause a future decline in numbers.
Discover the world's best nature photography with the new Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
15 October 2021 - 5 June 2022
The Netherlands
Jasper is a photographer who creates stories exploring the relationship between humans and nature. An ecology major, he knows humans depend on our planet, yet our current patterns of consumption are unsustainable. Jasper is a contributing photographer for National Geographic magazine, a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and a WWF Netherlands ambassador.
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