In pictures: the astonishing beauty of forests

Celebrating the spectacular wildlife, stunning scenery and precious ways of life in forests around the world.

The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan Province, China. Photo: Carlos Adampol Galindo (CC-BY-SA)

Today is International Day of Forests, and it’s never been more important. Our forests are threatened by everything from logging and mining to animal agriculture and destructive megadams.

Red and Green Macaw feathers in the Amazon Rainforest

From the great boreal forest encircling the north of the globe, to the Brazilian Amazon, Greenpeace is campaigning alongside local and Indigenous people to protect these incredible places.

Forest canopy in Montanhas do Tumucumaqu National Park in Amapá State, Brazil

Autumn colours in the Spessart Beech Forest in Bavaria, Germany

Screech Owl in the Canadian Boreal Forest

Boreal forest in northern Alberta, Canada. This site was earmarked for tar sands extraction, but Shell abandoned the project in 2015. Photo: Greenpeace

A semi-wild Sumatran Tiger, seen at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation rescue centre in Indonesia

Munduruku children by the Tapajos River in the Amazon

Scarlet Ibis fly over the Piratuba Lake Biological Reserve in Amapá State, Brazil

Timelapse of the night sky over Broadback Valley Forest in Canada

Fiby Urskog Nature Reserve in Sweden. The area spans 87 hectares, of which most is land with unspoiled forest and hiking paths. The area is characterised by its uprooted and fallen trees and moss-rich ground. Photo: Christian Åslund

Ara Parrots in the Brazilian Rainforest

A Bird of Paradise in Papua

One year-old male baby orangutan Jelapat plays on the tree at Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan.

Children playing in forest fire haze in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

The Greenpeace Forest Fire Prevention Team in Ketapang, Indonesia

A Mountain Gorilla in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A Munduruku girl and friend, in the Tapajos region of the Amazon Rainforest

Forest near Tapajós River in the Amazon Rainforest

Rainforest land cleared for a mine outside of Munguba, along the Rio Jari in Brazil

Virgin Forest in the Arkhangelsk Region in Russia. Photo: Greenpeace

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