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It is the richest and most complex ecosystem on our planet. From ground to canopy, the tropical forest contains over half the world’s biodiversity on less than 6% of the whole land mass. It is also one of the most endangered areas of the world, and there is a real danger that several species will become extinct in that verdant ocean before even being identified…

That luxuriance is whittled away a little each day. The deforestation of tropical jewels destroys an area the size of Greece each year. In Indonesia, an area the size of a football field is destroyed every 10 seconds, with the spread of palm oil plantations inexorably pushing back the last refuge of orangutans. In Central Africa, precious woods are over-exploited, often illegally. In Amazonia, soybean cultivation has become the leading cause of deforestation.

Through the pictures that he has taken in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Surinam, French Guyana, Madagascar, Congo, Rwanda, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, and Borneo, Gilles Martin speaks out for creatures in danger: butterflies, toucans, parrots, birds-of-paradise, poison-dart frogs, chameleons, snakes, geckos, great apes, etc., in a hymn of colours taken from an exuberant nature.

Tree frog
Agalychnis sp.
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph of a tree frog in Costa Rica

Green tree python
Morelia viridis
Australia

Gilles Martin's photograph of green tree python from Australia

Grasshopper
Tettigoniidae sp.
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph of a grasshopper from Costa Rica

Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph of an orangutan from Borneo

Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Borneo

Grasshopper
Tettigoniidae sp.
Costa Rica

Horned toad
Megophrys nasuta
Malaisia

Gilles Martin's photograph of a toad from Malaysia

Owl butterfly
Caligo sp.
Brasil

Gilles Martin's photograph of butterflies wings

Butterfly
Papilio rumanzovia
Philippines

Butterfly wings
Rainforest

Gilles Martin's photo-montage from Tropical rainforest

Eyes to eyes
Rainforest

Tree frog
Hypsiboas sp.
French Guiana

Gilles Martin's photograph of a tree frog from French Guiana

Gecko
Uroplatus phantasticus
Madagascar

Gilles Martin's photograph of a gekkota from Madagascar

Spider
Arachnides sp.
Bornéo

Gilles Martin's photograph of a spider from Borneo

Hoest’s monkey
Cercopthecus lhoesti
Rwanda

Gilles Martin's photograph of a L'Hoest's mokey from Rwanda

Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus
Mexico

Gilles Martin's photograph of a monarch butterfly from Mexico

Lantern bug
Pyrops candelarius
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph of a pyrops from Borneo

Strawberry poison frog
Dendrobates pumilio
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph of a strawberry poison-dart frog from Costa Rica

Silvered langur
Presbytis cristata
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph of a colobinae from Borneo

Orchis mantis
Hymenopus coronatus
Malaysia

Gilles Martin's photograph of a hymenopus coronatus, also called H. bicornis mantis from Malaysia

Beetle
Coleoptera sp.
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph of a beetle from Costa Rica

Birds
Rupicola peru
Lophorina superba
Trochilidae sp.
Crax fasciolata

Ramphastos tucanus
Actias selene
Calumma parsonii
Mantella baroni

Mountain gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
Rwanda

Gilles Martin's photograph of a gorilla from Rwanda

Eyelash viper
Bothriechis schlegeli
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph of viperinae from Costa Rica

Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Bornéo

Frog
Amphibian sp.
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph of a frog from Borneo

Parson’s chameleon
Calumma parsonii
Madagascar

Gilles Martin's photograph of chameleon from Madagascar

Great argus
Argusianus argus
Malaysia

Gilles Martin's photograph of a great argus from Malaysia

Bird feathers

Vegetation

Glass frog
Hyalinobatrachium sp.
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph of a frog from Costa Rica

Cone-headead katydid
Copiphora rhinoceros
Costa Rica

Mountain gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
Rwanda

Painted mantella frog
Mantella baroni
Madagascar

Gilles Martin's photograph of a mantellidae from Costa Rica

Borneo forest dragon
Gonocephalus sp.
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph of a gonocephalus from Borneo

Weevil
Curculionoidea sp.
Surinam

Gilles Martin's photograph of an Apion from Suriname

Rain frog
Scaphiophryne sp.
Madagascar

Gilles Martin's photograph of a toad from Madagascar

Butterfly
Ithomiidae sp.
Surinam

Gilles Martin's photograph of a butterfly from Suriname

Fauna
Hypsiboas sp.
Greta oto
Tettigonidae sp.
Calumma parsonii

Vegetation

Green and black
poison dart frog
Dendrobates auratus
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph of frog from Costa Rica

Proboscis monkey
Nasalis larvatus
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph of a proboscis monkey (nasalis larvatus) from Borneo

Spiny flower mantis
Pseudocreobotra sp.
Congo RDC

Photographie de Gilles Martin : mante religieuse d'Afrique

Eyelash viper
Bothriechis schlegeli
Costa Rica

Photographie de Gilles Martin : vipère du Costa Rica

Leaf-nosed snake
Langaha sp.
Madagascar

Photographie de Gilles Martin : serpent liane mangeant un lézard

Souimanga
Nectariniides sp.
Rwanda

Photographie de Gilles Martin : souï-manga d'Afrique

Red-eyed tree frog
Agalychnis callidrias
Costa Rica

Gilles Martin's photograph : red-eyed tree frog (agalychnis callidryas) in Costa Rica

Red-eyed tree frog
Agalychnis callidrias
Costa Rica