CIFOR-ICRAF Photo Competition 2024: (Deadline: 14 October, 2024)

Calling all professional photographers, photo enthusiasts, content creators, and nature lovers to apply for the CIFOR-ICRAF Photo Competition 2024. Gear up to showcase the stunning beauty and critical importance of the planet’s biodiversity through the lens of your camera. Let’s inspire action to protect the richness of our natural world.

They invite you to capture the essential role of forests and trees in promoting biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and driving restoration efforts.

Your photos should illustrate any of the following aspects:

• The incredible diversity of life supported by forests and trees
• How trees and forests contribute to climate stability and resilience
• Efforts to restore landscapes through tree planting and conservation
• The presence of trees in various environments: natural forests, agricultural lands, urban areas and more
• The relationship between trees and people, emphasizing their importance to our well-being and culture.

Prizes

• 1st Prize: $500
• 2nd Prize: $400
• People’s Choice Award: $300

Eligibility

• Participants should be aged 18 or older.
• You are encouraged to use the photography equipment with which you are most comfortable.
• Employees of CIFOR-ICRAF are not eligible to enter. 

Rules

Note the following rules:

• Entries should not include watermarks, signatures, or captions.
• Entries that have previously won other photography competitions will be automatically disqualified.
• Submissions featuring children or minors are not eligible.
• Entries generated using generative artificial intelligence tools or with their assistance are ineligible.
• Images portraying the willful harassment of wildlife will not be accepted.
• Photos taken in ways that cause or have caused environmental damage by the photographer, including capturing images in areas where human presence is restricted by authorities or property managers, are not eligible.
• Photos taken before the year 2010 will not be eligible.

Selection Criteria

All entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges selected by the CIFOR-ICRAF team, who will select at least 30 photos from all eligible submissions received during the competition period. Finalists will be chosen based on the following criteria:

• Creativity (30%)
• Photographic quality (30%)
• Composition (30%)
• Execution of theme (10%)

Deadline: 14 October, 2024

Application

• You may submit multiple entries with maximum 3 photos; however, you can only have one ultimate entry in the final round.
• The uploaded file must include the photo’s title, name, email address, social media handles (if applicable), and a caption stating the following: the subject and location, and a short description of the story behind the picture.
• You must have the full copyright to the submitted photos. Therefore, by submitting your entries, you will be presumed to have agreed to accept the contest rules and the terms and conditions.

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For more information, visit CIFOR-ICRAF Photo Competition.