Image: Unsplash/Patti Black
24 May 2022 Story Nature Action

UNEP@50 - Act for Nature

As part of the activities commemorating UNEP@50, the United Nations Environment Programme partnered with Unsplash in a call for images that showcase the striking beauty of our planet. Unsplash’s creative community responded by sharing over 1,200 photographs of the nature that they want to protect for the next 50 years and beyond. The submissions to the Act for Nature collection profile the range of ecosystems around the globe, as well as the flora and fauna that call them home. This gallery is a selection of some of the most impactful visuals from that collection.

Photo of the Dragon Blood Trees found on Socotra Island.
Image: Unsplash/Andrew Svk
Photo of icebergs in Iceland
Image: Unsplash/Leandra Rieger
Photo of the Garden of the Gods in Colorado at Sunset
Image: Unsplash/Joshua Woroniecki
Photo of lava eggs in Spain
Image: Unsplash/Marek Piwnicki
Photo of dragonfly on a stem
Image: Unsplash/Patti Black
Photo of a body of water at Heraklion, Greece
Image: Unsplash/Elizaveta Levina
Photo of a blooming flower
Image: Unsplash/Laura Adai
Photo of the Augrabies Falls in South Africa
Image: Unsplash/Abigail Clarke
Photo of Île Nue de Mingan, Minganie Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada
Image: Unsplash/Lydia Mailloux
Photo of a tree in El Chaltén, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Image: Unsplash/Domie Sharpin
Photo of leaves in winter in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Image: Unsplash/Omid Armin
Photo of a lion half asleep at Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Image: Unsplash/Grace Nandy
High resolution photo of a plant in Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Image: Unsplash/Arjun MJ
Photo of a plant in Cork, Ireland
Image: Unsplash/Camila Carvalho
Photo of wet beach sand
Image: Unsplash/Mourad Saadi
Photo of a coral reef in Marsa Shagra, Red Sea
Image: Unsplash/Francesco Ungaro