Environmental Photographer of the Year 2016: Winners and shortlisted images

The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2016 is awarded to Sara Lindström for her picture 'Wildfire'. Swedish-born Sara picked up photography while studying in South Africa, and is now based in the Canadian Rockies. Her projects have seen her travel across more than 50 countries, capturing the beauty of the more remote corners of the earth.

Luke Massey has been named the Young Environmental Photographer of the Year 2016 for his photograph of peregrines on an urban balcony in Chicago.

Arnab Adak, Mainstream for a day, 2015 / India.

Pooyan Shadpoor, Houcheraghi, 2015 / Iran. "While walking along the shore of Larak – an island in the Persian Gulf – I came across this luminous scene. The magical lights of the plankton enchanted me so that I snapped the shot.”

Atkins Built Environment Award 2016: SL Shanth Kumar, Losing Ground to Manmade Disaster, 2015 / Chennai.

Raju Ghosh, Pollution in a foundry, 2016 / Howrah.

Luc Forsyth, The Plateau, Tibet 2016

Jonathan Fontaine, The worst drought in 50 years, 2016 / Afar region / Ethiopia. "A baby on a camel and his family decided to move their camp 10 kilometres to be closer to a river where there is some water left.

Changing Climate Award 2016: Sandra Hoyn, Life Jackets on the Greek Island of Lesbos, 2016 / Lesbos.

Antonio Busiello, Sinking Venice, 2016 / Venice.

Stepan Rudyk, The Mannequin Factory, 2016 / Istanbul, Turkey.

Susana Giron, Transhumance in Spain, Spain 2015

Forestry Commission England People, Nature and Economy Award 2016: Pedram Yazdani, Sand. “The Salt Lake Urmia could be a symbol of what will happen soon to Iran

Björn Vaughn, Slamet the Survivor, 2015 / Kalimantan Tengah/Central Borneo, Indonesia

Shortlisted: Moni Sankar. This cowboy in West Bengal, India, wanted to return his pet to shelter due to bad weather, but the pet did not agree.

Andre Malerba, Gold and Gun Disease 4, 2015 / Mandalay Region, Myanmar.

Richard Sidey, Pearl Farm, Manihiki Atoll, 2015 / Manihiki, Cook Islands. "A black pearl farm viewed from above, built atop a coral bommie and one of dozens constructed in Manihiki's beautiful and productive lagoon in the Cook Islands.

Timur Karpov, Aralkum landscape, 2015 / Uzbekistan, Aral Sea.

YT Haryono, Fire Burned Forest In Riau, 2015 / Rimbo Panjang, Kampar, Riau Province, Sumatra.

Ruben Salgado Escudero, Solar Portraits India, India 2015

Sean Gallagher, Beijing: The Masked City, 2015 / Beijing, China.

Shantanu Das, Road or Swimming Pool, 2015 / Mumbai.

Eric Madeja, Seaweed Farming, Malaysia 2015

Sandra Hoyn, A Place on the Train, 2016 / Tongi, Bangladesh.

Faisal Azim, Gravel Workmen, Bangladesh 2015

Larry Louie, Geothermal Energy, Iceland 2016

Shortlisted: Yuyang Liu. Two men were fishing in the pond of Xian village, in the centre of Guangzhou city, Guangdong, China, which epitomises China’s modern urbanisation.

Sudipta Dutta Chowdhury, Life in Boiler, West Bengal 2016

Ray Toh, Needle of the Sea, Qatar. "An iconic building in Qatar commonly known as Burj Qatar.

Guy Bell, Hydroponics at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, England 2015

Shortlisted: Emanuele Giovagnoli. Oil pipelines run along a bridge over the Shiripuno river in the Yasuni national park.

Shortlisted: César Rodríguez. Artemio, 50 years old, applying pesticides at the tobacco fields in Mexico.

Shortlisted: Stuart Gleave. A large array of solar panels located on Tenerife’s southern coast.

Konstantinos Stergiopoulos, Waste disposal gone wrong, 2016 / Nicosia, Cyprus.

Jennifer Adler, Hope, 2015 / Mill Sink, Florida.

Davoud Ameri, The place I lost my leg, 2015 / Iran.

Adrián Domínguez, WeLand (series), 2016 / Spain.

Christian Aslund, Dead End #03, 2015 / Arctic Ocean, Greenland.

Oksana Lefimenko, Water lilies, 2016 / Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Steve Morgan, Floods on Boxing Day - Hebden Bridge 11, 2015

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