Medio Ambiente

Individual

Una fotografía que expanda nuestra comprensión de un problema medioambiental o nuestro aprecio por la naturaleza.

Primero

Youth play soccer in La Oroya next to the American-owned smelter Doe Run Peru. This photo was taken in April 10, 2009, when production was almost completelly suspended due to an alleged financial crisis in the company, now it is still closed. The company claims that it was not able to carry out its environmental program in violation of its agreement with the goverment, arguing economic reasons, but for years it was operating in defiance of enviromental regulations, in a city where many children have tested for high lead levels in their blood due to smelter pollution. Foto: Tomas Munita

Segundo

Workers assemble massive excavation machinery that will cut through the earth to create the Tunél Emisor Oriente, one of Mexico's most dramatic water infrastructure projects in 30 years. The seven meter wide, 62-kilometer long tunnel will double drainage capacity in the Valley of Mexico and aims to prevent serious floods. Lumbrero 0 (pictured) is the first of 24 deep shafts designed to provide ventilation and to allow the introduction of machinery in the tunnel. Foto: Janet Jarman

Tercero

Como una cicatriz que deja huellas en la piel, se reflejan las gigantescas extensiones de petróleo derramado en el Lago de Maracaibo en el estado Zulia tras años de explotación petrolera en el subsuelo acuático. Foto: Jimmy Pirela

Ensayo

Un ensayo contenga hasta doce imágenes que expanda nuestra comprensión de un problema medioambiental o nuestro aprecio por la naturaleza.

Primero *(Dos proyectos obtuvieron el primer lugar)

Tercero