Biodiversity 100 – the actions in pictures

France: The Pyrenean bear – the smallest of the brown bear family – who number only about 20 individuals Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Patrick Frilet/Rex Features Poland: The last wild herd of European bison in Europe roam the vast Białowieża forest which straddles the border between Poland and Belarus. Only a quarter of this UNESCO World Heritage site is a protected national park Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Raymond Gehman/Corbis Russia: Poaching laws in Russia are ineffective due to loopholes, and fail to restrict the killing of endangered species such as the Siberian tigers Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Michael K. Nichols/NG/Getty Images Russia: A Baikal seal at the Baikal Ecology Museum. More than half the species in Lake Baikal are not found anywhere else on earth Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Wolfgang Kaehler/Corbis Spain: A Cantabrian brown bear, an endangered species whose habitat in the Cantabrian mountains is under threat by a proposed ski resort Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Eloy Alonso/Reuters Turkey: The Deriner dam under construction on the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. The country is embarking on an ambitious dam construction project to reduce its energy dependency, which conservationists say greatly endangers Turkey's rich biodiversity Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Mustafa Ozer/AFP UK: A bumblebee in Boroughbridge, northern England. Urgent action is required to protect native bees due to their vital role a pollinators for plants Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Nigel Roddis/REUTERS UK: A white-tailed eagle take off with a fish. National parks should have programmes to reintroduce animals that have become extinct in the UK Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Pal Hermansen/Getty Images UK: Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire. A series of Ecological Restoration Zones (something recommended by the distinguished ecologist Sir John Lawton in a recent report commissioned by the UK government) would greatly improve protection for the UK's biodiversity and prevent further extinction occurring Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Diana Jarvis/Alamy UK: A small spiny seahorse. The 2004 Review of Marine Nature Conservation report to Defra concluded that current protection of UK marine areas was unfit for preserving biodiversity Click here for all the European actions Photograph: Lin Baldock/Natural England/PA Zhalong, Heilongjiang, China --- Red-crowned Cranes in Flight Image by © Keren Su/Corbis Click here for all the Asian actions Photograph: Corbis India - Lion-tailed macaque mother and infant. This species is threatened by habitat loss Click here for all the Asian actions Photograph: Frans Lanting/Corbis A fisherman cuts the fins off of a shark at the fish market in Abobodoume, a popular quarter of Abidjan, on April 12, 2008. The fins of the shark are dried and then sold for 32,000 African francs (50 euros) per kilo to Senegalese of Guyanese wholesale dealers, then exported to Asian countries, notably China and Japan. The leftover meat of the shark after the fins are removed is then sold off at 8,000 African (10.50 euros) francs per kilo Click here for all the Asian actions Photograph: Kambou Sia/AFP/Getty Images Archerfish in a forest of mangroves. The fish spit water to hit insects on trees, in the centre of the world's richest marine biodiversity, the Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia. Click here for all the Asian actions Photograph: Norbert Wu/Corbis School of southern bluefin tuna in a tuna fishery tow cage. We are calling on the Japanese government to support efforts to protect the species from over-fishing Click here for all the Asian actions Photograph: Paul Sutherland/NG/Getty Images Trees in forest, Iriomote, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. This important area for biodiversity is threatened by the expansion of a US military base Click here for all the Asian actions Photograph: Hiroyuki Yamaguchi/Getty A 33 km-long sea dyke is seen at the Saemangeum land reclamation project area in Gunsan, about 200 km (124 miles) south of Seoul, November 12, 2008. South Korea is betting a multi-billion dollar land reclamation project about seven times the size of Manhattan will lift the economy but environmentalists say it could be one of the country's biggest ecological blunders. The Saemangeum land reclamation project uses a 33 km (20.5 mile) sea dyke to reclaim an area of 400 square kms (155 sq miles), turning coastal tidelands that are key feeding areas for globally threatened birds into land for factories, golf courses and water treatment plants. Click here for all the Asian actions Photograph: Staff/Reuters Deforestation in Chaco, Paraguay Click here for all actions for the Americas Photograph: WLT In this Sept. 15, 2009 photo, cattle walk near a burning area near Novo Progresso in Brazil's northern state of Paral. The Brazilian Amazon is arguably the world's biggest natural defense against global warming, acting as a "sink," or absorber, of carbon dioxide. But it is also a great contributor to warming. About 75 percent of Brazil's emissions come from rainforest clearing, as vegetation burns and felled trees rot. Click here for all actions for the Americas Photograph: Andre Penner/AP Woodland Caribou Bull Crossing a Mountain Lake in Late Fall During a Light Snowstorm on the Alberta - British Columbia Border, Canada Click here for all actions for the Americas Photograph: John E Marriott/Corbis Two vaquitas in the upper gulf of california, Mexico Click here for all actions for the Americas Photograph: Chris Johnson/earthOCEAN/vaquina.tv The intake pipes of the Loxton Irrigation Trust and Central Irrigation Trust on the Murray River February 24, 2008 in Loxton, South Australia, Australia. This system was completed in 2002 and is one of the leading irrigation systems in the world for efficiency. It is pressurized and completely enclosed in a piped system. The Murray-Darling Basin has been plagued with severe drought since the late 1990s and many growers and policy makers are being forced to work on implementing more efficient irrigation systems. Click here for all the Australian actions Photograph: Amy Toensing/Getty Images Tiny colurful flowers of Lantana Camara that became an invasive plant in Australia. Click here for all the Australian actions Photograph: Dale Northern/Alamy Spotted Tilapia (Tilapia mariae), an invasive species in Australia waters Click here for all the Australian actions Photograph: Gary Meszaros/Corbis Dingos, pair with young, playing, Northern Territory, Australia Click here for all the Australian actions Photograph: Arco Images/Alamy