Youngsters between ages 6 and 16 who are not residents of the United States or Canada are invited to enter the "See the Bigger Picture" photography contest by submitting images illustrating plants, animals or anything else that captures biodiversity. The winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, DC, United States, and will meet with photojournalist Joel Sartore. Applicants are asked to submit one colour image that they think captures the spirit or idea of biodiversity. It could be a favourite tree or a plant, an animal, or an insect, even a whole ecosystem (from their own back yard to somewhere they've visited on vacation) - the image should show people why biodiversity is a good thing that people should try to preserve.

"See the Bigger Picture" is a joint project of Airbus, National Geographic, and the Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity in support of "The Green Wave" - an outreach programme that promotes the goals of the United Nations biodiversity treaty and that will contribute to the celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010. As part of "The Green Wave" project, children and youth in schools worldwide plant a local tree species on May 22 each year, uniting to send a "green wave" across time zones from east to west.

Enter digital images as labelled jpeg files, or mail in submissions, including the image on CD.


Click here for more information.
Click here for contest rules.

YPMN Young People's Media Network on June 10 2009.