Bambang Wirawan
Forest guard
Sumatran tiger, Indonesia, 2021
Category - Into the Forest
The world’s tiger population has declined by 95% over the last hundred years, mainly as a result of deforestation, which is drastically reducing their territory, and poaching. In Indonesia, the sub-species on the islands of Java and Bali have become extinct, and only the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) remains, with fewer than 400 individuals left in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). In 2009, Sumatran tigers were classified as ‘critically endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Indonesian government made them a priority species for protection.
10-24 mm f/4 Lens - 1/500 sec at f/4 ISO 400