A porter crosses a river using a fallen log whilst carrying a heavy load up the Hingku Valley, near Lukla, south of Mount Everest, Nepal Himalaya, Nepal, Asia

Woman carrying wood on donkeyback, Atlas cedar forest, near Azrou, Middle Atlas, Morocco

Truck on a local street in Kano, Nigeria

Camel caravan walking with firewood through Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Camel loaded with firewood, Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Boy fetching wood in Takpatchiomey, Couffo, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Monk carrying firewood, high in the Khumbu region, Nepal, Asia

Truck carrying tree trunks, Province of Quebec, Canada, North America

Woman working by the Ayeyarwady River, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Men carrying a very heavy metal plate to the river, shipwreck cemetery (ship breaking yard), Port of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia

Two Mali tribesmen carrying wooden fence stakes to market, Bissam Cuttack, Rayagader district, Orissa, India, Asia

Yanomami indian women collecting wood, Brazil, South America

Women collecting firewood near Dhariyawad, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Women collecting firewood near Dhariyawad, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Women carrying wood, Hamer tribe, Turmi, Ethiopia, Africa

Woman carrying firewood, Pune, Maharashtra state, India, Asia

Yali woman carrying wood on her head, Irian Jaya, Island of New Guinea, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Wood chore, Keur Moussa, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Women collecting firewood near Dhariyawad, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Man transporting wood, Calcutta , India

Horse carrying wood passes rusting tank from the war, Sentebe, Choa region, Ethiopia, Africa

Burmese peasant collecting wood in the ancient city of Bagan where more than 2200 ancient temples remain of the original 10000, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Kuna women carrying wood through village, Wichub-Wala Island, San Blas Islands, Comarca de Kuna Yala, Panama, Central America

Village of Masango, Province of Cibitoke, Burundi, Africa

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Porter carrying large load of wood on the trail between Lukla and Namche Bazar, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Women collecting firewood near Dhariyawad, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Naga (Macham tribe) girl with face tattoos, done when they are children so that they are not attractive to men who might steal them from their village) carrying wood on her back, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Woman carrying wood to be used as fuel for cooking by Nepalese locals living in the Annapurna Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Honduras boy collecting firewood banadero, near danli

Morocco, South, Ouarzazate Region, Young Berber Girls Fetching Wood For Cooking

Women carrying wood to be used as fuel for cooking by Nepalese locals living in the Annapurna Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Man carrying eucalyptus wood, ethiopia

Domestic duties in Uganda include finding wood for burning and domestic improvements. Here a group of African women are carrying the load back on their heads. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

Wild Adult Female and Baby Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus). Endangered. Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

Members of the public protesting in Grizedale Forest against government proposals to sell off Forestry Commission land, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Leaf Cutter Ants, Ecuador.

Caucasian father and son carrying firewood from truck

Mix race volunteer carrying lumber at construction site

Volunteers carrying lumber at construction site

Caucasian men carrying plywood at construction site

Volunteers carrying lumber at a construction site

Hikers and signaling in Torres Sector, Torres del Paine national park, Patagonia, Chile

Local woman carrying baby and dishes to the lake to wash up, lake Tanganyika, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates pumilio, rainforest, Costa Rica

Madagascar carries firewood, near Tulear, Madagascar, Africa

Leafcutter ants carrying pieces of leaves, Atta cephalotes, rainforest, Costa Rica

Campfire, topless man in background, riverside of Isar, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Young female surfer walking through a thick jungle, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Africa

Woman carrying fire wood, Kabini, Karnataka, India

Local people carrying bags on their head, Kampala, Jinja, Uganda, Africa

Young female surfer walking on a simple street through a forest, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Africa

Young female surfer walking on a path through a forest, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Africa

Two porters carrying heavy load on the pilgrimage route, Emei Shan, Sichuan province, China, Asia

Farmer and son wearing traditional clothes, drive fromthe mountain pastures, Almabtrieb, Ulten valley, South Tyrol, Italy

Old woman carrying wood on Vespa APE, Abruzzi, Italy, Europe

Man carrying a load crossing the U Bein Bridge at sunset, old wooden teak bridge, Mandalay, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Ms Jalang with firewood and rice on the project area, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Corpus Christi procession in Durnholz, Valdurna, Sarntal, Sarentino, Province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy

Two carved wooden figures of Jesus carrying the cross and praying hands as bookends, bible, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine, Israel, Middle East

Wood carving of Jesus carrying his cross, Bethlehem, Israel

Bridge over Dudh Koshi river, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

Pack dogs, sled dogs, Alaskan Huskies, carrying dog packs, backpacks, wooden boardwalk, swamp, Chilkoot Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, USA

Tribal women carrying firewood to the markets of Diu, Gujarat, India, Asia

Person walking a country road carrying dry firewood. Peaceful sunset scene and wanderer silhouette on trail. Idyllic rural landscape

Old pharmacy, museum for Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, Asia

Person walking a country road carrying dry firewood. Peaceful sunset scene and wanderer silhouette on trail. Idyllic rural landscape near lake and forest

Pack dog, sled dog, Alaskan Husky, carrying dog packs, backpacks, wooden boardwalk, swamp, Chilkoot Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, USA

Man with colourful traditional hat and firewood on his back, Andes, near Cusco, Peru, South America

Bridge over Dudh Koshi river, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

Women carrying firewood up the 3.500 steps to the temples of Shatrunjaya, Palitana, Gujarat, India, Asia

Orang-Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Putting national park, Central-Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Local man with a donkey, Chapada Diamantina, near Salvador de Bahia, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Mid section view of a man carrying a wooden box with bottles and a container on a bicycle

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

After processing, A wildlife technician carries the lynx back to the trap.

A woman walks along a rocky beach collecting firewood in Cape Scott Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

View from behind of a carved wooden statue depicting monks bearing the coffin of St. Cuthbert on their shoulders in the Lindisfarne Priory: Holy Island, Northumberland, England

Jaguar (Panthera Onca) Carries Fresh Kill In His Mouth, Pantanal Conservation Area, Brazil

Norther flicker (Colaptes auratus) leaving the nest with wood chips in it's mouth, Forillon National Park; Quebec, Canada

Wood Stork Flying To Nest Carrying Greenery, Florida, Usa

Man and donkey laden with firewood, Lori Province, Armenia

Balinese men carrying the wadah, a temple-shaped structure made of paper and light wood, containing the ashes of the deceased in a funeral procession to deposit the ashes in the Unda river following the Ngaben or Cremation Ceremony, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia

A heap of recycled reclaimed timber planks of wood. Environmentally responsible reclamation in a timber yard. A man carrying a large plank of splintered rough wood, Pine Plains, New York, USA

Woman walking in a garden, carrying wooden crate with fresh vegetables and flowers

Bearded man walking outdoors at sunset, carrying large wooden mallet on his shoulder, Oxfordshire, England

A farmyard. A stack of traditional wooden crates for packing fruit and vegetables. A man carrying an empty crate, Rhinebeck, New York, USA

Man standing in his allotment with his daughter, smiling, holding a box full of freshly picked vegetablesAllotment, England

Portrait of man holding armful of logs