The Cuillin mountains pictured from beside the Allt Coir a Mhadhaidh on the Fairy Pools walk, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Woman sorting fresh fish catch, spread out on coir matting and left in the sun to dry, Pamban Straits, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Sunbeds made from coconut wood and coir on Kiwengwa Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Fisherman in wooden boat, checking his fishing pots made from coir and bamboo, River Mahanadi, Orissa, India, Asia

Fisherman in wooden boat, washing his coir and bamboo fishing pots, River Mahanadi, Orissa, India, Asia

Man carrying coir fibre on his head, Tamil Nadu state, India, Asia

Man collecting coconut halves, southern India, India, Asia

Coconut husks chopped and buried in mud and sand for a week or two to soften them on Baa Atol in the Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean, Asia

Man carrying coir rugs through the street past ancient statues in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Loading coir fibre, Tamil Nadu state, India, Asia

Man carrying dried copra obtained from coconut husks, Tamil Nadu state, India, Asia

Glen Brittle with Allt Coir a Mhadaidh stream and Sgurr Thuilm, 881m, Black Cuillins, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Manufacture of mats from coconut fibres or coir, coconut fibre industry, factory, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, Asia

Worker with rolled coconut fibre mats or coir mats, coconut fibre industry, factory, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, Asia

Dyeing of ropes made of coconut fibres or coir, coconut fibre industry, factory, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, Asia