Photo Contest: Celebrating How Forests Contribute to Food Security and Nutrition

Deadline Date: March 12, 2025

 Donor Name: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

 Grant Size: Not Available

https://www.fao.org/international-day-of-forests-2025/photo-contest/en

To celebrate the International Day of Forests on 21 March and the invaluable connection between forests and foods, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is asking you to submit photos that highlight how forests contribute to food security and nutrition.

Whether it’s a wild food dish, a market stall displaying foods from the forest, wild food harvesting in the forests, a buzzing pollinator, or a tree that bears the fruits and nuts that nourish them – send them a picture and tell them why you’ve chosen that image.

Prizes

• All five winners will receive a collection of FAO merchandise including an FAO water bottle, backpack and keep cup.

Who can take part?

• Participants should be 18 years old or above.
• Each participant can submit up to five photographs by filling in and submitting the online submission form. Each photo should be submitted separately by filling in the form.
• Submissions will be accepted only in English, French, and Spanish.
• Participants must own the copyright and must have taken the photographs themselves. The photos must have been taken after 1 January 2021.
• Each submitted photograph must have a title and a short description/caption explaining what the photo represents and where/when the photo was taken.
• Participants are invited to post their photos on social media accounts, using the hashtag/s: #ForestDay and tagging.
• Photographs must be submitted in .jpeg format. Images should be of high quality (e.g. 300 dpi and 5000 pixels and a file size that does not exceed 2 MB). Both colour and/or black and white images will be accepted.
• The material must not violate or infringe third party’s rights including but not limited to trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
• The submission must not contain dates, texts, brand names, logos or trademarks.
• FAO respects photographers’ rights and does not claim copyright over images submitted to this contest. The author retains full copyright for each entry. Whenever the image is published by FAO, the author will be credited.
• By participating in the contest, the contestant grants FAO permission to use the image in FAO material and on FAO digital channels for non-commercial purposes. FAO does NOT own the copyright and authors are free to use the image for other purposes at their choosing.
• The top five photos will be posted by FAO corporate social media accounts. 

For more information, visit FAO.