Wiki Loves Earth, a competition where participants take photographs of protected natural areas and upload their photos to Wikimedia Commons, was held internationally for the second time in 2015 with 26 countries. The contest is over, and we are now able to present the international winners.
The goal of Wiki Loves Earth is two-fold. First, we aim to photograph as many natural monuments and protected areas as possible and release the imagery under a free license. Second, we contribute to environmental protection by raising public awareness.
The idea of Wiki Loves Earth began in Ukraine in 2013. In 2014, Wiki Loves Earth was joined by 15 other countries from four different continents—Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
2015 goufe méi wéi 100 000 Biller vun de Participanten eragereecht.
Wiki Loves Earth was organised through numerous national contests, coordinated by local volunteers. The national juries then submitted up to 10 pictures to the international stage of the contest. With 26 participating countries, the international jury had to consider a total of 259 candidate pictures. The jury selected and ranked the photos in several stages by means of a dedicated web tool.
Déi international Jury huet sech aus 9 Fotografen aus verschiddene Länner zesummegesat, déi all vill Erfarung an der Naturfotografie hunn: Dmytro Balkhovitin (Ukrain), Matthew Buck (Groussbritannien), Dietmar Bartz (Däitschland), Walaa Abdel Manaem (Egypten), Alex Wang (USA), Katerina Zareva-Simeonova (Bulgaria), Zeynel Cebeci (Tierkei), Susanne Plank (Êisträisch) an Yathin Krishnappa (Indien).
After careful evaluation jury members have selected the following images, in addition to the winning image above.
Special nomination: Apis Mellifera drone—moment at birth, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil. This image received a high rating from the jurors, but as it was not taken in a protected area, it was not eligible for an award. Photo by Jonathan Wilkins, freely licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en CC-by-SA 3.0
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The full report of the international jury, explaining the work of the jury, selection process and presenting the results together with comments of the jury, is available.
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