Press Release: DGM Photo Contest
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Winners of Photo Contest Focused on Indigenous Peoples and local communities Announced
June 5, 2020
The World Bank and the Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (DGM) today announced the winners of the DGM Photo Contest. Entitled, “The power of storytelling through the eyes of indigenous peoples and local communities”, the contest sought to capture the everyday life of DGM beneficiaries and stakeholders. The winning photos were selected from compelling entries from all 8 participating DGM countries: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, Mozambique, and Peru.
The winning photo, shot by Bastian A. Saputra from Indonesia, shows the efforts of Indigenous People in Papua, Indonesia working to increase income generation, conserve forests and support livelihoods in their community by mitigating deforestation and planting cocoa trees on their land.
“The power of photography enables us to show the impact of indigenous and local community knowledge and practices on forest conservation and climate change mitigation. The DGM Photo Contest provides a platform for DGM beneficiaries and relevant stakeholders to communicate their daily lives and document local knowledge and practices. We hope you will see these pictures and reflect on how to increase effective participation of indigenous and local communities in nature conservation efforts,” said Christian Peter, incoming Practice Manager, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice, the World Bank.
The photo contest invited submissions in two categories: “Everyday life” and “DGM projects in action”. Submissions were judged on technical excellence, subject matter relevance, artistic merit, overall impact, as well as the story behind each photo. The panel of judges consisted of John Martin, Director of Production for Visual Storytelling, Conservation International; Cristina Mittermeier, National Geographic Photographer and Co-Founder of SeaLegacy; Christian Albert Peter, Practice Manager, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice, the World Bank; Bharati Pathak, Local Communities representative, Federation of Communities Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN), DGM Global Steering Committee member/Nepal; and Mafalda Duarte, Head of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF).
Apart from the grand prize winner, the panel selected Breno Lima as winner of the Everyday life category and Andhika Vega as winner of the DGM projects in action category. The panel also identified three honorary mentions: Heri Nugroho for DGM projects in action, Nivea Martins for everyday life, and Paris Mona Kapupu for best portrait. All submissions that met the technical criteria were entered in an online Popular Vote contest. The most popular picture, by Clea Guedes from Brazil, was awarded the popular vote prize.
“The DGM Photo Contest gave meaning to the phrase ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ Selecting these winners was an extremely difficult task, particularly because each submission had its own powerful story to tell. I am also particularly pleased to see that the submissions reflect the diversity of the communities where DGM works,” said Bharati Pathak, DGM Nepal Global Steering Committee member and Chairperson of Nepal Federation of Community Forestry Users (FECOFUN).
This contest was a collaboration between the World Bank and the DGM Global Executing Agency (Conservation International). View the winning photos: https://www.dgmglobal.org/contestwinners View all submissions: http://bit.ly/2r1NsQc
About DGM:
The Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (DGM) is a global initiative that supports the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the international effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and promote sustainable forest management and forest carbon stocks (REDD+). Established in 2010 as a special window under the Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) Forest Investment Program (FIP) and implemented by the World Bank, the DGM places US$80 million directly in the hands of the people who simultaneously depend on and protect forests.