Many peoples’ lives depend on the forest and the animals within, but all of us need the forest. It’s crucial to the water cycle, helps prevent against landslides and erosion and is an active player in climate protection.

Youbah Mohammedou Ghahra lives in Diama. When school's out he likes to play football with his friends. And he's ambitious – when he grows up, he wants to be president of Mauritania.

In Asia, sea cucumbers are considered a delicacy. A kilo of them dried goes for one thousand US dollars on the world market. People in the village of Tampolove in Madagascar are betting on this new source of income.

Social awareness is especially important in times of crisis. So thank goodness for people like David Hertz. He's a chef and the founder of Gastromotiva, a social gastronomy project, which offers training to poor youngsters.

In Asia, sea cucumbers are considered a delicacy. A kilo of them dried goes for one thousand US dollars on the world market. People in the village of Tampolove in Madagascar are betting on this new source of income.

Eel risotto is a traditional dish in the Lake Skadar region of Montenegro. It's made with locally sourced ingredients, including red peppers and dried plums.

Navez Lozano Flores and her husband and daughter share their home with three other families. They make traditional arts and crafts, have a shrine in the house to the goddess Pachamama, and mark special occasions with a meal of guinea pig.

90 percent of Morocco‘s agricultural exports come from Souss-Massa. But many businesses here are struggling with the effects of climate change. They’re taking out insurance to protect themselves against the consequences of extreme weather.

The elephant population in South Africa's Kruger National Park is growing by the year - which is good news. But there’s a problem. The elephants are devouring the park’s precious marula trees. So the park has enlisted some bees to help protect them.

19-year-old Munk-Ujin lives in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. She loves her city, and when she's not spending time with friends she likes to walk around and observe the progress going on all around her.