Photocompete

• Copyright: The copyright of the materials submitted for this competition remains with respective participants. However, each entrant grants the EEA and its partners the right to use the submitted materials in its environmental communication crediting the copyright owners.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 15th August 2017
• Who can enter: Open to citizens of the 33 EEA member countries and 6 West Balkan cooperating countries, 18+ years of age. The photos must be taken in the countries mentioned above.

Nature provides us with many benefits. Some are well-known, such as clean air, clean freshwater, food, timber and other natural resources. Other benefits are equally vital but less known. Did you know, for example, that green spaces in and around cities help protect our homes from flooding by absorbing excess flood waters? Similarly, trees and urban parks help lower temperatures in urban areas during heat waves. With its intrinsic beauty and rich diversity, nature is also a source of inspiration not only for art but also for designing machines, homes and many innovative solutions.

Categories:

• NATUREprovides
• NATUREprotects
• NATUREinspires

Prizes:

• The winners in each category will be awarded a cash prize of EUR 1000, while EUR 500 is on offer for both the Public Choice Award and the Youth Prize.
• The Youth Prize will be awarded to the winning entry, selected among those submitted by persons aged between 18 and 24 (born between calendar years 1993-1999) to any of the competition categories.

One entrant may submit maximum 5 entries in total in the competition. Online submission of digital photographs via the website.

Judging criteria:

• Relevance of your entry to the competition topic
• Creativity expressed
• Technical ability
• Persuasiveness of the entry

Image requirements: jpeg-format, minimum resolution of 2000 pixels for the long side of the photograph.

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