University of Passau

23–27 February 2026

#ECTE2026

Photo competition

We will accept photos in 3 categories:

1. Beauty of biodiversity
2. People and nature
3. Research

Please send in your best photos to:

photo(at)soctropecol.eu

The 9 finalists will be announced online in January. Their photos will be printed and exhibited at the forthcoming annual conference of the European Society for Tropical Ecology. The winner of each category wins 100 €.

Judges

• Dr. Dibyadeep Chatterjee
• Dr. Biplang Yadok Goodwill
• Hans-Jürgen Burkard

Rules:

• Participants of the competition must be members of gtoe.
• Deadline for submission of photos: December 26
• Maximum three photos for participant per category, makes 9 photos maximum submitted
• The photos must be strictly coherent to the themes.
• We will be only accepting photos showing minimum ethical handling standards for the respective animal taxon.
• Ensure that consent is obtained from relevant persons in the photo.
• One person cannot win in more than one category.