Hi, everyone!

The international Wiki Loves Earth team is happy to share that WLE 2021 will have new categories. Thank you for sharing your thoughts in the questionnaire and the discussion, it is valuable to hear the feedback of the WLE community.

This year, the international winning photos will represent two categories — landscapes (including individual trees, if it's a nature monument) and macro/close-up (animals, plants, fungi).

How that would work?

* the international jury will choose up to 20 photos, not more than 10 photos from each category.

* on the local level, we expect to have up to 15 winners with not more than 10 from each category. Local organizers can choose not to divide local winners into categories and/or can submit fewer photos (such as 10).

Here is an example of photos from both categories:

* macro/close-up (containing animals, plants, fungi with no landscape): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noblest_Flyer_Philippine_Eagle.jpg

* landscape: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ol_Doinyo_Lengai_and_Lake_Empakaai.jpg

It's important to highlight that only photos of protected sites qualify for both categories: a landscape of a protected site or a macro/close-up photo of a representative of that site taken there.

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Looking forward to the start of WLE 2021!

Best regards,
Anastasiia Petrova
Project Manager for International Wiki Loves Earth