Tel Aviv-based Roie Galitz, who is drawn to frozen landscapes, warns that the disappearance of polar bears is the world’s ‘canary in the coalmine’.

The Israeli military and the Israel Nature and National Parks Authority are cooperating on a new project that will teach soldiers how to preserve nature while on duty. Every paratrooper will get a pocket guide, teaching them how to collect garbage left around in national parks; which animals are protected and how to deal with civilians stealing endangered plants.