Adam Roberts, Conservation Photographer

16/09/2026

A little something I have been working on investigating the exotic and illegal pet trades of Cambodia

Research into the local exotic pet markets of Cambodia shows publicly accessible marketplaces, including Facebook are a hub for the international illegal wildlife trade.

11/08/2026

A planthopper in the genus Cromna camouflaged against the stem of a young mango tree glistens gold against its rich greens under the evenings light, illuminated with the spark of my flash.
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Living on forests edge in Mondulkiri, it is easy to forget the peril facing the insects of our world - threatened and decreasing in huge numbers due to environmental poisoning, a rapidly changing climate, and destroyed habitats. Here in the tropics, for now, we still find insects in large enough numbers to provide a wow factor, however over the years there has been a notable decline across many of our stunning species.
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We can help alleviate this. If we think insect friendly in all we do by treating any natural area we have access to not as our right, but as a home to improve for others. Grow plants, flowers, and trees, create shade, establish grasses, allow leaves to return to soil.

We are all in charge of whatever happens next 🌎🌏🌍

📸 Canon R5
🔎100mm f2.8 L
⚡️Godox V100

26/05/2026

I'd love to know what you think...

It's only the second time i've given this voiceover-style content a go and i'd love to hear back from you in the comments as to what you thought

Enjoy spending a little intimate time getting to know Polypedates leucomystax as they bring in their next generation

IG @ adams.conservation.world

Shot on Canon R5
Music: Echo of Sadness by Bensound

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24/05/2026

Outside of megafauna, the smaller creatures that make up our world enthrall...

Some recent creatures of all shapes and sizes from across Cambodia for the International Day of Biological Diversity

Give some love & attention to the smaller things that make your world what it is 🦎🦟🐸🪶

20/05/2026

The tiny worlds that keep us turning

Telostylinus lineolatus, the banana stalk fly. The contrast of the dark background and the wood caught my eye almost even before the fly did. It rests close to the darkness.

Living between death in the forest they feast on rotting fruit and plants, or decaying trees.

Like so many of the tiny animals in our world they are vital to processes barely visible - the great cycling of nutrients through our complex ecosystems.
As always, one mans rot is another mans gold

Canon R5
100mm f2.8 Lconservation.world

18/05/2026

It's Monday. Light the signal flares 🔥

Okay, so it's not a fire, but it is a signal.

Calotes versicolour, the Oriental Garden Lizard hangs on the side of a tree deep in the forest, flushing an intense orange-red. This vivid colour change is seen through breeding season, sometimes confined to the head but on occassion, the full body beams brilliantly
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This male issues a warning to other locals not to be interfering with his dominance of this tree, and an invitation to any ladies looking his way that he is powerful, receptive, and out for a mate.

It's so often these little creatures that bring such an interesting perspective while in the forest, the never ending contest of contrast, attention, and need to survive that dominates the worlds outside our own.

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Canon 5Dmkiii
100mm f2.8 Lconservation.world
Canon UK

14/05/2026

Have you seen this many poses from an Eagle?!

Cruising in a narrowboat through the protected Prek Toal Ramsar site on Tonle Sap lake. A majestic Grey Headed Fish Eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus) perched in a mangrove above, the sun through leaves creating a perfect backlight for its stunning portraits.

Although calling the lake home, across Asia this apex predators populations are falling. Forest clearing, agricultural expansion, fires, and overfishing of their prey are aiding their decline.

And now a newer, multifaceted threat has risen. The commercial damming of the Mekong. These dams impact species breeding grounds, fish migrations, and crucially, threaten the unique flows that maintain the Tonle Sap as one of the most biodiverse wetlands on Earth. A true modern day ecological disaster that has yet to truly unfold, if we let it.
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Canon R5
Tamron 150 - 600
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