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An elderly woman from the Dai tribe walks through a rice field near Mandajui village, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A man from the Dai tribe prays at the shrine marking the sacred centre spot of Mandajui village, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A Dai man smokes home grown tobacco from his bong in Mandajui village, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A plant in the Xishuangbanna rainforest.

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Dumplings on sale in Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A family making mud bricks, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Women at menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A child from the Dai tribe with a butterfly net, near Mandajui village, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Rainforest, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A butterfly settles on a ginger bloom in the rainforests of Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Local rice varieties on sale at Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A Jilou tribal village amongst the forest in Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman weighs bananas in Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman and boy from the Jilou tribe with produce gathered from the rainforest, Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A boy from the Jilou tribe with a butterfly net, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman from the Jilou tribe harvesting peanuts, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A river valley, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Hill-rice grown by the Jilou tribe, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman from the Jilou tribe working in a peanut field growing next to maize, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A buttress rooted tree growths next to karst limestone rocks in the rainforest, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Seedlings being checked in a glasshouse at Xishuangbanna tropical botanical gardens, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Ginger plants at Xishuangbanna tropical botanical gardens, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A mushroom gathered from the rainforest, Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman in traditional dress from the Jilou tribe, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman in traditional dress from the Jilou tribe sells produce gathered from the rainforest at Menghlun market, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman in traditional dress from the Jilou tribe, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Xishuangbanna tropical botanical gardens, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A woman from the Jilou tribe in traditional dress, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Cloud formations above Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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The Mekong River flowing through Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A view over Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Rainforest, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Epiphytes in the rainforest of Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Children from the Dai tribe collecting butterflys near Mandajui village, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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A man from the Dai tribe makes an offering to an animist shrine in the village of Mandajui, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Eel traps in the Dai village of Mandajui, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Plants being grown by tissue culture in the gene-bank of Xishuangbanna tropical botanical gardens, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.

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Plant tissue culture being carried out in the gene-bank at Xishuangbanna tropical botanical gardens.

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Accessions in cold storage in the gene-bank of Xishuangbanna tropical botanical gardens.

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A tree spreads its roots across rocks in karst limestone rainforest, Xishuangbanna district, Yunnan province.