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Spanish photographer Jaime Rojo has been following the life of the monarch butterfly for more than 20 years after witnessing the dramatic decline of this colorful species. Monarchs are threatened by habitat destruction, climate change and pesticide use.
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As a result, butterfly populations have declined by 90% since the 1990s. Rojo will receive the prestigious award for his work in photojournalism at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in London.
“When I first visited the Monarch Reserve in Mexico, the forest was dotted with butterflies,” he recalls. Now, however, they have become extremely scarce.
