Zsolt, a local ranger, stands in an 11.5-meter-deep dry wildlife trough in the middle of the ‘Sand Ridges’. The groundwater level drops by about half a meter every year.

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The Water Guardians - Fighting for mitigation the effect of climate disaster in the Great Plain

The extreme droughts have painfully highlighted the need for a review of water management. The Water Guardians team formed in 2024 from volunteers and operates as a civil community. Using simple tools such as shovels, buckets, manual strength and will, they are building dams in the right place in the canals. Their interventions are a last chance for the areas and their wildlife to survive.

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Zsolt Balázs

freelance photographer

As an independent artist photographer his most important angle is that of humanity and objectivity, which he raises above all political and economic interests. For several years he has been working on exploring the effects of global climate change in the Great Plain (Hungary). Member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers and Association of Hungarian Journalists.