The Vaucluse is home to exceptional biodiversity, as illustrated by Michel Gunther.
With more than 2000 species of plants, 150 species of birds, 48 species of fish, 32 species of mammals, pretty much the same amount of reptiles and amphibians, keeping in mind the thousands of species and subspecies of beetles, butterflies, dragonflies and other insects, the natural heritage of the Vaucluse department, in Provence, is one of the richest in the whole of France.
This biological wealth, of which the Luberon and the Mount Ventoux have actually been classified as a Biosphère Reserves by UNESCO, is where the photographer Michel Gunther spends his time exploring and drawing up the inventory of all things great and small, each season bringing its own discoveries...
Here is a tiny part of the treasures of Provence that urgently need to be seen and kept safe.
