Photographs of Deforestation in Indonesia

---

All images are the property of Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.com, copyright 2006. Contact me regarding use and reproduction.
Click here if to see just the highest rated (best) pictures for this topic.

Indonesia: travel guides | environment | forestry stats

Overhead view of mangroves cleared for rice paddies Aerial view of flooded costal rice paddies Aerial view of small-scale mining near northern Java Aerial view of small-scale mining in coastal Java Man bringing fuel wood down from the forest Overhead view of deforestation for agricultural use in Borneo Aerial view of forest clearing for agriculture near Pangkalanbun Mangrove-clearing in Borneo Forest clearing for resource extraction in Borneo-aerial view Expanse of cleared rainforest near Tanjung Putting Cut logs brought over from Borneo Houses on the deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Dock near deforested area next to Tanjung Puting National Park Deforested area near Tanjung Puting National Park Abandoned homestead on a deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Expanse of cleared forestland near Tanjung Putting Felled canopy tree, left for waste in Borneo Deforested patch of forest in Borneo Charred stumps left after slash-and-burn of rainforest Rice fields where mangroves once grew Mangrove swamp converted for settlement and agriculture Mangrove forests cleared for agricultural development in Sulawesi Section of rainforest that has been cut for small-scale agriculture in Borneo Mangroves cleared for settlement and shrimp farms Mangroves cleared for settlement and aquaculture Mangrove forest cleared for settlement and aquaculture Shrimp aquaculture has replaced mangrove forests in Sulawesi Slash-and-burned forest patch near Tanjung Puting National Park Clearing rainforest for settlement Fuel wood cut from local rain forest Mangroves have been cleared for shrimp aquaculture Mangrove forest cleared for settlement and shrimp farms Rice paddies planted where mangrove forest once grew Fuelwood cut from the rain forest of Java Cleared patch of rainforest Charred remnants of a section of tropical rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for swidden agriculture Wood cut from local forest Mangroves cleared for agricultural development Deforested land just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Boat carrying bags of silica extracted from Borneo rainforest for export to China Rainforest that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo Patch of rain forest that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo Large marble mining operation outside of Makassar (Ujung Pandang) Ferns colonized this patch of forest cleared for rice fields Converting forest for agriculture in Sulawesi Nature guide Thomas standing among charred remnants of tropical forest in Borneo Inside of an abandoned homestead outside Tanjung Puting National Park Slash-and-burn agriculture in the rain forest of Borneo Remains of rainforest after it has been slash-and-burned Canal dug to siphon water out of a swamp forest area in Borneo