Pictures in Kalimantan, Indonesia's Borneo [7]

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The world's third largest island, Borneo, is shared by three countries: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia. Kalimantan is the name for the Indonesian part of Borneo.

At one time, most of Borneo was forested with tropical rainforest but today this has been greatly reduced by logging and agriculture. Today less than half of the island is forested and even a smaller portion can be classified as untouched, or primary forest.

Despite this forest loss, scientists believe that Borneo may house 6 percent of the world's biodiversity. Researchers from the World Wildlife Fund report that 361 species of animals were discovered on the island between 1994 and 2004.

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Indonesia: travel guides | environment | forestry stats

Young orang-utan grasping a woody liana while eating a Rambutan Orang family Orang-utan climbing while eating bananas Orang climbing while eating bananas Mother orang wiping infant's face Mother orangutan eating bananas while holding infant Mother orang eating banana while holding infant Mother orang looking skyward while holding infant Mother orang with infant Orangutan in trees with a bunch of bananas Adult Male Orangutan sitting on grass Adult Male Orangutan sitting on grass at Camp Leaky Adult Male Orang-utan Ex-captive Adult Male Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) Wild adult orangutan Borneo Orang-utan standing on boardwalk Borneo Orang-utan scratching armpit Rehabilitated orangutan thinking Rehabilitated orangutan pondering Rehabilitated mother and baby orangutans in tree at Camp Leaky Rehabilitated mother and baby orangutans on boardwalk at Camp Leaky Baby orangutan playing in tree Mother and baby orangutans lying on boardwalk at Camp Leaky Young orang Mother and baby orangutans Young orang feeding on buds Walking orangutan in motion Mother orangutan walking with baby Orangutan eating rambutan on porch Orangutan with ribbon in its mouth Adult orangutan in vegetation Orang sitting on ground with ribbon in hand Orang-utan examining a rambutan fruit Orangutan climbing a forest liana Orangutan hanging on a forest liana Young orangutan with rambutan fruit dropping from its mouth Young orang-utan feeding on rambutan fruit in Tanjung Puting National Park Group of orangutans on feeding platform at Camp Leaky Large male orangutan climbing up to feeding platform at Camp Leaky Young orangutan hanging from tree Young orangutan eating a banana while grabbing a woddy liana Mother orangutan with infant Young orangutan standing on feeding platform Adult Male Orangutan walking with arms on ground Adult Male Orang-utan