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Adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) with bananas at Pondok Tanggui (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) with bananas at Pondok Tanggui


The Bearded Pig of Borneo feeding on fallen fruit (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
The Bearded Pig of Borneo feeding on fallen fruit



Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java


Female proboscis monkey in tree (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Female proboscis monkey in tree


Orangutans on feeding platform in Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Orangutans on feeding platform in Tanjung Puting National Park


Matted vegetation caused by a estuary gavial (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Matted vegetation caused by a estuary gavial


Aerial view of cleared coastal land in Kalimantan (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Aerial view of cleared coastal land in Kalimantan


Adult Male Orangutan sitting on grass (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Adult Male Orangutan sitting on grass. Pile of bananas in background.


The Borneo Bearded Pig eating rambutan fruit (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
The Borneo Bearded Pig eating rambutan fruit


Charred tropical forest remains from slash-and-burn agriculture (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Charred tropical forest remains from slash-and-burn agriculture


Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in a rainforest tree (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in a rainforest tree


Female proboscis monkey looking back (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Female proboscis monkey looking back


Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans)



Peatland scrub


Wild staghorn fern in canopy tree (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Wild staghorn fern in canopy tree



Cut timber awaiting shipment in Central Kalimantan


Sign for Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Sign for Tanjung Puting National Park



Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan


Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River


Finch perched on rope in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Finch perched on rope in Borneo


Man fishing on the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Man fishing on the Seikonyer River



Felled tree


Green and brown bug or beetle (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Green and brown bug or beetle.



Orangutan walking in Central Kalimantan



Large Orangutan Eating Corn



Cut timber awaiting shipment in Central Kalimantan



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Blackwater swamp  vegetation (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Blackwater swamp vegetation


Rehabilitated Adult Male Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) with a pile of rambutan fruit (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Rehabilitated Adult Male Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) with a pile of rambutan fruit



Overgrown logging tracks in the rainforest of Central Kalimantan



Orangutan contemplates the value of eating corn



Dry rice fields and deforested land in Sumatra


Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui


Boat docked on the Seikonyer River in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Boat docked on the Seikonyer River in Borneo


Mother and baby orangutans lying on boardwalk at Camp Leaky (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Mother and baby orangutans lying on boardwalk at Camp Leaky



Orangutan looking down



Logged peatland in Central Kalimantan


Floating house on the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Floating house on the Seikonyer River


Young orang-utan grasping a woody liana while eating a Rambutan (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Young orang-utan grasping a woody liana while eating a Rambutan



Raised houses in Nyaru Menteng



Dead snake in Central Kalimantan



Mining a riverbed near Medan


Seikonyer lodge sign (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Seikonyer lodge sign. Seikonyer lodge is an ecotourist facility near Tanjung Puting National Park. The lodge is run by members of the local community who see a direct impact from conservation efforts.



Orangutan with oversized walking stick



Airplane view of Singapore


Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts; in leaf litter (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts; in leaf litter.


Blackwater swamp in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Blackwater swamp in Borneo


Family of orang-utans on boardwalk (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Family of orang-utans on boardwalk




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