pictures: borneo in Indonesia

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Houses on the deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Ferns colonized this patch of forest cleared for rice fields. The soils are so degraded no other vegetation grows. The forest was cleared in the 1920s or 1930s. Remains of rainforest after it has been slash-and-burned Slash-and-burned forest patch near Tanjung Puting National Park. This area of forest was cut and burned in previous years. Young Orangutans learning to using tools Sunset on the Sekonyer River Orangutan nest in rainforest tree in Borneo Blooming water lillies in bloom along blackwater river Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts; in Borneo rainforest. Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth Domiant male Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in tree Ferns and other epiphytes Orangutan in Central Kalimantan Peatland scrub Fruit bat Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River Ex-captive Adult Male Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Borneo bearded pig feeding on rambutan. The word "rambut" in the fruit name 'rambutan' is Malay for 'hairy,' and this refers to the spiky rind. Ex-captive orangutan learning forest survival skills at the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine in Pangkalan Water lillies and Pandanus palms along blackwater river Orangutans feasting on corn Young orang-utan grasping a woody liana Small grasshopper with green belly, yellow flanks, and a brown back Charred remnants of a section of tropical rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for swidden agriculture Blood-sucking leech on a man's hand Floating house along on the Seikonyer River Brown leaf frog in Borneo Overhead view of deforestation for agricultural use in Borneo Young orangutan eating a banana while hanging from a vine New oil palm plantings on forest land in Sumatra Killifish in small blackwater pond in the peat swamp forest of Borneo. Aerial view of the southern coast of Borneo Group of orangs on feeding platform in Tanjung Puting National Park Silhouettes of Nipa palms along the Sekonyer River Fisherman's haul near Nyaru Menteng Young Orangutans learning to using tools Aerial view of forest clearing for agriculture near Pangkalanbun Happy rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo Canopy tree with proboscis monkeys Adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Pondok Tanggui Black and light blue butterfly on leaf Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Adult Female Proboscis Monkey in tree Nepenthes rafflesiana, a large pitcher plant found in kerangas and peat swamp forests of Borneo Orangutan in Central Kalimantan Blackwater river flowing into the whitewater Seikonyer river Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant in Borneo rainforest Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20

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