Photos of borneo in Indonesia) [updated 2009-05-24]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Indonesia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2009 and 2006. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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Section of jungle that has been cut for swidden agriculture in Borneo Section of rain forest that has been cut for subsistence agriculture in Borneo Charred remnants of a section of rain forest that has been unsuccessfully slash-and-burned for small-scale agriculture Fallen tree limbs from an attempt to slash-and-burn an area of rain forest for agricultural use Slash-and-burn agriculture in the rainforest of Borneo. This section of forest was cut months past but the farmers missed their window for converting the land for agriculture. Rains came before the fallen vegetation had been thoroughly burned and thus, this land cannot be used for crops until the forest regrows and is slash-and-burned again. In its current state most nutrients have already been leached by the strong tropical sun and rain has washed away valuable soils. Slash-and-burn agriculture in the Borneo jungle Charred forest remains from slash-and-burn agriculture Thomas standing among charred remains of tropical rainforest in Borneo Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant Tree stump in deforested area Hardwood canopy tree seedlings at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park Villager employed as a conservation worker at a reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park Borneo forest squirrel. Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana) Adult male proboscis monkey with baby Adult male and baby proboscis monkeys in a canopy tree along the Seikonyer River Canopy tree along the Seikonyer River. Look closely and you may see that the tree is full of proboscis monkeys, a primate endemic to the island of Borneo. Tree frog in the Borneo rain forest. Hemidactylus gecko species with black markings. Gecko lizard species with black markings. Blood-sucking leech on deck of “klotok” (the traditional long boat of this part of Borneo) Floating house along on the Seikonyer River Red, green, and turquoise damselfly Heart-shaped insect Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan Logged peat forest in Borneo Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo 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 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31