pictures: borneo in Indonesia

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Indonesia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. 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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Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans Sign for the Pasalat Reforestation Project in Tanjung Puting National Park Rehabilitated Adult Male Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) lost in thought over a pile of rambutan fruit Nipa palm frons cut for roofing material Young Orangutan playing with branch Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly in Borneo jungle. Riverside meadow near blackwater river in Borneo Staff preparing the feeding platform at the Orangutan Research and Rehabilitation Center Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana) Tree frog in the Borneo rainforest. Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River Deforested patch of forest in Borneo. Resistant ferns have colonized the clearing, preventing other types of vegetation from returning. Once a former rice field, the soils of this forest patch have been leached of nutrients. The only way to restore trees here is to clear the ferns. Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs Blood-sucking leech near a man's thumb Adult male Borneo Orangutan on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui Red orangutan eating rambutan fruit Orangutan stands up on two legs Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan Blood-sucking leech reaching for a person's hand Close Up: Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell Large-nosed Male Proboscis Monkey with female Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus). That's milk on its chin. Nipa palms Long-tailed macaque looking for parasites in the fur of its partner Orangutan wading through the water Orangutan examins coconut with a stick Orangutans eating corn Mother orangutan with infant in tree Closeup on face of orang Staff member at Pondok Tanggui leading walk to orangutan feeding platform Yellow-spotted butterfly in leaf litter. Adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) showing his food Excited female proboscis monkey Cleared patch of rainforest Orangutan hanging on a forest liana in Indonesia's Tanjung Puting National Park Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Dominant adult male proboscis monkey in a canopy tree along the Seikonyer River Red fruits on rainforest shrub Nepenthes rafflesiana, a red and green pitcher plant Adult Male Orang-utan eating a Rambutan fruit Abandoned homestead on a deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) grooming in a tree Water monitor (Varanus salvator) making its way through the Borneo swamp forest Dyak longhouse Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Canopy tree along the Seikonyer River with proboscis monkeys Young Orangutan eating fruit 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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