pictures: deforestation in Indonesia

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Destroyed peat swamp in Borneo Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Cut and drained peat swamp forest Palm oil mill in an oil palm plantation in Sumatra Oil palm trees cut in order to establish a new plantation for palm oil production Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Tree stump in deforested area Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park Canal dug to drain the swamp forest before it was slash-and-burned. Now the area is hard-packed soil that has been colonized with tough grasses. The sun bakes down. Destroyed peat forest in Indonesian Borneo Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background Mining road through rainforest in Indonesian Borneo Section of rain forest that has been cut for subsistence agriculture in Borneo Abandoned homestead in deforestated area. Peat swamp forest once grew here but the land was drained via canal, then the forest cut and burned for short-term rice farming. The homeowners have since moved on to another patch of forest. Deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Aerial vew of burning peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Devastated rain forest landscape in Borneo Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' Fuel wood cut from the Java jungle Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park Burned out tree stumps in a former rainforest in Borneo Oil palm plantation and rainforest Illegally logged rainforest tree in Gunung Palung National Park Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park 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. New forest clearing for oil palm near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park Aerial view of slash-and-burned forest near Pangkalanbun, Kalimantan Slash-and-burn near Gunung Leuser national park Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park Peatland drainage canal along side a deforested area Deforested landscape on the boundary of Tanjung Puting National Park. Peat swamp forest once grew here but the land was drained via canal, then the forest cut and burned for short-term rice farming. After a couple years, the land-clearers moved on to another patch of forest and repeat the process. Slash-and-burn agriculture in the Borneo jungle Slash-and-burn near Gunung Leuser national park Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park Peatland scrub 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. Plantations, forest, and orchards near Medan, Sumatra Illegally logged timber being cut in a deforested peat forest Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village Peatland scrub Destroyed forest in Borneo Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background Mangrove forest cleared for settlement and aquaculture 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

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