pictures: deforestation in Indonesia

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Charred remnants of a section of tropical rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for swidden agriculture Mining road through rainforest in Indonesian Borneo Landslide on a deforested hillside near Jayapura Deforested area being planted with pineapple and other crops after logging and burning Overhead view of deforestation for agricultural use in Borneo New oil palm plantings on forest land in Sumatra Converting forest for agriculture in Sulawesi Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park Oil palm plantation and rainforest Aerial view of forest clearing for agriculture near Pangkalanbun Swidden agriculture in New Guinea Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo Deforestation near Mokwam, West Papua Burned rainforest area in Borneo Wood cut from local forest Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Destroyed rainforest landscape in Borneo Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Deforestation near Mokwam, West Papua Section of rainforest that has been cut for small-scale agriculture in Borneo Forest clearing for resource extraction in Borneo-aerial view Aerial view of deforestation in Sumatra Patch of rain forest that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo Deforestation around Lake Sentani Re-establishing an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park Boat carrying bags of silica extracted from Borneo rainforest for export to China Aerial vew of burning peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park Illegally logged timber cut from a Borneo rainforest Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo Rice fields where mangroves once grew Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Cut logs brought over from Borneo Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Aerial vew of burning peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Felled canopy tree, left for waste in Borneo Deforestation on the edge of Tangkoko Reserve No pictures please: Illegal logger harvesting timber near Gunung Palung National Park Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Mangroves cleared for settlement and shrimp farms Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest Mangroves cleared for agricultural development Deforestation near Lake Sentani Illegally logged wood Dock near deforested area next to Tanjung Puting National Park Illegal logging trail 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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