pictures: deforestation in Indonesia

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Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Logs on a hillside deforested for agriculture Charred remains of a rainforest in Borneo Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations 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. Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Rotational forest clearing for banana and other crops Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background Forest clearing for oil palm in Indonesian Borneo Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park Mangroves have been cleared for shrimp aquaculture Small-holder rubber plantation Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Destroyed rainforest landscape in Borneo Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest Destroyed peat land in Borneo Plantations as seen from an airplane in South Kalimantan Deforestation-induced landslide near Jayapura Cleared patch of rainforest Mangrove forests cleared for agricultural development in Sulawesi Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Illegal logging in the rainforest of Indonesian Borneo Fresh forest clearing for oil palm bordering Gunung Leuser National Park Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background Large marble mining operation outside of Makassar (Ujung Pandang) Mining road through rainforest in Indonesian Borneo Fuelwood cut from the rain forest of Java Abandoned homestead on a deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Deforested landscape in Borneo Pile of logs in the New Guinea rainforest Houses on the deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park Mangrove swamp converted for settlement and agriculture Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan Pile of logs in the New Guinea 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 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24

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