Indonesia photos: kalimantan-borneo (indonesian borneo)

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Pitcher plant, Nepenthes reinwardtiana, in rain forest of Borneo

Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)

Adult male Proboscis monkey

Patch of jungle that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Patch of jungle that has been slash-and-burned in 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.

Nepenthes rafflesiana, a large pitcher plant commonly found in swampy forests of Borneo

Aerial view of rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for agriculture

Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) peeking over a roof so only its head is visible (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) peeking over a roof so only its head is visible. Eating a fruit.

Tree frog in the tropical forest of Borneo.

Swamp forest along the Seikonyer River

Sunset in the Borneo rainforest

Brachydiplax dragonfly on blade of grass

Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly in leaf litter.

Canal dug to drain the swamp forest before it was slash-and-burned (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

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.

Orange butterfly on forest floor in Borneo.

Dominant male Proboscis Monkey eating fruit (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Dominant male Proboscis Monkey eating fruit. Proboscis Monkeys are endemic to Borneo.

Water lillies in bloom along river

Yellow butterfly in Borneo

Male Nasalis larvatus monkey eating fruit (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Male Nasalis larvatus monkey eating fruit. Proboscis Monkeys are only found in Borneo.

Charred forest remains from slash-and-burn agriculture

Crocodile nest site on the Sekonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Crocodile nest site on the Sekonyer River. Note the flattened vegetation.

Brachydiplax dragonfly species

Slash-and-burn agriculture in the rainforest of Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

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.

Orangutan climbing while holding a bunch of bananas in its mouth

Man cutting Nipa palm frons as construction material

Abandoned homestead in deforestated area (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian 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.

Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans)

Aerial view of deforested jungle in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Aerial view of deforested jungle in Borneo. Note the canal running through the middle of the forest. This canal was used to drain the flooded forest. The forest is then cut and burned before being planted with rice, oil palm, or other agricultural products.

Adult Male Orangutan (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Adult Male Orangutan. Close up on face

Deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park

Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orangutan drinking at Pondok Tanggui

Section of jungle that has been cut for swidden agriculture in Borneo

Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) on a branch above the Seikonyer River

Brown cicada (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Brown cicada. From dusk until dawn, the forest buzzes with the continuous drone of cicadas calling to attract mates.

The Bearded Pig of Borneo, eating rambutan fruit

Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs. Perched on leaves near a forest clearing in Borneo.

Hardwood canopy tree seedlings at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park

Silica miners in a speedboat heading upriver to an illegal mining zone

Forest clearing project sponsored by the Indonesian government (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Forest clearing project sponsored by the Indonesian government. Note the bulldozer. The government is laying an electrical grid to set up housing for colonists from Java.

Forest that has been drained then slash-and-burned for agriculture

Canopy tree along the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

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.

Forest leech on man's wrist

Rehabilitated orangutan lost in thought

Workers with Orangutans at the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine in Pangkalan

Bright red insect.

Large black beetle on clothing

Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo

Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans). Reddish maroon and wings body with transparent wingtips.

Reflection in the Seikonyer River of the setting sun

Large red male adult Borneo Orangutan on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Large red male adult Borneo Orangutan on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui. This ex-captive is drinking milk out of the metal basin.

Baby orangutan clinging to mother orangutan

Vine growing around tree trunk (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Vine growing around tree trunk. As the vine climbs its leaves change from red to green.

Hemidactylus gecko species with black markings.

Slash-and-burned patch near Tanjung Puting National Park

Blackwater river in Tanjung Puting National Park

Speedboats carrying miners on the Seikonyer River

Tree frog in the Borneo rain forest.

Section of rain forest that has been cut for subsistence agriculture in Borneo

Adult male and baby proboscis monkeys in a canopy tree along the Seikonyer River

Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) drinking at Pondok Tanggui

Aerial view of slash-and-burned forest near Pangkalanbun, Kalimantan

Slash-and-burn agriculture in the Borneo jungle

Young orangutan feeding while hanging from tree

Fallen tree limbs from an attempt to slash-and-burn an area of rain forest for agricultural use

Pink cup-shaped mushroom in Borneo rainforest

Fire ants in Borneo

Sekonyer River

Blood-sucking leech on deck of “klotok” (the traditional long boat of this part of Borneo)

Dominant male Proboscis Monkey with females in tree eating fruit (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Dominant male Proboscis Monkey with females in tree eating fruit. Proboscis Monkeys are only found on the island of Borneo.

Large black beetle in Borneo

Abandoned cabin just outside Tanjung Puting National Park

Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Leech preparing to bite a man's arm

Green Bronchocela cristatella lizard (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Green Bronchocela cristatella lizard. A synonym of this agamid is Calotes cristatellus. This species also goes by the following names: Green Crested Lizard, Green Tree Dragon, and Borneo Bloodsucker.

Charred remnants of a section of rain forest that has been unsuccessfully slash-and-burned for small-scale agriculture

Pandanus palms and blooming water lillies along river leading to Camp Leaky

Pitcher plant in Borneo, light green in color

Gecko lizard species with black markings.

Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts.

Thomas standing among charred remains of tropical rainforest in Borneo

Young orangutans going through the rehabilitation process

Borneo forest squirrel.

Floating house on the Seikonyer River, with cleared forest area in the background

Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant

Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar

Colony of termites in moving along a log in the jungle

Bright green cicada (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Bright green cicada. Cicadas go through a life cycle that usually lasts between two to five years. Most of their life is spent in nymph form underground. The nymphs feed on root juices until it is time for them to emerge. They dig an exit tunnel to the surface, molt (shed their skin), and emerge as an adult. The abandonded skins of cicadas can often be found left on trees, still clinging to the bark. Adult cicadas have a very short lifespan.

Pandanus palms along the Sekonyer River

Villager employed as a conservation worker at a reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park

Aerial view of mangrove forests that have been cleared for farming and aquaculture

Rain forest along the Seikonyer River

Adult male Borneo Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Pondok Tanggui

Aerial view the Pangkalanbun and the Kumai River in Kalimantan

Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk

Adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui

Deforested landscape on the boundary of Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

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.

Borneo bearded pig (Sus barbatus) feeding on rambutan fruit

Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

Baby orangutan learning the ropes at the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine in Pangkalan

Adult male proboscis monkey with baby

Tree stump in deforested area

Green mushroom on forest floor

Seikonyer River

White mushrooms

Male Proboscis Monkey wiping his large nose with his hand

Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) preparing to drink from a river

Expanse of cleared forestland near Tanjung Putting

Small finch-like birds with blue heads and light orange on the breast

Sus barbatus feeding on fallen Nephelium lappaceum fruit

Crocodile nest along the Sekonyer River

Adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Pondok Tanggui

Young orang-utan grasping a woody liana while pondering

Reflection of forest in the Seikonyer River

Nipa palm frons cut for roofing material

Adult Male Orangutan in motion

Floating house along on the Seikonyer River

Man fishing under some Nipa palms on the Seikonyer River

Sunset over the Sekonyer River

Sign for the Pasalat Reforestation Project in Tanjung Puting National Park

Staff member at Pondok Tanggui leading walk to orangutan feeding platform

The Borneo Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus) eating rambutan fruit

Bright green colored cicada

Speedboat on the Seikonyer River

Long-tailed Macaque on boardwalk at Rimba Lodge

Black butterfly with blue posterior wing sections, resting on a fallen leaf on the forest floor.

Nepenthes rafflesiana, a large pitcher plant found in kerangas and peat swamp forests of Borneo

Rehabilitated orangutans ambling down boardwalk at Camp Leaky

Seikonyer River sunset

Rehabilitated mother and baby orangutans on boardwalk at Camp Leaky

Felled canopy tree, left for waste in Borneo

Long-tailed macaque peeking over a roof so only its head is visible

Ferns and other epiphytes

Adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) showing his food

Aerial view of mangrove-lined river in Borneo

Blood-sucking leech on a man's hand

Pair of orangutans climbing a large liana in Borneo

Brown leaf frog in Borneo

Silhouettes of Nipa palms along the Sekonyer River

Clearing rainforest for settlement

Blood-sucking leech inching along a man's wrist

Blood-sucking leech reaching for a person's hand

Nipa palms along the Sekonyer River

Epiphyte-laden canopy tree

Dyak longhouse

Staff preparing the feeding platform at the Orangutan Research and Rehabilitation Center

White mushrooms growing around rotting wood

Adult orangutan with fist-clenched

Finches perched on rope in Indonesian Borneo

Deforested area near Tanjung Puting National Park

Water lillies and Pandanus palms along blackwater river

Bright red insect on leaf in rainforest.

Large-nosed Male Proboscis Monkey eating fruit in the rainforest

Group of orangs on feeding platform in Tanjung Puting National Park

Whitewater and blackwater mixing at junction of two rivers in Borneo

Crocodile nest site in water lillies along the Sekonyer River

Abandoned homestead on a deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park

Young orang-utan grasping a woody liana

Speedboat carrying silica and gold miners on the Seikonyer River

Mother orangutan with baby on forest floor

Sunset on the Sekonyer River

Mother orangutan with baby

Dock near deforested area next to Tanjung Puting National Park

Deforested land just outside Tanjung Puting National Park

Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) grooming in a tree

Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

Workers with Orangutans at the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine in Pangkalan

Cleared patch of rainforest

Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis sp.) in Kalimantan

Large-nosed Male Proboscis Monkey with female

Adult Female Proboscis Monkey in tree

Canal dug to siphon water out of a swamp forest area in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Canal dug to siphon water out of a swamp forest area in Borneo. This technique is often used for preparing land for conversion to oil palm plantations.

Long-tailed macaque looking for parasites in the fur of its partner

Aerial view of forest clearing for agriculture near Pangkalanbun

Remains of rainforest after it has been slash-and-burned

Small grasshopper with green belly, yellow flanks, and a brown back

Happy rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui

Overhead view of deforestation for agricultural use in Borneo

Butterfly with bright blue markings on the underwings.

Colony of termites in moving along a log in the rainforest

Ex-captive orangutan learning forest survival skills at the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine in Pangkalan

Family of orangs laying on boardwalk

Rainforest that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))

Rainforest that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo. This patch of forest was cut months past but the farmers missed their window for converting the land for agriculture. 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.

Dominant male Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in tree

Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River

Red fruits on rainforest shrub

Adult male Borneo Orangutan on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui

Houses on the deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park

Young orangutan eating rambutan fruit

Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts; in Borneo rainforest.

Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant in Borneo rainforest

Large ant in Borneo rainforest.

Mother orangutan with infant in tree

Closeup on face of orang

Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River

Red beetle-like insect with yellow and black legs

Light green pitcher plant in Borneo (closeup)

Yellow and black horned spider

Blue and black butterfly in Borneo; wings closed

Yellow-, green-, and orange-spotted butterfly in Borneo jungle.

Dominant adult male proboscis monkey in a canopy tree along the Seikonyer River

Young orang-utan in Tanjung Puting National Park

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