Photos of scenery in Indonesia) [updated 2009-05-24]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Indonesia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2009 and 2006. 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.


Environmental news for Indonesia

Fungi on a rainforest tree Bamboo shoot Pink and red ginger flower Airplane view of peatland being drained and cleared in Borneo Giant Dipterocarp tree Gunung Leuser Rain Forest Rain forest along the Bohorok River New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park Rainforest creek in Gunung Leuser Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background Wild red ginger flowers Sunset over the rice fields of Ubud Rice field in Bali Turquoise waters below dramatic cliffs of Uluwatu temple in Bali Close up on grains of rice in a rice field Mt. Semeru, the tallest volcano on Java, erupting. Borobudur is located outside of Yogjakarta . Aerial view of rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for agriculture Swamp forest along the Seikonyer River 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. Sunset in the Borneo rainforest Rice fields Muddy rice fields in Tana Toraja Rice fields at Lemo Top breed white water buffalo Red anchovies at fish market in Rantepao Palawa village Rice fields near Batutomonga village Bamboo stakes placed to control water hyacinth at Lake Tempe. These bamboo tripods form bungkas, large man-made circles of floating vegetation. These serve as fish traps, attracting fish during the rainy seaons. As water levels drop towards the dry season, a fine bamboo fence is built around the bungka, trapping the fish. Lowland rice paddies of Sulawesi 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 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46