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Below you will find a collection of photos from Indonesia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. 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.


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Roots of a stranger fig



Mangroves and seagrass on Bunaken Island


Blackwater river in Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Blackwater river in Tanjung Puting National Park



Roots of a strangler fig


Forest that has been drained then slash-and-burned for agriculture (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Forest that has been drained then slash-and-burned for agriculture



Rainforest canopy of Ujung Kulon



Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains



Ranger using a camera phone on patrol



Lani huts in the Baliem Valley



Fishing boat along the coastline near the village of Sunur, West Java



Sulawesi sunset


Bali sunset ()
Bali sunset


Deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park


Charred remnants of a section of rain forest that has been unsuccessfully slash-and-burned for small-scale agriculture (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Charred remnants of a section of rain forest that has been unsuccessfully slash-and-burned for small-scale agriculture



Gigantic strangler fig



Oil palm nursery and processing facility


Hardwood canopy tree seedlings at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Hardwood canopy tree seedlings at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park



Red tree in Borneo



Traditional wood and bark hut build by the Mouley clan



Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo


Mountain peak in South Sulawesi (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Mountain peak in South Sulawesi



Beach on Peucang Island



Paradise?


Rice paddies near Batutomonga village  (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Rice paddies near Batutomonga village



Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea



Peatlands of Borneo



Rainforest lead



Indonesia rainforest


Slash-and-burned patch near Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Slash-and-burned patch near Tanjung Puting National Park



Coastal rainforest and mangroves in Sudakana


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.



Large rainforest tree



Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo



RPU ranger in the rainforest on Peucang Island



Warning: vomitting blood prohibited (or no spitting betelnut juice)



Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park



Rope bridge near Wamena



Rice paddies in Ubud



Crustal clear waters of Bunaken National Marine Park



Cibang Panti research station



New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park



Aerial view of a Winding lowland rainforest river reaching the coast of New Guinea



Rice Fields Close Up



Sulawesi sunset



Oil palm estate



Slash-and-burn near Gunung Leuser national park



Pink ginger flowers



Rainforest creek in Gunung Leuser



Bird's nest ferns in the rainforest canopy



Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains


Terraced rice paddies of Tegallantang (Ubud, Bali)
Terraced rice paddies of Tegallantang



Indonesian rainf forest



Lowland rainforest in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park



Huge washout from a landslide in New Guinea



Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo



Illegally logged timber cut from a Borneo rainforest



Rain forest along the Bohorok River


Felled canopy tree, left for waste in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Felled canopy tree, left for waste in Borneo


Water buffalo in rice fields near Batutomonga village  (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
Water buffalo in rice fields near Batutomonga village



Breaking surf in West Java




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