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Blackwater creek in Taman Negara



View of the Tembeling River and surrounding rainforest



Rainforest and the Tembeling River



Rain forest covered hills of Taman Negara



Jungle river in Borneo



Rain forest cleared for oil palm plantation in Malaysia



Forest along the muddy Tembeling River



Reddish waters of the Tembeling River



Tree-covered Tahan River



New oil palm plantation



Palm oil plantation



Mining operation in tropical forest



Oil palm plantation encroaching on native forest in Malaysia



Oil palm plantation encroaching on natural forest in Malaysia



Oil palm plantation displacing natural jungle in Malaysia



Palm oil agriculture displacing native tropical rain forest on the way to Taman Negara, Malaysia



Canopy tree felled in Taman Negara national park



New logging road outside Taman Negara National Park



Forest clearing in Malaysia



Deforestation in Malaysia



Oil palm plantation



Rainforest mine



Oil palm plantation



Oil palm plantation



Deforestation for oil palm



Mining in the Malaysian rainforest



Mining in the Malaysian jungle



Mining in the Malaysian rain forest



Mining in the Malaysian forest



Blackwater forest pool in Taman Negara



Rain forest along the Tembeling River on the way to Taman Negara



Jungle along the Tembeling River on the way to Taman Negara



Tahan River



Rain forest and the Tembeling River



Tropical rainforest



Riverside rainforest



Riverside jungle



Riverside rain forest



River side rain forest



Rainforest along the Tembeling River



Tangled lianas (vines) hanging from a canopy tree with buttress roots



Buttress roots and tangled lianas



Giant canopy tree



Buttress roots of a rain forest canopy tree



Tropical forest outside of Kuala Lumpur



Vine-covered rainforest trees along the Tembeling River



Malaysian rainforest



Rain forest tree roots anchoring soil and preventing erosion in Malaysian jungle



Rain forest tree roots anchoring soil and preventing trail erosion



View from lookout point at Taman Negara



View of the Tembeling River from a canopy walkway



Rainforest canopy in Malaysia



Bee hive in a canopy tree



Tree fall in the Malaysian rainforest



Twisted buttress roots of a rainforest tree



Vines climbing a tree stump along the Tahan River



Rain forest of Taman Negara National Park



Taman Negara Rainforest



Steam rising from a forested ridge in the Malaysia jungle



Rainforest along the Tembeling River



Rainforest along the Tembeling River



Emergent canopy tree as viewed from below



Twisted trunk of a rain forest tree



Soccer field on a rainforest beach



Rapids on the Tahan River



Rainforest river in Sabah



Forested hills of Taman Negara



Rainforest on ridge



Rainforest on ridge



Sunset over the Malaysian jungle and the Tembeling river



Sunset over Nusa Village across the Tembeling river from entrance to Taman Negara National Park



Sunrise at Taman Negara



Sun rising over forested ridge



Night settles over Nusa Village



Mouth of the blackwater Tahan River as it enters the muddy Tembeling river



Mouth of the blackwater Tahan River



Long boat up the Tahan River



Tahan River



Tree fall in the Tahan River



Tahan River forest



Blackwater resulting from tannins in vegetation, Tahan river



Rapids on the Tahan River



Rapids on the Tahan River



Rapids on the Tahan River



Trees shading the Tahan River



The blackwater Tahan River



Pool on the Tahan River



Kinabalu rainforest in Borneo



Epiphytes growing on canopy treee



Steam rising off rainforest in Malaysia



Rainforest on ridge



Rainforest on ridge



Aquatic palm vegetation



Hotel development



Scrub forest



Logging truck transporting rainforest timber



Oil palm in Malaysia



Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantation in Malaysia



Oil palms displacing native rain forest in Malaysia



Oil palm plantation displacing rainforest in Malaysia



Palm oil displacing native tropical forest in Malaysia



Deforestation in Malaysia



Rainforest mine



Oil palm plantation



Oil palm plantation



Rainforest along the Tembeling River



Jungle along the Tembeling River



Tropical forest along the Tembeling River



Tropical rain forest along the Tembeling River



Palm oil plantation along the reddish Tembeling River



Tembeling River rain forest



Rainforest and the Tembeling River



Forested mountain near Taman Negara



Rainforest along the Tembeling River



Rainforest along the Tembeling River



Rainforest along the Tembeling River



Buttress roots of a giant rainforest canopy tree



Rainforest covered hills of Taman Negara



Limestone mountain in Malaysia



Rapids on the Tahan River



Tahan River



Rainforest and the Tembeling River



Forested mountain near Taman Negara



Malaysian rain forest



Rain forest canopy as viewed from the treetops



Meranti (Shorea) tree, a value timber species



Vine-covered rain forest trees along the Tembeling River



Rainforest canopy as seen from below



Rain forest canopy as seen from below



Malaysian jungle



Malaysian tropical forest



Rainforest as viewed from the canopy



Rainforest canopy walkway at Taman Negara



Rainforest canopy



Treetops in the rainforest canopy



Rainforest canopy



Seedling sprouting out of tree hollow in the rainforest canopy



Very little light penetrates the canopy, leaving the forest floor is a dark place in rainforests



Forest floor



Tree fall in the Malaysian rain forest



Rain forest of Taman Negara National Park



Steam rising off rain forest in Malaysia



Steam rising off rainforest in Malaysia



Steam rising off jungle ridge in Malaysia



Steam rising from a forested ridge in Malaysia



Steam rising from a forested ridge in the Malaysian rainforest



Steam rising off rainforest in Malaysia



Steam rising off rainforest in Malaysia



Rainforest on ridge



Rainforest on ridge



Rainforest on ridge



Rainforest on ridge



Rainforest on ridge



Malaysian sunset



Sunset over Nusa Village



Sunrise at Taman Negara



Sun rising over forest ridge



Sunset over village near Taman Negara park entrance



Tahan River



Blackwater creek in the rain forest



Mouth of the blackwater Tahan River as it enters the whitewater Tembeling river



Tahan River vegetation



Vegetation along the Tahan River



Tahan River forest



Tahan River



Pool on the Tahan River



Jungle around the Tahan River



Pool on the Tahan River



Borneo river (Sabah)



Borneo river (Sabah)



Borneo river (Sabah)



Mt. Kinabalu creek



Mt. Kinabalu creek



Mt. Kinabalu creek



Lowland creek - Sarawak






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