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Pictures of conservation [last update 2011-12-25]


Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. 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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Two Baby Orangutans, both orphans



Ascending to the canopy


Researcher trying to save a Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog



Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog


Seedlings taking root at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Seedlings taking root at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park

(Indonesia)


Orangutan with a leaf in its mouth

(Indonesia)

Orangutan on a tree trunk
Orangutan on a tree trunk

(Malaysia)


Large Orangutan Eating Corn While Looking to the Side



Baby Orangutan plays in tree

(Indonesia)


Mama Orangutan Carrying Baby

(Indonesia)


Common woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals once trafficked for the pet trade



Orangutan hiding in bag



Rain forest canopy walkway

Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui

(Indonesia)

Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok
Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok

(Malaysia)

Rainforest tree seedlings at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Rainforest tree seedlings at reforestation project in Tanjung Puting National Park

(Indonesia)

Orangutan with a leaf umbrella
Orangutan with a leaf umbrella

(Malaysia)


Cibang Panti camp



Limosa Harlequin Frog (Atelopus limosus)


Reforestation worker
Reforestation worker



Common woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals once kept as pets



Orangutans feasting on corn


Orphaned orangutan playing with a stick of sugar cane at Sepilok
Orphaned orangutan playing with a stick of sugar cane at Sepilok

(Malaysia)

Manu canopy walkway
Manu canopy walkway



Raised walkway at Amacayacu



Mitsinjo field site



Orangutan eating corn



Orangutan in Tree

(Indonesia)

Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane
Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane

(Malaysia)


Orangutan making faces

(Indonesia)

Reforestation worker
Reforestation worker


Orphaned orangutan chewing on sugar cane at Sepilok
Orphaned orangutan chewing on sugar cane at Sepilok

(Malaysia)

Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui

(Indonesia)


Kwamala's park guard station

(Suriname)

Gorilla handler helping a gorilla orphan learn forest skills
Gorilla handler helping a gorilla orphan learn forest skills

(Gabon)

Mike Fay's toilet in Gabon
Mike Fay's toilet in Gabon

(Gabon)

Wildlife photographer
Wildlife photographer

(Gabon)

Gorilla trainer helping orphaned gorillas learn forest skills
Gorilla trainer helping orphaned gorillas learn forest skills

(Gabon)

Guides examining elephant tusk damage to a rain forest tree
Guides examining elephant tusk damage to a rain forest tree

(Gabon)

Solar panels and dugout canoes
Solar panels and dugout canoes

(Gabon)

Guides often walk barefoot through the rainforest in Gabon despite numerous parasites that reside in forest soils
Guides often walk barefoot through the rainforest in Gabon despite numerous parasites that reside in forest soils

(Gabon)

Vehicle tracks in Loango National Park
Vehicle tracks in Loango National Park

(Gabon)

Chumbura gorge fig tree camp
Chumbura gorge fig tree camp

(Uganda)

Guide preparing to call monkeys by creating a distrubance
Guide preparing to call monkeys by creating a distrubance

(Gabon)


Galeta Sea Turtle Conservation
(pan01-0576)

Gorilla porters at Bwindi
Gorilla porters at Bwindi

(Uganda)

Solar power panels at Akaka camp
Solar power panels at Akaka camp

(Gabon)

Water quality sign - developing countries
Water quality sign - developing countries

(Uganda)

Rainforest guide
Rainforest guide

(Gabon)

Guide preparing to call monkeys by creating a distrubance
Guide preparing to call monkeys by creating a distrubance

(Gabon)

Guides examining elephant tusk damage to a rain forest tree
Guides examining elephant tusk damage to a rain forest tree

(Gabon)

Tourist in search of gorillas
Tourist in search of gorillas

(Uganda)

Gorilla handler with young gorillas
Gorilla handler with young gorillas

(Gabon)

Ecotourist guide walking through the rainforest of Gabon
Ecotourist guide walking through the rainforest of Gabon

(Gabon)

Guide preparing to call monkeys by creating a distrubance
Guide preparing to call monkeys by creating a distrubance

(Gabon)

Gorilla handler helping an orphaned gorilla learn forest skills
Gorilla handler helping an orphaned gorilla learn forest skills

(Gabon)

Gorilla handler helping gorilla orphans learn forest skills
Gorilla handler helping gorilla orphans learn forest skills

(Gabon)

Guide examining a fallen canopy tree
Guide examining a fallen canopy tree

(Gabon)

Guide examining a fallen canopy tree
Guide examining a fallen canopy tree

(Gabon)

Large caliber bullet found in Loango National park
Large caliber bullet found in Loango National park

(Gabon)

Patrick; rainforest guide
Patrick; rainforest guide

(Gabon)

Armed park guard in Bwindi
Armed park guard in Bwindi

(Uganda)

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