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


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Logged peatland in Borneo



Logging


Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest
Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest

(Malaysia)


Logging skid trail



Logging trail for illegal loggers in Borneo



Rainforest logs being brought downriver


Logged over forest
Logged over forest

(Malaysia)


Timber cut from the Darien rainforest



Log dump outside a sawmill



Tree stump in the lowland rainforest


Logging road in the Peruvian Amazon
Logging road in the Peruvian Amazon



Pile of logs in the New Guinea rainforest



Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo



Java sawmill


Selectively-logged forest in the Peruvian Amazon
Selectively-logged forest in the Peruvian Amazon


Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest
Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest

(Malaysia)

Dust rising from a logging road following the passing of a truck
Dust rising from a logging road following the passing of a truck



Logging town



Sunrise in Maroantsetra; rosewood traders active



Timber from Central Kalimantan being sold at a market in Banjarmasin


Logging road in Peru
Logging road in Peru



Logged peatland in Central Kalimantan



Aerial view of peatland being drained and cleared in Central Kalimantan



Logged peatland in Central Kalimantan



Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo



Rainforest logs being flotated downriver



Timber from Central Kalimantan being sold at a market in Banjarmasin



Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo


Tractor on a logging road
Tractor on a logging road

(Malaysia)


Floating logs in Banjarmasin



Felled rainforest tree


Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest
Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest

(Malaysia)

Logged over forest
Logged over forest

(Gabon)

Fallen canopy tree; to be taken for timber
Fallen canopy tree; to be taken for timber

(Gabon)

Aerial view of invasive logging in Gabon
Aerial view of invasive logging in Gabon

(Gabon)

Logging road in Gabon; note the wide clearing over vegetation around the road
Logging road in Gabon; note the wide clearing over vegetation around the road

(Gabon)

Rainforest logs floating offshore in Gabon
Rainforest logs floating offshore in Gabon

(Gabon)

Truck passenger's view of a logging road in Gabon
Truck passenger's view of a logging road in Gabon

(Gabon)

Timber adandoned after washed ashore on a remote beach near Loango National Park
Timber adandoned after washed ashore on a remote beach near Loango National Park

(Gabon)

Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon
Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon

(Gabon)

Damage wrought by intensive logging
Damage wrought by intensive logging

(Gabon)

Damage wrought by intensive logging
Damage wrought by intensive logging

(Gabon)

Raw logs
Raw logs

(Gabon)

Timber floating offshore in Gabon
Timber floating offshore in Gabon

(Gabon)

Airplane view of logging in Gabon
Airplane view of logging in Gabon

(Gabon)

Rainforest logs near a road
Rainforest logs near a road

(Gabon)

Giant rainforest tree felled but abandoned
Giant rainforest tree felled but abandoned

(Gabon)

A barge of timber in Gabon
A barge of timber in Gabon

(Gabon)

Rainforest logs sitting in Port Gentil
Rainforest logs sitting in Port Gentil

(Gabon)

Forest gap created by logging
Forest gap created by logging

(Gabon)

Colonists who have followed a logging road to settle in the rainforest
Colonists who have followed a logging road to settle in the rainforest

(Gabon)

Damage wrought by intensive logging
Damage wrought by intensive logging

(Gabon)

Logs floating in a river after harvesting
Logs floating in a river after harvesting

(Gabon)

Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon
Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon

(Gabon)

Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon
Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon

(Gabon)

Damage wrought by intensive logging
Damage wrought by intensive logging

(Gabon)

Damage wrought by logging
Damage wrought by logging

(Gabon)

Rainforest logs near a road
Rainforest logs near a road

(Gabon)

Gabon's forest reduced to logs
Gabon's forest reduced to logs

(Gabon)

Settlement established near a logging road
Settlement established near a logging road

(Gabon)

Rainforest logs cut and floated down the Mpivie river
Rainforest logs cut and floated down the Mpivie river

(Gabon)

Raw log dump in Port Gentil
Raw log dump in Port Gentil

(Gabon)

Airplane view of logging in Gabon's rainforest
Airplane view of logging in Gabon's rainforest

(Gabon)

Damage wrought by logging
Damage wrought by logging

(Gabon)

Pile of logs in Gabon
Pile of logs in Gabon

(Gabon)

Settlers who have followed a logging road in Gabon
Settlers who have followed a logging road in Gabon

(Gabon)

Damage wrought by intensive logging
Damage wrought by intensive logging

(Gabon)

Industrial port area in Port Gentil; Gabon
Industrial port area in Port Gentil; Gabon

(Gabon)

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