Pictures of oil palm plantations [last update 2011-12-25]

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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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Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Aerial view of an oil palm estate (Malaysia) Oil palm and forest in Jambi Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Small-holder rainforest clearing for oil palm (Indonesia) Forest land cleared for oil palm (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Overhead view of palm oil mill and processing facilities in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan Oil palm plantation and logged over rainforest (Malaysia) Oil palm nursery and processing facility (Indonesia) Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Aerial view of oil palm plantations Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Degraded forest and plantations in Jambi Oil palm and forest above Bukit Lawang (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation extending down to a waterway (Indonesia) Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Logged peatland in Central Kalimantan Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Oil palm nursery and processing facility (Indonesia) Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Aerial view of peatland being drained and cleared in Central Kalimantan Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Logged peatland in Central Kalimantan Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Establishment of a new oil palm plantation on an old estate (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Recent forest clearing for a small-holder oil palm plantation (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land (Indonesia) New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm and forest in Jambi Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) oil palm plantations: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7