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

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Rainforest area logged for oil palm plantation (Indonesia) Oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm trees cut in order to establish a new plantation for palm oil production (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Hermaphrodite oil palm (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm seedlings (Malaysia) Unripe oil palm fruit (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Deforestation for oil palm on the border of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Young Oil palm trees (Malaysia) Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill (Malaysia) Owl boxes are used in IPM to attract barn owls; a biological agent to control rat populations in oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation seen beyond the boundary of Gunung Leuser (Indonesia) Fodder for a future oil palm plantation (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation extending down to a waterway (Indonesia) Cantheconidea furcellata; an insect predator used to control oil palm pests (Malaysia) Harvesting oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Harvesting oil palm fruit (Malaysia) New oil palm planting near a protected area (Indonesia) New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Holding pond for palm oil mill effluent and waste (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) Small-holder rainforest clearing for oil palm (Indonesia) Oil palms cut after reaching the end of their economic life (Malaysia) Forest land cleared for oil palm (Malaysia) Fallen oil palm pod (Malaysia) Overhead view of palm oil mill and processing facilities in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) 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) Cantheconidea furcellata; an insect predator used to control oil palm pests (IPM) (Malaysia) Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros); an oil palm pest (Malaysia) Oil palm nursery and processing facility (Indonesia) Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm fruits (Malaysia) Oil palm fruit (Malaysia) 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) Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Oil palm nursery and processing facility (Indonesia) Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill (Malaysia) Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) 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 fruit (Malaysia) Harvesting oil palm fruit (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 plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Dura oil palm (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) palm oil industry: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8