Pictures of palm oil production

Images of palm oil production taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.



Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo

Oil palm estate in Malaysia

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background

Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica

Palm fresh fruit bunch

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3034

Oil palm estate in Malaysia -- sabah_0031

Dura oil palm fruit

New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm fruit

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0799]

Palm fresh fruit bunch

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5107

Oil palm fruit in a motorbike basket

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0850]

Tenera oil palm fruit

Oil palm fruit

Airplane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Oil palm fruit

Worker harvesting fresh fruit bunches in an oil palm plantation

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0796]

Palm oil plantation in Borneo

Palm oil facility in Malaysia

Palm oil mill in an oil palm plantation in Sumatra

Forest fragment within an oil palm plantation

Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0619a]

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill

Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo

Palm oil mill

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0624a]

Oil palm tree

Oil palm fruit

Palm fresh fruit bunch

New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park

Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0573

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3011

Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1131]

Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation

Palm oil mill

Oil palm estate

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2279

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village

Worker harvesting palm oil fruit

Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park

Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation and rainforest

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3019

Oil palm plantation worker

Oil palm plantation and rainforest along the Kinabatangan in Borneo

Palm fresh fruit bunch

Oil palm nursery and processing facility

Oil palm fruit

Oil palm fruit in a motorbike basket

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1152]

Deforestation oil palm forest and wetlands in Costa Rica

Palm oil workers arriving on motorbikes at a plantation

Oil palm tree nursery

Palm oil: 'greening the Earth'

Oil palm fruit

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1441]

Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation

Worker harvesting palm oil fruit

Hillside clearing for oil palm

Young Oil palm trees

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1159]

Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River

Oil palm seedlings

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2280

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3188

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5119

Oil palm worker

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0809]

Oil palm worker harvesting palm fruit

Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1460]

Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Oil palm trees cut in order to establish a new plantation for palm oil production

Oil palm plantation with forest on the horizon

New oil palm planting near a protected area

Rain forest cleared for oil palm plantation in Malaysia

Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra

Aerial view of oil palm plantations near Quepos

Oil palm fruit

New forest clearing for oil palm near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park

Platynopus melanoleueus an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm

Adult nettle caterpillar (Thosea vetusta) an oil palm pest

Oil palm nursery and processing facility [sumatra_1468]

Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1267

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica

Oil palm estate [sumatra_0742]

Bottles of oil palm stock fruit for breeding

Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0698]

Deforestation oil palm forest and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0255]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1138]

Oil palm near the Kinabatangan

Oil palm fruit

Worker harvesting palm oil fruit

Aerial view of an oil palm plantations under clouds

Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0721]

Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0746]

Oil palm fruit

Palm oil refinery in Sarawak

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0849]

Oil palms cut after reaching the end of their economic life

Aerial view of oil plantations amid forest in Costa Rica

Worker harvesting palm oil fruit

Platynopus melanoleueus an insect used for oil palm IPM

Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4763

Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra

Male spikelets of oil palm

Palm fresh fruit bunch

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0620]

Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra

Oil palm fruit

Deforestation for oil palm -- malaysia1288

Oil palm plantation in a lowland area near Sandakan Sabah -- sabah_aerial_3001

Piles of oil palm fruit

Oil palm seedlings in preparation for conversion of forest and rubber for a plantation

Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation

Young Oil palm trees -- borneo_4703

Palm oil plantation

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1437]

Oil palm seedlings

Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1274

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0772]

Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1275

Oil palm nursery

Oil palm worker harvesting palm fruit

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0840]

New oil palm plantation -- malaysia0078

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0777]

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0606]

Deforestation oil palm forest and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0254a]

Oil palm tree -- borneo_4929

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4893

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0608]

Palm oil mill

Oil palm fruit

Dura oil palm

Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0726]

Palm oil plantation in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3104

Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0743a]

Airplane view of industrial oil palm estates in Costa Rica

Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0709]

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

Truck driving through an oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0851]

Oil palm estate [sumatra_0746]

Oil palm trees

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3022

Small-holder rainforest clearing for oil palm

Oil palm fruit

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Cantheconidea furcellata a natural insect predator used to control oil palm pests

Deforested rainforest valley

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0610]

Oil palm plantation encroaching on natural forest in Malaysia

Oil palm plantation -- borneo_4711

Oil palm seedlings [sumatra_0818]

Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds in Costa Rica

Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4770

Aerial view of deforestation in Sumatra

Oil palm fruit in the palm tree

Fresh forest clearing for oil palm bordering Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1433]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1142]

Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0567

Palm oil mill in an oil palm plantation

Harvesting oil palm fruit

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0842]

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5128

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0762]

Palm oil plantation in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3100

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5123

Palm fruit

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1133]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1463]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1171]

Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0833]

Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4775

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0622]

Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Overhead view of coastal oil palm plantations along the Golfo Dulce

Dura oil palm fruit -- borneo_4677

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3189

Oil palm fruit

Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and IPM-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation

Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1149]

Oil palm plantation in a lowland area near Sandakan Sabah -- sabah_aerial_3007

Pisifera oil palm

Palm oil facility in Malaysia -- sabah_0014

Oil palm near the Kinabatangan -- sabah_aerial_2961

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4891

Platynopus melanoleueus an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm pests

Palm fresh fruit bunch

Oil palm fruit -- borneo_6582

Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3122

Oil palm plantation displacing natural jungle in Malaysia

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0802]

Crude palm oil

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_2543

Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0753]

Oil palm fruit in a motorbike basket

Green (unripe) oil palm fruit

Oil palm worker

Palm oil facility in Malaysia -- sabah_0016

Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0736]

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1443]

Female spikelets of oil palm

Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1442]

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations

 

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