Pictures of palm oil [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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New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Dura oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm (Malaysia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Palm oil plantation in Sabah, Malaysia Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest (Malaysia) Oil palm nursery and processing facility (Indonesia) Oil palm trees cut in order to establish a new plantation for palm oil production (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation worker (Malaysia) Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations near Quepos (Costa Rica) Tenera oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Forest cleared for a new oil palm plantation in the Heart of Borneo (Malaysia) Palm oil mill in an oil palm plantation in Sumatra (Indonesia) Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Airplane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest (Malaysia) Terraced oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) Hillside clearing for oil palm (Indonesia) Adult nettle caterpillar (Thosea vetusta); an oil palm pest (Malaysia) Oil palm tree nursery (Malaysia) Terraced oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Young Oil palm trees (Malaysia) Oil palm fruit Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica) New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) New forest clearing for oil palm near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Contrast between oil palm estate and a heavily logged natural forest (Malaysia) Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm tree (Malaysia) Oil palm estate (Indonesia) Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill (Malaysia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm seedlings (Indonesia) Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and rainforest (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation with forest on the horizon (Malaysia) New oil palm planting near a protected area (Indonesia) Forest fragment within an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill (Malaysia) Pisifera oil palm (Malaysia) Oil palm tree (Malaysia) Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm pests (Malaysia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Male spikelets of oil palm (Malaysia) Palm oil mill (Malaysia) Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) palm oil: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10