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

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Checking the palm oil fruit for ripeness (Malaysia) Palm oil mill in an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Oil palm fruits (Malaysia) New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm seedlings (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Different varities of oil palm: Dura; Tenera; Pisifera (Malaysia) Oil palm estate (Indonesia) Oil palm seedlings in preparation for conversion of forest and rubber for a plantation (Indonesia) Fresh fruit bunches in an oil palm plantation (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Fresh forest clearing for oil palm bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations and Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica) Adult nettle caterpillar (Thosea vetusta) (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation on drained peatlands in Sumatra Deforestation for oil palm on the border of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Aerial view of deforestation in Sabah, Malaysia Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm tree nursery (Indonesia) Oil palm in the distance outside Gunung Leuser national park (Indonesia) Small-holder rainforest clearing for oil palm (Indonesia) Female spikelets of oil palm (Malaysia) Oil palm fruit in the palm tree (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Aerial view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Harvesting oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Dura oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Hermaphrodite oil palm (Malaysia) Overhead view of palm oil mill and processing facilities in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Truck driving through an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) New oil palm plantation establishment (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Aerial view of palm oil plantations and replanting areas in Sabah, Malaysia Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Young Oil palm trees (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil plantations amid forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm estate (Indonesia) Aerial view of new oil palm plantations (Costa Rica) Bottles of oil palm stock fruit for breeding (Malaysia) Dura oil palm (Malaysia) Oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Dura oil palm (Malaysia) Forest cleared for a new oil palm plantation in the Heart of Borneo (Malaysia) Matrix of oil palm (Malaysia) Sumtran oil palm plantation as seen from an plane Palm oil plantation with forest on a highland behind it Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Rainforest area logged for oil palm plantation (Indonesia) Aerial view of deforestation in Sabah, Malaysia Oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Terraced oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Sharp contrast between oil palm estate and a natural forest (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 plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) 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) Aerial view of deforestation in Sabah, Malaysia Owl boxes are used in IPM to attract barn owls; a biological agent to control rat populations in oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Aerial view of palm oil plantation in Sabah, Malaysia Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm (Malaysia) Palm oil plantation on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, 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) palm oil: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10