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Pictures of Rainforest Deforestation in Asia


Below are selected photos of Asian deforestation (tropical rainforest destruction).

Except where noted, all images are the property of Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2006. Contact me with questions regarding use, reproduction, or purchase of any of the pictures.

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Aerial view of rice paddies where mangrove forests oncee grew



Aerial view of mining in Java



Aerial view of rice paddies where mangrove forests oncee grew



Overhead view of mangroves cleared for rice paddies



Aerial view of flooded costal rice paddies



Aerial view of rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for agriculture



Patch of jungle that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo



Aerial view of deforested jungle in Borneo



Aerial view of mangrove forests that have been cleared for farming and aquaculture



Aerial view of slash-and-burned forest near Pangkalanbun, Kalimantan



Oil palm plantation



Oil palm plantation



Deforestation for oil palm



Mining in the Malaysian rainforest



Mining in the Malaysian jungle



Mining in the Malaysian rain forest



Mining in the Malaysian forest



Forest that has been drained then slash-and-burned for agriculture



Fallen tree limbs from an attempt to slash-and-burn an area of rain forest for agricultural use



Slash-and-burn agriculture in the Borneo jungle



Slash-and-burned patch near Tanjung Puting National Park



Thomas standing among charred remains of tropical rainforest in Borneo



Abandoned cabin just outside Tanjung Puting National Park



Forest clearing project sponsored by the Indonesian government



Deforested landscape on the boundary of Tanjung Puting National Park



Fuel wood cut from the Java jungle



Section of jungle that has been cut for swidden agriculture in Borneo



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



Canopy tree felled in Taman Negara national park



New logging road outside Taman Negara National Park



Forest clearing in Malaysia



Deforestation in Malaysia



Oil palm plantation



Rainforest mine



Deforestation, Cambodia



Abandoned homestead in deforestated area



Deforested plain just outside Tanjung Puting National Park



Canal dug to drain the swamp forest before it was slash-and-burned



Satellite image showing clear-cutting in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Courtesy of Digital Earth



Satellite picture of clear-cut logging in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Courtesy of Digital Earth



Satellite image showing rainforest cleared for oil palm plantations in Sarawak, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Courtesy of Digital Earth



Satellite image showing oil palm plantations in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Courtesy of Digital Earth



Satellite image showing Malaysian palm oil plantations in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Courtesy of Digital Earth



Fuel wood cut from the rainforest of Java



Charred forest remains from slash-and-burn agriculture



Charred remnants of a section of rain forest that has been unsuccessfully slash-and-burned for small-scale agriculture



Section of rain forest that has been cut for subsistence agriculture in Borneo



Slash-and-burn agriculture in the rainforest of Borneo



Tree stump in deforested area



Rice fields planted on former mangrove forest land



Rain forest cleared for oil palm plantation in Malaysia



New oil palm plantation



Palm oil plantation



Mining operation in tropical forest



Oil palm plantation encroaching on native forest in Malaysia



Oil palm plantation encroaching on natural forest in Malaysia



Oil palm plantation displacing natural jungle in Malaysia









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