Pictures of Rainforest Deforestation in Asia

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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