10 to 20 amazing photos: oil palm plantations

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Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background (Indonesia) Airplane view of peatland being drained and cleared in Borneo New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village (Indonesia) Hillside clearing for oil palm (Indonesia) Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica) Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) More photos: oil palm plantations