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![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0809]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0809.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0624a]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0624a.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1460]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1460.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0799]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0799.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0796]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0796.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1159]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1159.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1441]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1441.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1131]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1131.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0619a]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0619a.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1152]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1152.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0850]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0850.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0608]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0608.jpg)
![Oil palm nursery and processing facility [sumatra_1468]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1468.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0625]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0625.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1456]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1456.jpg)
![Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0254a]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0254a.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation [costarica-107]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costarica-107.jpg)
![Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0698]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0698.jpg)
![Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0772]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0772.jpg)
![Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0255]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0255.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0610]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0610.jpg)
![Oil palm estate [sumatra_0742]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0742.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1122]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1122.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1443]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1443.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1463]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1463.jpg)
![Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0746]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0746.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0720]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0720.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1437]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1437.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1144]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1144.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1142]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1142.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1462]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1462.jpg)
![Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0753]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0753.jpg)
![Oil palm nursery [costarica-129]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costarica-129.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1442]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1442.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0851]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0851.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0633]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0633.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1126]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1126.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0622]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0622.jpg)
![Oil palm seedlings [sumatra_0818]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0818.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0849]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0849.jpg)
![Dead oil palms [costarica-110]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costarica-110.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0688]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0688.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1149]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1149.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0762]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0762.jpg)
![Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0709]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0709.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0632]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0632.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0620]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0620.jpg)
![Oil palm estate [cr_4358]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_4358.JPG)
![Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0833]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0833.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1138]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1138.jpg)
![Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0777]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0777.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0792]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0792.jpg)
![Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0699]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0699.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0842]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0842.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1133]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1133.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0802]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0802.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0840]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0840.jpg)
![Oil palm estate [sumatra_0740]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0740.jpg)
![Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0736]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0736.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0721]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0721.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1171]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1171.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0812]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0812.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0726]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0726.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1134]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1134.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0806]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0806.jpg)
![Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0743a]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0743a.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation [costarica-106]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costarica-106.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1158]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1158.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0606]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0606.jpg)
![Oil palm estate [sumatra_0746]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0746.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1117]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1117.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1433]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1433.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1154]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1154.jpg)
![Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0704]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0704.jpg)
![Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0734]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0734.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0798]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0798.jpg)
![Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' [sumatra_0776]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0776.jpg)
![Fresh forest clearing for oil palm bordering Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0657]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0657.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0839]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0839.jpg)
![Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0252]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0252.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0811]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0811.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil plantations amid forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0284]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0284.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation extending down to a waterway [sumatra_0786]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0786.jpg)
![Hillside clearing for oil palm [sumatra_1473]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1473.jpg)
![Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0836]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0836.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0604]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0604.jpg)
![Oil palm nursery [sumatra_0822]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0822.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1445]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1445.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land [sumatra_1428]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1428.jpg)
![Dead oil palms [costarica-113]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costarica-113.jpg)
![Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0710]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0710.jpg)
![Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' [sumatra_0770]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0770.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0725]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0725.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1449]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1449.jpg)
![New oil palm estate on forest land in Sumatra [sumatra_0010]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0010.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1447]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1447.jpg)
![Small-holder rainforest clearing for oil palm [sumatra_0682]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0682.jpg)
![New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0676]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0676.jpg)
![Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0741]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0741.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1431]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1431.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1147]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1147.jpg)
![Re-establishing an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0747]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0747.jpg)
![New oil palm development [sumatra_0669]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0669.jpg)
![Oil palm estate [sumatra_0745]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0745.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1446]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1446.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations and Manuel Antonio National Park [costa-rica-d_0205]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0205.jpg)
![Oil palm nursery and processing facility [sumatra_1471]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1471.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1146]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1146.jpg)
![New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0692]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0692.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0632a]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0632a.jpg)
![Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0828]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0828.jpg)
![Re-establishing an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0749]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0749.jpg)
![Oil palm nursery [sumatra_0824]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0824.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0623]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0623.jpg)
![Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica [costa-rica_a_0076]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_a_0076.jpg)
![Airplane view of industrial oil palm estates in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0760]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0760.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0730]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0730.jpg)
![Oil palm and forest near Bukit Lawang [sumatra_0610]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0610.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0800]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0800.jpg)
![Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0826]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0826.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land [sumatra_1417]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1417.jpg)
![New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0681]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0681.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0808]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0808.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land [sumatra_1423]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1423.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0719]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0719.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1434]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1434.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0844]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0844.jpg)
![Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0680]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0680.jpg)
![Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' [sumatra_0782]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0782.jpg)
![New oil palm planting near a protected area [sumatra_0685]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0685.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0627a]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0627a.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1156]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1156.jpg)
![Dead oil palms [costarica-112]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costarica-112.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1459]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1459.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1451]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1451.jpg)
![New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0694]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0694.jpg)
![New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0678]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0678.jpg)
![Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1444]](https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1444.jpg)
