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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land
Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo
Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo

Dura oil palm fruit
Dura oil palm fruit

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background
Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background

Oil palm estate in Malaysia
Oil palm estate in Malaysia

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo
Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo

New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park
New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3034
Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3034

Oil palm estate in Malaysia -- sabah_0031
Oil palm estate in Malaysia -- sabah_0031


Oil palm fruit

Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park
Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park


Palm fresh fruit bunch

New forest clearing for oil palm near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park
New forest clearing for oil palm near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm fruit
Oil palm fruit

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3019
Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3019

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill
Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill

Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0573
Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0573

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0809]
Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0809]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest
Oil palm plantation and rainforest


Oil palm fruit [aceh_0739]

Oil palm plantation with forest on the horizon
Oil palm plantation with forest on the horizon

Platynopus melanoleueus, an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm
Platynopus melanoleueus, an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land
Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0624a]
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0624a]

New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park
New oil palm development near the boundary of Gunung Leuser National Park

Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River
Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River


Palm oil mill
[indonesia_20151297]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1460]
Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1460]

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0799]
Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0799]

Airplane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Airplane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica


Oil palm worker


Palm fresh fruit bunch [aceh_0831]

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3011
Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3011


Oil palm fruit [aceh_0771]


Oil palm fruit [aceh_1423]

New oil palm planting near a protected area
New oil palm planting near a protected area

Palm oil facility in Malaysia
Palm oil facility in Malaysia

Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park
Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0796]
Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0796]


Worker harvesting palm oil fruit

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1159]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1159]

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1441]
Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1441]

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2280
Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2280


Palm oil mill
[indonesia_20151299]


Palm fresh fruit bunch [aceh_0825]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3188
Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3188

Aerial view of oil palm plantations near Quepos
Aerial view of oil palm plantations near Quepos

Rain forest cleared for oil palm plantation in Malaysia
Rain forest cleared for oil palm plantation in Malaysia


Oil palm fruit in a motorbike basket

Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Oil palm plantation worker
Oil palm plantation worker


Oil palm worker harvesting palm fruit

New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park
New oil palm development in forest next to Gunung Leuser National Park


Worker harvesting fresh fruit bunches in an oil palm plantation


Palm fresh fruit bunch [aceh_0827]

Forest fragment within an oil palm plantation
Forest fragment within an oil palm plantation

Oil palm tree nursery
Oil palm tree nursery

Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation
Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation

Tenera oil palm fruit
Tenera oil palm fruit

Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica
Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica

Hillside clearing for oil palm
Hillside clearing for oil palm


Oil palm fruit [aceh_0741]


Palm oil workers arriving on motorbikes at a plantation

Palm oil plantation in Borneo
Palm oil plantation in Borneo

Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo
Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo

Oil palm plantation and rainforest along the Kinabatangan in Borneo
Oil palm plantation and rainforest along the Kinabatangan in Borneo


Oil palm fruit in a motorbike basket [riau_1763]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1131]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1131]

Oil palm estate
Oil palm estate

Young Oil palm trees
Young Oil palm trees

Oil palm trees cut in order to establish a new plantation for palm oil production
Oil palm trees cut in order to establish a new plantation for palm oil production

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2279
Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2279

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0619a]
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0619a]

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5107
Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5107

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park

Palm oil: 'greening the Earth'
Palm oil: 'greening the Earth'

Oil palm nursery and processing facility
Oil palm nursery and processing facility


Oil palm fruit [aceh_1429]

Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Adult nettle caterpillar (Thosea vetusta), an oil palm pest
Adult nettle caterpillar (Thosea vetusta), an oil palm pest

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1152]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1152]

Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica
Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village
Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5119
Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5119

Palm oil mill in an oil palm plantation in Sumatra
Palm oil mill in an oil palm plantation in Sumatra


Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation [riau_1672]

Oil palm tree
Oil palm tree


Worker harvesting palm oil fruit [riau_1731]


Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park
Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0850]
Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0850]

Oil palm seedlings
Oil palm seedlings

Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3075
Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3075

Overhead view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Overhead view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Palm oil plantation in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3085
Palm oil plantation in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3085

Palm oil facility in Malaysia -- sabah_0016
Palm oil facility in Malaysia -- sabah_0016

Young Oil palm trees -- borneo_4708
Young Oil palm trees -- borneo_4708

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_2543
Oil palm plantation -- sabah_2543


Palm oil refinery in Sarawak

New oil palm plantation -- malaysia0078
New oil palm plantation -- malaysia0078

Dura oil palm fruit -- borneo_4677
Dura oil palm fruit -- borneo_4677

Cantheconidea furcellata, a natural insect predator used to control oil palm pests
Cantheconidea furcellata, a natural insect predator used to control oil palm pests

Oil palm nursery and processing facility [sumatra_1468]
Oil palm nursery and processing facility [sumatra_1468]

Nitrogen-fixing cover crop in an oil palm plantation
Nitrogen-fixing cover crop in an oil palm plantation

Oil palm fruit in the palm tree
Oil palm fruit in the palm tree

Oil palm seedlings in preparation for conversion of forest and rubber for a plantation
Oil palm seedlings in preparation for conversion of forest and rubber for a plantation

Platynopus melanoleueus, an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm pests
Platynopus melanoleueus, an insect used for integrated pest management of oil palm pests

Oil palm plantation encroaching on natural forest in Malaysia
Oil palm plantation encroaching on natural forest in Malaysia

Deforested rainforest valley
Deforested rainforest valley

Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4760
Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4760

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0625]
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0625]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1456]
Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1456]

Oil palm seedlings
Oil palm seedlings

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3184
Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3184

Re-establishing an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park
Re-establishing an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park


Oil palm fruit [aceh_1421]

Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0254a]
Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0254a]

Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3122
Forest and oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3122

Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4775
Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4775

Plane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Plane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica


Oil palm fruit [aceh_0744]

Hermaphrodite oil palm
Hermaphrodite oil palm

Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0698]
Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0698]


Oil palm fruit [aceh_0740]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3189
Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_3189

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0772]
Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0772]

Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1267
Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1267

Palm oil plantation in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3100
Palm oil plantation in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3100

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica
Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica


Palm fruit

Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0255]
Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0255]

Oil palm tree -- borneo_4929
Oil palm tree -- borneo_4929

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0610]
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0610]

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3022
Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3022


Worker harvesting palm oil fruit [riau_1733]

Oil palm estate [sumatra_0742]
Oil palm estate [sumatra_0742]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1122]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1122]


Oil palm worker [riau_1773]

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1443]
Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1443]

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5123
Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5123

Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village
Newly established oil palm plantation near Tangkahan village

Female spikelets of oil palm
Female spikelets of oil palm


Oil palm fruit [aceh_1434]


Oil palm fruit [aceh_1430]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1463]
Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1463]

Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0746]
Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0746]


Palm fruit [riau_1746]

Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0720]
Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0720]

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1437]
Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1437]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1144]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1144]

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

Platynopus melanoleueus, an insect used for oil palm IPM
Platynopus melanoleueus, an insect used for oil palm IPM

Overhead view of coastal oil palm plantations along the Golfo Dulce
Overhead view of coastal oil palm plantations along the Golfo Dulce

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1142]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1142]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1462]
Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1462]

Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1275
Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1275

Oil palm near the Kinabatangan -- sabah_aerial_2970
Oil palm near the Kinabatangan -- sabah_aerial_2970

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations
Aerial view of new oil palm plantations


Palm fresh fruit bunch [riau_1723]

Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0567
Deforestation for palm oil in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0567

Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0753]
Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0753]

A future oil palm plantation
A future oil palm plantation

Deforestation for oil palm -- malaysia1288
Deforestation for oil palm -- malaysia1288

Oil palm fruit -- borneo_4514
Oil palm fruit -- borneo_4514

Palm oil facility in Malaysia -- sabah_0014
Palm oil facility in Malaysia -- sabah_0014

Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1442]
Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1442]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0851]
Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0851]

Palm oil plantation
Palm oil plantation

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0633]
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0633]


Palm oil mill
[indonesia_20151303]

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4893
Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4893


Worker harvesting palm oil fruit [riau_1726]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1126]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1126]


Palm fruit in a community oil palm plantation [riau_1665]

Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), an oil palm pest
Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), an oil palm pest


Oil palm nursery

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Aerial view of oil palm plantations on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Oil palm plantation in a lowland area near Sandakan, Sabah
Oil palm plantation in a lowland area near Sandakan, Sabah

Oil palm plantation in a lowland area near Sandakan, Sabah -- sabah_aerial_2997
Oil palm plantation in a lowland area near Sandakan, Sabah -- sabah_aerial_2997

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0622]
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0622]

Oil palm seedlings [sumatra_0818]
Oil palm seedlings [sumatra_0818]

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3014
Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3014

Fresh forest clearing for oil palm bordering Gunung Leuser National Park
Fresh forest clearing for oil palm bordering Gunung Leuser National Park

Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0849]
Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0849]

Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0688]
Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0688]

Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1149]
Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1149]

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5128
Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill -- borneo_5128


Oil palm fruit [aceh_0746]

Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0762]
Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0762]

Airplane view of industrial oil palm estates in Costa Rica
Airplane view of industrial oil palm estates in Costa Rica

Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0709]
Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0709]

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3027
Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3027

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2293
Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2293


Palm oil refinery in Sarawak

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0632]
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0632]

Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1274
Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1274

Cantheconidea furcellata, an insect used for oil palm IPM
Cantheconidea furcellata, an insect used for oil palm IPM

Oil palm plantation -- borneo_4711
Oil palm plantation -- borneo_4711

Oil palm tree nursery
Oil palm tree nursery

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