Pictures of palm oil

Images of palm oil taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.



Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Oil palm vs rain forest

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1742

Forest and oil palm plantations in Borneo

Fire burning on an oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation in Sarawak

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_0048]

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0113]

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1296

Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land

Oil palm on peatland

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_0038]

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_0025]

deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2148

Oil palm plantation in Sumatra

Oil palm and forest

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_0020]

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0559

Palm oil in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0239]

Clearing of peat forest and community jungle rubber in Riau

Logged forest and oil palm in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2807

Deforestation for oil palm in Jambi

Oil palm plantation in Riau

Logged forest oil palm estate and timber plantation in Borneo

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1114

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0934

Deforestation for an oil palm plantation in Sumatra

Clearing for oil palm along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_2936

Oil palm and forest

Oil palm plantation in Sarawak

Oil palm plantation

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Timber and oil palm plantations

Cleared forest on the edge of Tesso Nilo

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_0018]

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_0029]

New oil palm plantation established on peatland outside Palangkaraya [kalteng_0079]

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1798

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0210]

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_2470

Conversion of rainforest for palm oil production in Borneo

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1605

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau

Peat forest cleared for palm oil

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo

deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2171

Oil palm plantation in Sarawak

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1720

Oil palm plantation outside Aceh Tamiang

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0432]

Forest and oil palm

Forest cleared for palm oil production

Clearing for a new oil palm plantation

Replanting an oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0801

Oil palm plantation and mangroves in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0069

Nasa image of Sarawak

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_0734

Fire burning on an oil palm plantation -- sabah_1847

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1164

Airplane view of palm oil in Costa Rica

Oil palm plantation and mangroves in Borneo

Oil palm and forest

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_5392]

Loss of rainforest in Malaysia

Loss of rainforest in Malaysia

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1232]

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1730

Palm oil in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0263]

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1108

Nasa image of Sarawak

Oil palm plantation [riau_5273]

Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo

Newly planted oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation

Oil palm estate -- sabah_2323

Peat forest cleared for palm oil

Freshly cleared forest for palm oil

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1767

Forest and oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0622

Where an oil palm plantation meets the rainforest -- sabah_4035

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1085

Excavator working in an oil palm plantation

Peatland fire in Riau

New oil palm plantation established on peatland outside Palangkaraya

Peatlands deforestation for oil palm

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_2396

A recently cleared oil palm plantation

Deforestation for oil palm development

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_0737

Nasa image of Sarawak

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1245

Oil palm and forest

Oil palm and rainforest

Oil palm and forest

Cleared forest on the edge of Tesso Nilo

Oil palm estate -- sabah_2328

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1779

Peatlands deforestation for oil palm [riau_0088]

Logged forest and oil palm in Borneo

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau

Oil palm plantation in Sarawak

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1245]

Mountains of the Leuser ecosystem with an oil palm plantation in the foreground

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1699

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0922

Oil palm plantation

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1275]

Deforestation for an oil palm plantation in Sumatra

Peat fire in Riau

Nasa image of Sarawak

Peat forest cleared for palm oil

Deforestation for oil palm

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0171]

Newly planted oil palm plantation

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations [costa_rica_aerial_0164]

Oil palm and forest

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0200]

Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo

Freshly cleared forest for palm oil

Oil palm and rainforest

Oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation in Jambi

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau

Oil palm estate in Malaysia

Oil palm plantation in Jambi

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0587

Peat forest cleared for palm oil

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_2426

Oil palm plantation in Riau [riau_5012]

Rainforest and oil palm in Sumatra

Palm oil in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0237]

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0250]

Deforestation for oil palm in Jambi

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

Timber plantation next to an oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0562

Cleared forest inside Tesso Nilo National Park

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1078

Oil palm plantation

Airplane view of palm oil in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0092]

Oil palm and forest

Deforestation for oil palm

Deforestation for oil palm in Jambi

Oil palm plantation

Illegal deforestation for palm oil

Nasa image of Sarawak

Newly planted oil palm plantation in Jambi

Palm oil in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0245]

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0604

Acacia wood fiber plantation and oil palm

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0204]

Oil palm and forest

Oil palm and forest

Deforestation for oil palm development [riau_5460]

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1057

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0572

Oil palm plantation and forest in Borneo

Fire burning on an oil palm plantation -- sabah_1854

Peat forest cleared for palm oil

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0925

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1723

Oil palm fresh fruit bunch

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau

Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest

Logged forest and oil palm in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2811

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

Oil palm plantation

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1252]

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0244]

Oil palm plantation in Sumatra

Palm oil in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0249]

Rainforest clearing for oil palm in Sulawesi

New oil palm plantation established on peatland outside Palangkaraya [kalteng_0072]

Oil palm plantation

Canopy of an oil palm plantation

Canopy of an oil palm plantation

Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau

Oil palm and rainforest

Oil palm plantation

Oil palm and a peat drainage canal

Oil palm estate -- sabah_1806

Oil palm plantation on peatland in Riau

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0169]

Clearing for oil palm along the Kinabatangan River

Newly planted oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation in Riau [riau_5376]

Cleared forest on the edge of Tesso Nilo

Cleared forest inside Tesso Nilo National Park

Oil palm plantation

Clearing for a new oil palm plantation

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_1636

Oil palm plantation in the process of being replanted

Deforestation for oil palm in Jambi

Peat forest and oil palm

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0157]

Forest clearing for oil palm [riau_0035]

Fire burning on an oil palm plantation -- sabah_1842

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0224]

Oil palm estate -- sabah_2392

Oil palm plantation -- sabah_0550

Oil palm and forest

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica

Palm fresh fruit bunch

Aerial view of rainforest and oil palm plantations in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0149]

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1064

Oil palm plantation in Sarawak

Deforestation in Riau [riau_1233]

Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3034

Oil palm plantation and forest in Borneo -- sabah_3825

Oil palm plantation in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0240]

Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_0727

Oil palm and forest

Oil palm vs rainforest

Peatlands deforestation for oil palm [riau_0093]

 

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