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Fig tree


Sulawesi rainforest

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1631
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1631


Rainforest in Sarawak

Panama rainforest
Panama rainforest

Research facility in the Heart of Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0169
Research facility in the Heart of Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0169

Airplane view of broccoli forest amid rainforest in the Amazon
Airplane view of broccoli forest amid rainforest in the Amazon


Birdnest ferns in Vietnam's rainforest


Lowland peat forest
[indonesia_20151223]

Coastal rainforest in Sukadana [kalbar_1307]
Coastal rainforest in Sukadana [kalbar_1307]

Borneo rainforest [kalbar_0880]
Borneo rainforest [kalbar_0880]


Deforestation on the margin of Tangkoko Reserve


Degraded peat forest
[indonesia_20152351]


Rex creek in Mossman Gorge [australia_mossman_gorge_056]


Roots of a strangler fig

Ulung Kulon swamp forest
Ulung Kulon swamp forest

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1390
Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1390

Cave in a New Guinea rainforest [west-papua_0977]
Cave in a New Guinea rainforest [west-papua_0977]

Rainforest creek on the Osa Peninsula [costa_rica_osa_0792]
Rainforest creek on the Osa Peninsula [costa_rica_osa_0792]

Borneo rainforest in Sabah -- sabah_1940
Borneo rainforest in Sabah -- sabah_1940

Rainforest along the Kinabatangan river -- sabah_3370
Rainforest along the Kinabatangan river -- sabah_3370


Rainforest tree [sabah_tawau_0093]


Rainforest and oil palm in Sumatra [aceh_1326]

Oil palm plantation and rainforest along the Kinabatangan in Borneo -- sabah_3276
Oil palm plantation and rainforest along the Kinabatangan in Borneo -- sabah_3276


Forest interior in Sumatra
[bukit_tigapuluh_0522]

Fungi on a rotting log [kalbar_0404]
Fungi on a rotting log [kalbar_0404]


Borneo rainforest

Rainforest in West Kalimantan [kalbar_1029]
Rainforest in West Kalimantan [kalbar_1029]

Airplane view of a twisting rainforest river in the Peruvian Amazon
Airplane view of a twisting rainforest river in the Peruvian Amazon

Giant rainforest tree in Taman Hutan Raya [kalsel_0158]
Giant rainforest tree in Taman Hutan Raya [kalsel_0158]


Vines and lianas


Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0085]

Segama river -- borneo_4377
Segama river -- borneo_4377


Rainforest pool

Pristine rainforest in Borneo
Pristine rainforest in Borneo

Rain forest in Borneo -- sabah_2134
Rain forest in Borneo -- sabah_2134


Aerial view of the Sumatran rainforest
[indonesia_20150694]

Rainforest creek on the Osa Peninsula [costa_rica_osa_0425]
Rainforest creek on the Osa Peninsula [costa_rica_osa_0425]

Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine [aerial-rainforest-Flight_1022_1515]
Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine [aerial-rainforest-Flight_1022_1515]

Rainforest of Isla Gorgona [colombia_3022]
Rainforest of Isla Gorgona [colombia_3022]

Rainforest near Jantho [aceh_0110]
Rainforest near Jantho [aceh_0110]


Rainforest in Cuc Phuong National Park


Rainforest creek
[bukit_tigapuluh_0901]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1692
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1692

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0350
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0350


Rainforest near Paraty [brazil_154706]


Borneo dipterocarp


Yunnan rainforest


Rainforest canopy [sabah_sepilok_0644]


Rainforest in Riau
[indonesia_20152701]


Rainforest in Riau [riau_5238]

Rainforest of Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar [madagascar_perinet_0095]
Rainforest of Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar [madagascar_perinet_0095]

Ecotourists walking on a forest road in Danum Valley
Ecotourists walking on a forest road in Danum Valley


Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0563]

Hollow in palm tree; used by nesting macaws
Hollow in palm tree; used by nesting macaws

Rainforest of Bwindi
Rainforest of Bwindi


Rainforest in the Gunung Leuser ecosystem [aceh_1390]


Chinese rainforest


Creek with a small waterfall


Peat forest in Giam Siak Kecil [riau_0823]


Rainforest along the Tambopata river

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1776
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1776

Rainforest creek on the Osa Peninsula [costa_rica_osa_0799]
Rainforest creek on the Osa Peninsula [costa_rica_osa_0799]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1780
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1780

Primeval rain forest
Primeval rain forest

Clear-water rainforest stream in Borneo
Clear-water rainforest stream in Borneo

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_2474
Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_2474


Rainforest vine


Yellow flowers in Brazil's Mata Atlantica [brazil_154856]


Roots of a strangler fig


Rainforest canopy [sabah_sepilok_0645]

Red leaves in the rainforest
Red leaves in the rainforest

Rainforest vines
Rainforest vines

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2147
Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2147


A view up inside the trunk of a strangler fig in China

Canopy tree -- sabah_2631
Canopy tree -- sabah_2631


Pink rainforest flower


Mt Lewis rainforest [australia_fnq_0187]


Mist rising over the Sumatra
[bukit_tigapuluh_1034]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1876
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1876

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1838
Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1838

Giant stranger fig (Ficus sp.)
Giant stranger fig (Ficus sp.)


Dried peat lake
[indonesia_20152330]

Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_0600]
Peat forest in Borneo [kalteng_0600]


Birdnest ferns in Vietnam's rainforest

Waterfall in Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1916
Waterfall in Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1916


Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0571]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2415
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2415


Rainforest at dawn

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_2865
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_2865

Deforested rainforest valley -- sabah_aerial_2308
Deforested rainforest valley -- sabah_aerial_2308


Rainforest and an oil palm plantation in Sabah [sabah_sepilok_0054]

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1981
Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1981

Gunung Leuser Rain Forest [sumatra_0708]
Gunung Leuser Rain Forest [sumatra_0708]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2610
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2610


Lowland peat forest
[indonesia_20151155]


Peat forest
[indonesia_20150352]

Lowland Amazon forest
Lowland Amazon forest


Tijuca rainforest [brazil_155592]


Creek in Lambir Hills

Cabins on Isla Gorgona
Cabins on Isla Gorgona

Aerial view of the rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon
Aerial view of the rainforest canopy in the Western Amazon


Rainforest in the Gunung Leuser ecosystem [aceh_1255]

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2331
Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2331

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0267
Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0267

Canopy tree -- sabah_2628
Canopy tree -- sabah_2628

Logging road in Malaysia -- sabah_aerial_2235
Logging road in Malaysia -- sabah_aerial_2235

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0350
Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0350

Orangutan nest in the rainforest canopy
Orangutan nest in the rainforest canopy


Peat forest in Giam Siak Kecil [riau_0782]


Mossman rain forest [australia_mossman_gorge_371]

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1301
Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1301

Rainforest vine
Rainforest vine

Beach on the Masoala Peninsula [madagascar_masoala_0040]
Beach on the Masoala Peninsula [madagascar_masoala_0040]

Rainforest outside of Gunung Leuser national park
Rainforest outside of Gunung Leuser national park

Danum Valley rainforest -- sabah_2732
Danum Valley rainforest -- sabah_2732

Aerial view of heavily logged rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2700
Aerial view of heavily logged rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2700


Riau rainforest [riau_5148]

Malaysian Borneo forest -- sabah_1970
Malaysian Borneo forest -- sabah_1970

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0460
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0460

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2054
Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2054


Rainforest canopy in Sumatra [riau_0462]


A look up at the rainforest canopy

Research camp site in Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1932
Research camp site in Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_1932

Jungle creek at Cabang Panti [kalbar_0466]
Jungle creek at Cabang Panti [kalbar_0466]

Logging road in the rainforest of Borneo
Logging road in the rainforest of Borneo


Way Kambas swamp forest

Tropical rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0863
Tropical rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0863

Heliconia collinsiana [costa_rica_siquirres_0771]
Heliconia collinsiana [costa_rica_siquirres_0771]


Forest on Sapi Island [sabah_sapi_island_0016]


Freshly cleared trees in a peatland
[indonesia_20152674]

Borneo rain forest -- sabah_2296
Borneo rain forest -- sabah_2296

Amazon rainforest camp site - step 1
Amazon rainforest camp site - step 1


Epiphyte in the rainforest canopy


Epiphyte on a tree [aceh_0848]

Canopy tree -- sabah_2632
Canopy tree -- sabah_2632


Tropical forest in Sumatra [north_sumatra_0071]


Strangler fig

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_0801
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_0801


Peat forest
[indonesia_20150365]


Acacia and natural forest [riau_5043]


Amazon rainforest canopy

River in Borneo muddied by upstream deforestation -- sabah_aerial_1550
River in Borneo muddied by upstream deforestation -- sabah_aerial_1550

Rainforest at Tampolo on the Masoala Peninsula [madagascar_masoala_0753]
Rainforest at Tampolo on the Masoala Peninsula [madagascar_masoala_0753]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_1960
Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_1960

The impact of deforestation seen on a rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1547
The impact of deforestation seen on a rainforest river in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_1547


Peat forest
[indonesia_20152301]


Sunset in BTNP
[bukit_tigapuluh_0859]

Rainforest emergent tree in Borneo
Rainforest emergent tree in Borneo

Moss and fern covered tree trunks in Ranomafana National Park (Ranomafana N.P.)
Moss and fern covered tree trunks in Ranomafana National Park (Ranomafana N.P.)

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0907
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_0907

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0411
Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0411


Rainforest leaves

Rainforest in Borneo
Rainforest in Borneo


Jungle rubber forest clearing in Riau [riau_5372]

Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2341
Selectively logged forest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2341

Sunrise over the Aceh forest [aceh_0537]
Sunrise over the Aceh forest [aceh_0537]


Damar resin
[bukit_tigapuluh_0128]

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2553
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_2553

Tropical forest of Brownsberg
Tropical forest of Brownsberg


Lowland peat forest
[indonesia_20151226]

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2187
Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2187


Tijuca Forest [brazil_155698]


Rainforest waterfall [sabah_tawau_0176]

Steam rising off jungle ridge in Malaysia
Steam rising off jungle ridge in Malaysia

Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1863]
Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1863]

Rainforest river [aceh_0335]
Rainforest river [aceh_0335]

Danum Valley rainforest -- sabah_2791
Danum Valley rainforest -- sabah_2791

Lake in the Amazon rainforest [peru_aerial_1162]
Lake in the Amazon rainforest [peru_aerial_1162]

Epiphytes in a rainforest canopy tree [costa_rica_osa_0046]
Epiphytes in a rainforest canopy tree [costa_rica_osa_0046]

Tropical forest of Gorgona island [colombia_3029]
Tropical forest of Gorgona island [colombia_3029]

Aerial view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0267]
Aerial view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0267]

Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_3046
Kinabatangan River -- sabah_aerial_3046

Industrial timber harvesting in Sabah
Industrial timber harvesting in Sabah


Lowland peat forest
[indonesia_20151231]

Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2286
Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2286

Rainforest river [aceh_0270]
Rainforest river [aceh_0270]

Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2111
Imbak Canyon -- sabah_aerial_2111

Rainforest on ridge -- malaysia1238
Rainforest on ridge -- malaysia1238


Tijuca Forest [brazil_155649]

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0201
Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0201

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1191
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_aerial_1191


Riau rainforest [riau_0907]


Rubber and rainforest in China


Kinabatangan river [sabah_kinabatangan_0454]

Borneo forest -- sabah_2356
Borneo forest -- sabah_2356


Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest
[bukit_tigapuluh_0886]

Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1352
Maliau Falls -- sabah_aerial_1352

Beaches, coral reefs, and rainforests off Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0111
Beaches, coral reefs, and rainforests off Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0111


Indonesian rainforest


Rainforest in Cuc Phuong National Park

Airplane view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0271]
Airplane view of rain forest in Costa Rica [costa_rica_aerial_0271]


Rainforest in the Gunung Leuser ecosystem [aceh_1220]

Conventional logging operation in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0650
Conventional logging operation in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0650

Mist over the Danum river -- borneo_4216
Mist over the Danum river -- borneo_4216


Wurumbu creek [australia_mossman_gorge_166]


Rainforest boardwalk in Mossman Gorge

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0186
Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0186

Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0344
Rainforest in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0344

Borneo rainforest -- sabah_1257
Borneo rainforest -- sabah_1257

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