rainforest destruction
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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Epiphyte-laden kapok tree
(Belize)
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Illegally logged wood [kalbar_2216]
(Indonesia)
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Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
(Belize)
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Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1121]
(Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture
(Belize)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land
(Malaysia)
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Charred and still smoking forest in Laos
(Laos)
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Corn planted on former rainforest land
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7618]
(Belize)
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Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2254]
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in Guatemala
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7604]
(Belize)
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Forest fragment within an oil palm plantation
(Malaysia)
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A stack of burning trees in a deforested landscape
(Belize)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1281]
(Indonesia)
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Belizean slash-and-burn
(Belize)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation in southern Laos
(Laos)
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Destroyed peat swamp in Borneo [kalbar_1140]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2235]
(Indonesia)
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Smoldering trees in a deforested landscape
(Belize)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Settlement and fragmented forest along road in Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange orchard planted on deforested land
(Belize)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7617]
(Belize)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Forest cleared for pasture
(Belize)
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Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1100]
(Indonesia)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2249]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2250]
(Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7606]
(Belize)
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Corn field converted from on rainforest land
(Belize)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest [kalbar_2205]
(Indonesia)
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Settlement and deforestation along Napo River in Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Recent cut rainforest
(Belize)
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Male anole lizard displaying its orange dewlap
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize
(Belize)
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Destroyed peat swamp in Borneo [kalbar_1156]
(Indonesia)
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Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus)
(Belize)
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Devastated rain forest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1157]
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture
(Belize)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Rain forest cleared for oil palm plantation in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Epiphyte-laden branches of a giant Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) at Tikal
(Belize)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a ceiba tree
(Belize)
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Rainforest mine
(Malaysia)
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Illegally logged timber cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1167]
(Indonesia)
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New oil palm plantation -- malaysia0078
(Malaysia)
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Illegally logged timber cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1144]
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest land cleared for an orange orchard or cattle pasture
(Belize)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in Belize
(Belize)
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Aerial vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1188]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2197]
(Indonesia)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2222]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1274
(Malaysia)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1264]
(Indonesia)
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Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree
(Belize)
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Destroyed rainforest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1103]
(Indonesia)
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Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1102]
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of deforestation in Belize
(Belize)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4763
(Malaysia)
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Forest degradation in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1227]
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation for oil palm -- malaysia1288
(Malaysia)
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Destroyed rainforest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1110]
(Indonesia)
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Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize [belize_7594]
(Belize)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4892
(Malaysia)
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Oil palm plantation displacing natural jungle in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation in Sabang -- borneo_4784
(Malaysia)
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Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize
(Belize)
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Complete deforestation in Laos
(Laos)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4770
(Malaysia)
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Illegally logged wood cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1130]
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Belize
(Belize)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4893
(Malaysia)
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Cleared peat swamp forest [kalbar_2263]
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation in southern Laos
(Laos)
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Epiphyte-laden ceiba tree
(Belize)
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Forest clearing in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Oil palm plantation encroaching on natural forest in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7611]
(Belize)
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No pictures please: Illegal logger harvesting timber near Gunung Palung National Park
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4760
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation in Sabang
(Malaysia)
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Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2198]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4759
(Malaysia)
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Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1207]
(Indonesia)
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Charred remains of a rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_1105]
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation in southern Laos
(Laos)
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Mining in the Malaysian rainforest
(Malaysia)
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Palm oil plantation
(Malaysia)
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Severe deforestation in Laos
(Laos)
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Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1267
(Malaysia)
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Palm oil agriculture displacing native tropical rain forest on the way to Taman Negara, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Forest land cleared for an orange orchard
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7607]
(Belize)
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Destroyed peat land in Borneo [kalbar_1123]
(Indonesia)
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Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2201]
(Indonesia)
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Clearing recent cut in the tropical rainforest of Belize
(Belize)
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Deforestation in Malaysia -- malaysia1248
(Malaysia)
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Feeble-looking orange orchard planted on former rainforest land
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7631]
(Belize)
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New oil palm plantation
(Malaysia)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4891
(Malaysia)
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Forest land cleared for oil palm
(Malaysia)
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Burned rainforest area in Borneo [kalbar_1151]
(Indonesia)
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Cleared forest and settlements along Napo River in Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Mayan ruins of Tikal protruding from the rainforest
(Belize)
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Settlement and deforestation along Napo River in Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Slash-and-burn forest clearing in Belize
(Belize)
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Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4775
(Malaysia)
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Mining in the Malaysian jungle
(Malaysia)
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Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1275
(Malaysia)
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Illegally logged wood [kalbar_1131]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation encroaching on native forest in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Mining in the Malaysian forest
(Malaysia)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Mining in the Malaysian rain forest
(Malaysia)
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Smoking rainforest in Southern Laos
(Laos)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4766
(Malaysia)
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Charred savanna
(Belize)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed peatland in Borneo [kalbar_1143]
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed peat swamp in Borneo [kalbar_1150]
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1289]
(Indonesia)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4885
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation in southern Laos
(Laos)
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Forest land mined for limestone for road construction
(Belize)
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Forest degradation in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1230]
(Indonesia)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest [kalbar_2223]
(Indonesia)
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Oil infrastructure and workers on the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Haze over an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4923
(Malaysia)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1278
(Malaysia)
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Forest clearing in Laos
(Laos)
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Forest cleared for pasture [belize_7650]
(Belize)
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Oil tower with gas flare in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Logging path for illegal loggers in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7619]
(Belize)
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Destroyed rainforest landscape in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7615]
(Belize)
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Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize [belize_7593]
(Belize)
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Timber illegally cut from a rainforest in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Aerial vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1194]
(Indonesia)
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Belizean deforestation
(Belize)
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Rainforest mine -- malaysia1270
(Malaysia)
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Dock for oil company on the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2202]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2243]
(Indonesia)
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Haze over an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land
(Malaysia)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4894
(Malaysia)
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Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2262]
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed rain forest landscape in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2203]
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest land cleared for an orange orchard
(Belize)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4762
(Malaysia)
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Slash-and-burn forest clearing in Belize [belize_0456]
(Belize)
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Palm oil plantations near frontier town, Coca, in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Pond turtle
(Belize)
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Forest destruction in Laos
(Laos)
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Forest cleared for pasture [belize_7647]
(Belize)
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Belizean slash-and-burn [belize_7678]
(Belize)
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Illegally logged wood [kalbar_2230]
(Indonesia)
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Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize [belize_7595]
(Belize)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2226]
(Indonesia)
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Forest land cleared for oil palm -- borneo_4472
(Malaysia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4866
(Malaysia)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7620]
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7639]
(Belize)
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Destroyed peat forest in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation with Napo River in the background in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1279]
(Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burn farming
(Belize)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4868
(Malaysia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4878
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation in southern Laos
(Laos)
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Deforestation in southern Laos
(Laos)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest [kalbar_2256]
(Indonesia)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest [kalbar_2241]
(Indonesia)
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Forest land mined for limestone for road construction
(Belize)
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Recently cleared forest near frontier town, Coca, in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Deforestation in Malaysia -- malaysia1249
(Malaysia)
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Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantation in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Palm oil plantations near frontier town, Coca, in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Burned out remains of a rainforest in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Forest degradation in Indonesian Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Devastated rain forest landscape in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1221]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2233]
(Indonesia)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7641]
(Belize)
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Charred remains of a rainforest in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Palm oil near frontier town, Coca, in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2234]
(Indonesia)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest [kalbar_2236]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2253]
(Indonesia)
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Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1218]
(Indonesia)
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Settlement and fragmented forest along road in Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Drained peatland in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Aerial vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1195]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4772
(Malaysia)
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Burned rainforest area in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2260]
(Indonesia)
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Oil industry infrastructure in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Forest degradation in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1232]
(Indonesia)
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Devastated rain forest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1159]
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Palm oil displacing native tropical forest in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Settlement near fronter town, Coca, on the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1267]
(Indonesia)
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Drained peat forest in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7605]
(Belize)
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Illegally logged wood cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1168]
(Indonesia)
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Oil tower's gas flare seen through the trees in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Illegal logger harvesting timber near Gunung Palung National Park [kalbar_2212]
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed peat land in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1265]
(Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burn forest clearing in Belize [belize_0459]
(Belize)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1268]
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed peatland in Borneo [kalbar_1128]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2255]
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed peat forest in Borneo [kalbar_1141]
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed peat land in Borneo [kalbar_1138]
(Indonesia)
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Oil industry infrastructure in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Edge between forest and deforestation
(Indonesia)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest [kalbar_2251]
(Indonesia)
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Logging trail for illegal loggers in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Road and settlement cut through rainforest along the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2217]
(Indonesia)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4890
(Malaysia)
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Illegally logged wood cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1147]
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1280]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2259]
(Indonesia)
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Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2237]
(Indonesia)
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Burned rainforest area in Borneo [kalbar_1153]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4767
(Malaysia)
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Oil tower with gas flare in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1282]
(Indonesia)
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Oil truck being transported on the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon; side of truck reads: INFLAMABLE
(Ecuador)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4771
(Malaysia)
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Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1219]
(Indonesia)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest
(Indonesia)
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Tarantula
(Belize)
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Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2262]
(Indonesia)
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Timber illegally cut from a rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2231]
(Indonesia)
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Face at Tikal
(Belize)
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Deforestation in Sabang -- borneo_4786
(Malaysia)
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Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2242]
(Indonesia)
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Aerial vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province
(Indonesia)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4889
(Malaysia)
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Palm oil plantations near frontier town, Coca, in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Degraded vegetation along the bank of the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Oil tower with gas flare in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Oil tower with gas flare in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7622]
(Belize)
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Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree
(Belize)
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Cleared peat swamp forest
(Indonesia)
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Clear-cutting for cattle pasture in Guatemala
(Belize)
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Illegally logged wood
(Indonesia)
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Illegally logged wood cut from a Borneo rainforest
(Indonesia)
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Settlement and fragmented forest along road in Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Deforestation in Belize [belize_0442]
(Belize)
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Edge of frontier town, Coca, in the Ecuadorian Amazon on the Napo River
(Ecuador)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2238]
(Indonesia)
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Haze over an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4924
(Malaysia)
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Logging trail for illegal loggers in Borneo [kalbar_2214]
(Indonesia)
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Destroyed rain forest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1162]
(Indonesia)
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Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo [kalbar_1115]
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1287]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm trees -- borneo_4496
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Deforestation in southern Laos
(Laos)
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Forest land cleared for oil palm -- borneo_4479
(Malaysia)
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Forest degradation in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1229]
(Indonesia)
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settlements and deforestation along Napo River in Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Charred and still smoking forest in Laos
(Laos)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4761
(Malaysia)
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Total destruction of rainforest in Laos
(Laos)
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Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2257]
(Indonesia)
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Deforested landscape in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1208]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4768
(Malaysia)
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Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4887
(Malaysia)
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Cleared peat forest
(Indonesia)
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Charred savanna
(Belize)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4769
(Malaysia)
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Oil industry infrastructure in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land -- borneo_4867
(Malaysia)
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Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1223]
(Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation displacing rainforest in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Oil infrastructure and workers on the Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1270]
(Indonesia)
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Cut and drained peat swamp forest [kalbar_2261]
(Indonesia)
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