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 Last update: 2017-07-27
 
 
    
		        
		            
		            
		                ![A colorful sky [madagascar_5893]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_5893.jpg) A colorful sky [madagascar_5893] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Grazing zebu cattle (Madagascar)
 
		                 Rice field fire (Thailand)
 
		                 Creek between Sapzurro and Capurgana (Colombia)
 
		                 Airplane view of Peru's Amazon rainforest (Peru)
 
		                 Gunung Tangkoko (mountain) and rainforest (Indonesia)
 
		                 Throw-net fishing on the Mekong (Laos)
 
		                ![Oil palm seedlings [sumatra_0817]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0817.jpg) Oil palm seedlings [sumatra_0817] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Montane rainforest in Madagascar [madagascar_1652]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_1652.jpg) Montane rainforest in Madagascar [madagascar_1652] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Borneo rainforest [kalbar_0878]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_0877.jpg) Borneo rainforest [kalbar_0878] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Mt. Kenya in the early morning (Kenya)
 
		                ![Oil palm plantation seen beyond the boundary of Gunung Leuser [sumatra_9060]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_9060.jpg) Oil palm plantation seen beyond the boundary of Gunung Leuser [sumatra_9060] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Replacing a flat tire on a bus in the Andes [wayquecha-andes_0122]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0122.jpg) Replacing a flat tire on a bus in the Andes [wayquecha-andes_0122] (Peru)
 
		                 Pacific Ocean at sunset (United States)
 
		                 Fall colors in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                ![Airplane view of deforestation and erosion in Madagasar [madagascar_1713]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_1713.jpg) Airplane view of deforestation and erosion in Madagasar [madagascar_1713] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Pasture and forest in Colombia [colombia_2295]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2295.jpg) Pasture and forest in Colombia [colombia_2295] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rice fields on Don Khong (Laos)
 
		                ![Papuan man with his pig [papua_0310]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/papua_0310.jpg) Papuan man with his pig [papua_0310] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Rice and palms in Madagascar (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1459]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1459.jpg) Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1459] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Live bamboo rat in the Luang Prabang morning market (Laos)
 
		                ![Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2217]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_2202.jpg) Deforested landscape in Borneo [kalbar_2217] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Main sanctuary at Wat Phou (Laos)
 
		                 Redwood forest in Wunderlich (United States)
 
		                 Open pit Guacamayo gold mine in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Baobabs in village outside of Tulear [madagascar_7812]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_7812.jpg) Baobabs in village outside of Tulear [madagascar_7812] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Buttress roots of a rain forest tree (Indonesia)
 
		                 Fisherman working at sunset on Bunaken (Indonesia)
 
		                 Riverside road in Ban Houa Khong (Laos)
 
		                ![Playing pool in a remote Choco town [colombia_2462]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2462.jpg) Playing pool in a remote Choco town [colombia_2462] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Oropendula nests in the canopy of a giant Kapok tree [colombia_0268]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_0268.jpg) Oropendula nests in the canopy of a giant Kapok tree [colombia_0268] (Colombia)
 
		                 Pigfest in China (China)
 
		                 Indonesia sunset (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Malagasy working in rice fields [madagascar_4699]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4699.jpg) Malagasy working in rice fields [madagascar_4699] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Aikima, a Dani village (Indonesia)
 
		                 Logging road in Borneo -- borneo_2900 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Andringitra landscape [madagascar_6715]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6715.jpg) Andringitra landscape [madagascar_6715] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Deforestation near Ft. Dauphin (Madagascar)
 
		                 Wat Phou ruins (Laos)
 
		                 Rainforest leaves (Mexico)
 
		                ![Aerial view of rice paddies outside of Fort Dauphin [madagascar_3081]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3081.jpg) Aerial view of rice paddies outside of Fort Dauphin [madagascar_3081] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Village and rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau [madagascar_4797]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4797.jpg) Village and rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau [madagascar_4797] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Lake Sentani homes on stilts [papua_1002]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/papua_1002.jpg) Lake Sentani homes on stilts [papua_1002] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Clear-cutting in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1593]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_1593.jpg) Clear-cutting in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1593] (Peru)
 
		                ![Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining [suriname_1833]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_1833.JPG) Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining [suriname_1833] (Suriname)
 
		                 Deforestation for a rubber plantation in Laos (Laos)
 
		                 Naked man paddling a canoe on Lake Sentani (Indonesia)
 
		                 Terraced rice fields at Tegalalang (Indonesia)
 
		                 Dredging of sand in the white sands forest of Suriname (Suriname)
 
		                ![High mountain forest near the tree-line in the Amazon Basin [peru_aerial_0103]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0103.jpg) High mountain forest near the tree-line in the Amazon Basin [peru_aerial_0103] (Peru)
 
		                 Where the Amazon meets the Andes (Peru)
 
		                ![Bridge over a rainforest creek [kalbar_0263]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_0261.jpg) Bridge over a rainforest creek [kalbar_0263] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Desolate landscape along the Karakoram highway (China)
 
		                 Strangler fig (Indonesia)
 
		                 Turkana maalem (Kenya)
 
		                 Iguassu Falls (Argentina)
 
		                 Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines (Peru)
 
		                ![Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0677]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0677.jpg) Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0677] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Waves crashing on a red sand beach (United States)
 
		                ![Rainforest creek in Gunung Leuser [sumatra_1074]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1074.jpg) Rainforest creek in Gunung Leuser [sumatra_1074] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Sugar cane in Colombia [colombia_4489]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4489.jpg) Sugar cane in Colombia [colombia_4489] (Colombia)
 
		                 Overhead view of small-scale deforestation in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Overhead view of an Amazon rainforest creek obscured by the canopy in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Boats at Chiang Khong (Thailand)
 
		                ![Canopy tree [suriname_0873]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_0873.JPG) Canopy tree [suriname_0873] (Suriname)
 
		                 Fishing weirs at Khong Phapheng waterfall (Laos)
 
		                ![Boat on the Amazon River at sunset [colombia_1188]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1188.jpg) Boat on the Amazon River at sunset [colombia_1188] (Colombia)
 
		                 Siladen, Bunaken, and Sulawesi at sunset (Indonesia)
 
		                 Loita hills forest (Kenya)
 
		                 Sunset over the Ngorongoro Crater -- tz_elf_0610 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Coastline of Peucang Island [java_0394]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0394.jpg) Coastline of Peucang Island [java_0394] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Strangler fig (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Illegally logged wood cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1147]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1130.jpg) Illegally logged wood cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1147] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Deforestation in Lao (Laos)
 
		                 Tobacco fields in northern Thailand (Thailand)
 
		                ![Logging near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0722]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0722.jpg) Logging near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0722] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Deforestation along the Transoceanic highway in Peru [peru_aerial_1339]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_1339.jpg) Deforestation along the Transoceanic highway in Peru [peru_aerial_1339] (Peru)
 
		                 Tree fall into a rain forest river (Gabon)
 
		                ![Nile sunset [egypt_0595]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_0595.jpg) Nile sunset [egypt_0595] (Egypt)
 
		                ![Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco [colombia_1737]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1737.jpg) Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco [colombia_1737] (Colombia)
 
		                 Research station under the rainforest canopy (Peru)
 
		                ![Logged over forest in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_0998]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0998.jpg) Logged over forest in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_0998] (Peru)
 
		                 Bunaken Island tidepools at low tide (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Tana rice fields [madagascar_3172]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3172.jpg) Tana rice fields [madagascar_3172] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Rice paddies at Lemo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest in the Andes (Peru)
 
		                 Degraded forest  and plantations in Jambi (Indonesia)
 
		                ![River valley on the Amazon side of the lower Andes [peru_aerial_1700]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_1700.jpg) River valley on the Amazon side of the lower Andes [peru_aerial_1700] (Peru)
 
		                ![Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Colombian Choco [colombia_1807]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1807.jpg) Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Colombian Choco [colombia_1807] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sunrise in the tri-border region of Burma, Laos, and Thailand (Thailand)
 
		                 Deforestation in Bokeo (Laos)
 
		                ![Beach activities near Maroantsetra [madagascar_2258]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_2258.jpg) Beach activities near Maroantsetra [madagascar_2258] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Mountains west of Tashkurgan (China)
 
		                 Forest fire near Masoala National Park (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar [madagascar_0982]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_0982.jpg) Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar [madagascar_0982] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Villages and rice fields along RN7 [madagascar_4742]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4742.jpg) Villages and rice fields along RN7 [madagascar_4742] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Photographer getting a close-up photo of a brush fire in Madagascar [madagascar_6997]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6997.jpg) Photographer getting a close-up photo of a brush fire in Madagascar [madagascar_6997] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Rainforest in West Kalimantan [kalbar_1012]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1010.jpg) Rainforest in West Kalimantan [kalbar_1012] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Deforestation near Mokwam, West Papua [west-papua_5302]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5302.jpg) Deforestation near Mokwam, West Papua [west-papua_5302] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Gorgona rainforest (Colombia)
 
		                 Small farms, pasture, and bananas (Colombia)
 
		                 Rice fields in Ubud (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1280]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1279.jpg) Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1280] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aerial view of Ankarana tsingy (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine [suriname_1730]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_1730.JPG) Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine [suriname_1730] (Suriname)
 
		                 Managed grassland and forest in Khao Yai (Thailand)
 
		                 Aerial photography of lowland rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Bridge between Nong Khiaw and Ban Saphoun (Laos)
 
		                 Silk worker (Sulawesi - Celebes) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Large rectangular boulder (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0068]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0068.jpg) Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0068] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0839]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0839.jpg) Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0839] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Small-holder rubber plantation [sumatra_0715]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0715.jpg) Small-holder rubber plantation [sumatra_0715] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0298]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0298.jpg) Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0298] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Area of rain forest that was slash-and-burned (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Small Andringitra waterfall [madagascar_6559]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6559.jpg) Small Andringitra waterfall [madagascar_6559] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Deforestation caused by the RÃÂÂÂo Huaypetue gold mine in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest -- borneo_6431 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Emergent canopy tree at sunset (Colombia)
 
		                 Fishing traps at Khong Phapheng falls (Laos)
 
		                 Agricultural terraces (China)
 
		                 Redwood forest in Wunderlich (United States)
 
		                ![Flooded terraced rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6222]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6222.jpg) Flooded terraced rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6222] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Cave near Mili Mountain [papua_5985]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/papua_5985.jpg) Cave near Mili Mountain [papua_5985] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2259]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_2244.jpg) Deforested peatlands in Borneo [kalbar_2259] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clear rain forest creek (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Open pit mines in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1578]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_1578.jpg) Open pit mines in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1578] (Peru)
 
		                ![Roots of a strangler fig [sumatra_0962]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0962.jpg) Roots of a strangler fig [sumatra_0962] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Riparian vegetation [kalbar_0796]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_0795.jpg) Riparian vegetation [kalbar_0796] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Riam Berasap waterfall in Gunung Palung National Park [kalbar_0770]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_0769.jpg) Riam Berasap waterfall in Gunung Palung National Park [kalbar_0770] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Kindle wood (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aerial view of mining in Tanzania - near the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro -- tz_2573 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest -- borneo_2915 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Kalimantan jungle [kalbar_1585]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1571.jpg) Kalimantan jungle [kalbar_1585] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Purko guide leading a hike in the Loita hills forest (Kenya)
 
		                ![Grassfire [madagascar_7525]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_7525.jpg) Grassfire [madagascar_7525] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Danum river -- borneo_3896 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Aerial view of the rainforest canopy in Peru's Western Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Red bromeliads [wayquecha-andes_0145]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0145.jpg) Red bromeliads [wayquecha-andes_0145] (Peru)
 
		                ![Area of swamp forest left amid cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_0632]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0632.jpg) Area of swamp forest left amid cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_0632] (Peru)
 
		                ![RÃÂÂÂo Atrato [colombia_1791]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1791.jpg) RÃÂÂÂo Atrato [colombia_1791] (Colombia)
 
		                 Iguazu Falls from the Brazil side (Argentina)
 
		                ![Mosaic deforestation for cattle pasture outside of Capurgana [colombia_1826]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1826.jpg) Mosaic deforestation for cattle pasture outside of Capurgana [colombia_1826] (Colombia)
 
		                 Deforested park boundary of Bwindi (Uganda)
 
		                 Sugar cane along the Nile River (Egypt)
 
		                 Industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Flooded terraced rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6217]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6217.jpg) Flooded terraced rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6217] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Research tree house (Mexico)
 
		                 Unknown tree (Kenya)
 
		                 Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck (Indonesia)
 
		                 Reforestation nursery in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Rain falling over the Amazon rainforest (Suriname)
 
		                 Deforestation in Bokeo (Laos)
 
		                 High conservation value submontane forest of the Amazon basin (Peru)
 
		                ![Choco coast [colombia_1812]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1812.jpg) Choco coast [colombia_1812] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sign at Padang Pengembalaan Cidaon (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Deforestation outside of Manokwari [west-papua_5235]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5235.jpg) Deforestation outside of Manokwari [west-papua_5235] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Forest clearing near Manokwari (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aerial view of the road to Manu (Peru)
 
		                ![Aerial view of an Antandroy village [madagascar_3001]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3001.jpg) Aerial view of an Antandroy village [madagascar_3001] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Grassfire [madagascar_7496]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_7496.jpg) Grassfire [madagascar_7496] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Sunset over the Andes [wayquecha-andes_0105]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0105.jpg) Sunset over the Andes [wayquecha-andes_0105] (Peru)
 
		                ![Boat on the Amazon River at sunset [colombia_1187]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1187.jpg) Boat on the Amazon River at sunset [colombia_1187] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Clear-cutting in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1594]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_1594.jpg) Clear-cutting in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1594] (Peru)
 
		                 Sunset in Maui (United States)
 
		                ![Osa beach [costa-rica_a_0157]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_a_0157.jpg) Osa beach [costa-rica_a_0157] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Island off Borneo (Malaysia)
 
		                 The plain that houses Borobudur (Java) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Kalimantan jungle [kalbar_1589]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1587.jpg) Kalimantan jungle [kalbar_1589] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Mining vechicles lined on a road leading to Southern Sudan (Kenya)
 
		                 Redwood forest in Wunderlich (United States)
 
		                ![Swidden agriculture in New Guinea [west-papua_0801]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0801.jpg) Swidden agriculture in New Guinea [west-papua_0801] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Approaching rain storm over a Hawaiian beach (United States)
 
		                 Aerial view of the RÃÂÂÂo Huaypetue gold mine in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Floating market in Banjarmasin (Indonesia)
 
		                 Mine on a river in the upper Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Wat Phou ruins (Laos)
 
		                ![Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0043]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/kalimantan_0043.jpg) Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0043] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Land-clearing fires in the Baliem Valley (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Gunung Leuser rainforest [sumatra_0327]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0327.jpg) Gunung Leuser rainforest [sumatra_0327] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aerial view of an estuary along Costa Rica's Pacific coastline (Costa Rica)
 
		                 RÃÂÂÂo Huaypetue gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Floating market in Banjarmasin [kalsel_0195]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalsel_0194.jpg) Floating market in Banjarmasin [kalsel_0195] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Brush fire in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area  -- tz_2168 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Rain engulfing Lokichoggio in northern Kenya (Kenya)
 
		                ![Coastal rainforest of the Darien [colombia_2652]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2652.jpg) Coastal rainforest of the Darien [colombia_2652] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Giant rainforest tree in Taman Hutan Raya [kalsel_0155]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalsel_0153.jpg) Giant rainforest tree in Taman Hutan Raya [kalsel_0155] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aerial view of mountains, spiny forest, and a village outside Fourt Dauphin (Madagascar)
 
		                 Maloka and casava in the Colombia Amazon (Colombia)
 
		                 Aerial view of an Antandroy village (Madagascar)
 
		                 Throw net fishing on the Mekong (Laos)
 
		                ![Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia [kalbar_0066]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_0065.jpg) Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia [kalbar_0066] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aerial photograph of lowland rainforest in Peru's Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Open pit gold mine in Peru's Madre de Dios region (Peru)
 
		                ![Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0047]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/kalimantan_0047.jpg) Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo [kalimantan_0047] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Cancun sunrise (Mexico)
 
		                 Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest -- borneo_2966 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Dive boat on Bunaken (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sunrise in the tri-border region of Burma, Laos, and Thailand (Thailand)
 
		                 Aerial view of Sandoval Lake in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia)
 
		                 Man plowing a rice paddy (Laos)
 
		                 Rhino Protection Unit ranger (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2237]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_2221.jpg) Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest [kalbar_2237] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Cancun beach (Mexico)
 
		                 Village near NEPL (Laos)
 
		                 Woman with a parasol in a dry rice field (Laos)
 
		                ![Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar [madagascar_1757]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_1757.jpg) Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar [madagascar_1757] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0817]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0817.jpg) Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0817] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Road through an oasis town near Yarkand (China)
 
		                 Woman working in rice field (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo -- borneo_2835 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Oil palm plantation outside of Manokwari [west-papua_6062]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_6062.jpg) Oil palm plantation outside of Manokwari [west-papua_6062] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Small-holder rubber plantation [sumatra_0714]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0714.jpg) Small-holder rubber plantation [sumatra_0714] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Forest clearing in Taman Hutan Raya [kalsel_0127]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalsel_0126.jpg) Forest clearing in Taman Hutan Raya [kalsel_0127] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Rice paddies in Madagascar [madagascar_1674]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_1674.jpg) Rice paddies in Madagascar [madagascar_1674] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Grassland and tropical forest in Madagascar (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Eucalyptus plantation in Madagascar [madagascar_4819]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4819.jpg) Eucalyptus plantation in Madagascar [madagascar_4819] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Danum Valley canopy walkway -- borneo_3572 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Limestone tsingy [madagascar_4149]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4149.jpg) Limestone tsingy [madagascar_4149] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Throw-net fishing on the Mekong (Laos)
 
		                 Hanging oropendula nests in a tree on the bank of the Amazon (Colombia)
 
		                 Deforested peat swamp (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Palm frond [panama_0221]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0221.jpg) Palm frond [panama_0221] (Panama)
 
		                 The forested blackwater river to Camp Leaky (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Woman selling oranges at the floating market in Banjarmasin (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sunset over Loita area in Kenya (Kenya)
 
		                 Tad Fane falls (Laos)
 
		                 Deforestation behind a Lao village (Laos)
 
		                 Clouds over the Pacific (United States)
 
		                 Peanuts for sale in a New Guinea market (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Burned rainforest area in Borneo [kalbar_1153]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1151.jpg) Burned rainforest area in Borneo [kalbar_1153] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Logging road in Borneo -- borneo_2906 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Orange fruit in the forest canopy (Belize)
 
		                 Yunnan rice (China)
 
		                 Logging road in Borneo -- borneo_2891 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Floating market in Banjarmasin [kalsel_0194]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalsel_0191.jpg) Floating market in Banjarmasin [kalsel_0194] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aerial view of rice paddies outside of Fort Dauphin (Madagascar)
 
		                 Fruit stand in Xinjiang (China)
 
		                ![Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea [west-papua_5073]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5073.jpg) Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea [west-papua_5073] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Rice terraces near the Yangtze (China)
 
		                 Agricultural landscape of Madagascar's Central Highlands (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0043]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_0043.jpg) Amazon cloud forest and the Andes [peru_aerial_0043] (Peru)
 
		                 Sunset over village near Taman Negara park entrance (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Lowland rainforest in New Guinea [west-papua_0927]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0927.jpg) Lowland rainforest in New Guinea [west-papua_0927] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Waves breaking on an Osa Peninsula beach [costa-rica-d_0547]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0547.jpg) Waves breaking on an Osa Peninsula beach [costa-rica-d_0547] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Volcanic formation in northern Kenya (Kenya)
 
		                 Degraded forest in Jambi (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6203]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6203.jpg) Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6203] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Rocks, beach, and mangroves on Bunaken (Indonesia)
 
		                 Highland Amazon stream (Peru)
 
		                 Cassava clearing in the heart of the rainforest (Suriname)
 
		                 Torres del Paine (Chile)
 
		                 Forest clearing along the Nam Ou river (Laos)
 
		                ![Villages and rice fields along RN7 [madagascar_4671]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4671.jpg) Villages and rice fields along RN7 [madagascar_4671] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana (RN2) [RN2_rice-0110]](http://images.wildmadagascar.org/thumbnails/perinet/RN2_rice-0110.jpg) Rice fields between Andasibe and Tana (RN2) [RN2_rice-0110] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Deforested landscape along Route 3 in Laos (Laos)
 
		                ![Limestone formations in a pond in New Guinea [papua_6111]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/papua_6111.jpg) Limestone formations in a pond in New Guinea [papua_6111] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Airplane vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1261]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1259.jpg) Airplane vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1261] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Lowland rainforest in Java (Indonesia)
 
		                 Jungle canopy seen from the base of a compass tree (Indonesia)
 
		                 Loita hills forest (Kenya)
 
		                 Aerial view of the RÃÂÂÂo Huaypetue gold mine in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Jungle river in Gabon (Gabon)
 
		                 Tavy in Madagascar (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Deforestation and degradation as seen from an airplane in South Kalimantan [kalsel_0246]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalsel_0245.jpg) Deforestation and degradation as seen from an airplane in South Kalimantan [kalsel_0246] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Cattle pasture near Acandi [colombia_1848]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1848.jpg) Cattle pasture near Acandi [colombia_1848] (Colombia)
 
		                 Palm tree at sunrise (United States)
 
		                ![Rainforest logs being loaded on a raft [suriname_2816a]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_2816a.JPG) Rainforest logs being loaded on a raft [suriname_2816a] (Suriname)
 
		                ![Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1373]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/peru_aerial_1373.jpg) Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1373] (Peru)
 
		                ![Transpiration in the rainforest [west-papua_5886]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5886.jpg) Transpiration in the rainforest [west-papua_5886] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Zebu cattle blocking the road [madagascar_4637]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4637.jpg) Zebu cattle blocking the road [madagascar_4637] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Thunderstorm over the Amazon rainforest (Suriname)
 
		                 Rainforest creek near Leaves and Lizards (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Gigantic strangler fig [java_0538]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0538.jpg) Gigantic strangler fig [java_0538] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1282]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1280.jpg) Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1282] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Logging near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0726]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0726.jpg) Logging near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0726] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Cecropia flower pods [costa-rica_0845]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0845.jpg) Cecropia flower pods [costa-rica_0845] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 XUX Cave (Laos)
 
		                 Terraced rice paddies of Batutomonga (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi) -- sulawesi7149 (Indonesia)
 
		                 Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines (Peru)
 
		                ![Cloud forest canopy [costa-rica_0769]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0769.jpg) Cloud forest canopy [costa-rica_0769] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Feluccas on the Nile [egypt_0197]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_0197.jpg) Feluccas on the Nile [egypt_0197] (Egypt)
 
		                 Terraced rice fields (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1127]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1127.jpg) Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1127] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![New oil palm development [sumatra_0669]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0669.jpg) New oil palm development [sumatra_0669] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Piñi-Piñi river [manu_0343]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0343.jpg) Piñi-Piñi river [manu_0343] (Peru)
 
		                 Illegal logged timber (Indonesia)
 
		                 Smallholder clearing in the Amazon (Colombia)
 
		                 Man working rice fields in Luang Namtha (Laos)
 
		                 Forest treehouse in Meixo (Mexico)
 
		                 Mekong valley on the road to Dechen (China)
 
		                ![Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0017]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0017.jpg) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0017] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird watching guide in New Guinea [west-papua_0922]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0922.jpg) Bird watching guide in New Guinea [west-papua_0922] (Indonesia)
 
		                 African olive tree toppled by an elephant (Kenya)
 
		                 Aerial photo of the lowland Amazon rainforest (Peru)
 
		                 Deforestation for cattle ranching (Peru)
 
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