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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Rainforest plant
(Mexico)
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Baobab tree beside a Maasai village
(Tanzania)
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Orange flowers in the Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1393]
(Indonesia)
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Yangtze River in Tibetan Yunnan
(China)
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Tropical forest in New Guinea
(Indonesia)
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Rice in Bali
(Indonesia)
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The beach in Suriname
(Suriname)
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Ferns emerging from charred earth [madagascar_6394]
(Madagascar)
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Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0606]
(Costa Rica)
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Palm-lined canal at sunset (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Sunset on the Nile [egypt_0205]
(Egypt)
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Kosnipata Valley
(Peru)
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Plane view of Amazon basin rain forest
(Peru)
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Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5039]
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea [west-papua_5020]
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest stream [kalbar_1856]
(Indonesia)
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Manioc field near the village of Kwamalasamutu [suriname_2149]
(Suriname)
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Aerial view of 't-shaped' land formation on Costa Rica's Pacific coastline [costa-rica-d_0225]
(Costa Rica)
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Cattle pasture and secondary forest near Arenal volcano [costa-rica_0881]
(Costa Rica)
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Terraced rice paddy fields of Bali (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Turkana grass huts augmented with aid bags from Kakuma refugee camp
(Kenya)
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Sunrise over Maui
(United States)
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Deforestation outside of Manokwari
(Indonesia)
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Big tree [colombia_3764]
(Colombia)
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Waterfalls in the lower Andes
(Peru)
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Rio Pilco valley
(Peru)
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Aerial view of new land clearing in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
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Aerial view of agricultural fields and villages near Urumqi in western China
(China)
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Flooded rice fields at sunset [madagascar_5878]
(Madagascar)
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Rice fields along the muddy red Mekong
(China)
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
(Botswana)
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Deforestation for a tree plantation in Laos
(Laos)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2222]
(Indonesia)
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River insects in a bowl as food in the Luang Prabang morning market
(Laos)
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Rugged terrain in the foothills of the Andes/Amazon [peru_aerial_0126]
(Peru)
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Rice fields on Don Khong
(Laos)
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Interior of Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)
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Men fishing on the Mekong as the sun comes up
(Laos)
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Mororano
(Madagascar)
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Karakoram Highway as it passes near Lake Karakol
(China)
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Sulawesi sunrise
(Indonesia)
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Tropical savanna near the Peru-Bolivia border [peru_aerial_1264]
(Peru)
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Asian elephant in the bush
(Thailand)
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Waves breaking on an Osa Peninsula beach at sunset [costa-rica-d_0536]
(Costa Rica)
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Brush fire in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area -- tz_elf_0591
(Tanzania)
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Tangkoko rainforest
(Indonesia)
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Tangkoko rainforest
(Indonesia)
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Western China mountains
(China)
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Bamboo forest in Oheo Gulch
(United States)
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Sunset in Luxor [egypt_0387]
(Egypt)
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Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck
(Indonesia)
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Sunset over Torres del Paine National Park
(Chile)
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Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest at sunset -- borneo_6466
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1381]
(Peru)
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Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0679]
(Indonesia)
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Tsaranoro Mountain, an 800m granite rock face
(Madagascar)
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Agricultural lands lying before the Rwenzori mountain range in western Uganda
(Uganda)
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Men fishing on the Mekong as the sun rises
(Laos)
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Bugis territory in Sulawesi, mountains in ground, deforested mangroves in foreground (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Gold mining ponds [suriname_1840a]
(Suriname)
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Rice fields in northwestern Yunnan
(China)
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Sugar cane in Colombia [colombia_4604]
(Colombia)
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Brownsberg rain forest
(Suriname)
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Dawn on Bunaken
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0618]
(Indonesia)
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Chilean Patagonia
(Chile)
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Sunset over Tarangire National Park -- tz_elf_0549
(Tanzania)
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Rice terraces in the northwestern Yunnan province
(China)
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Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_0846]
(Indonesia)
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Mine waste-laden stream flowing into a rainforest river in Peru
(Peru)
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Giant kapok tree emerging from the rainforest canopy
(Panama)
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Borneo rainforest creek
(Malaysia)
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Lake Sentani homes on stilts
(Indonesia)
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Tajik home along a highway in western China
(China)
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Rain forest creek in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park
(Indonesia)
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Arfak mountains
(Indonesia)
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Amazon tributary in the Peruvian lowlands
(Peru)
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Sulawesi rainforest canopy
(Indonesia)
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Men loading sardines for export into the back of a pickup truck
(Indonesia)
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Aerial photo of flowering trees in the canopy of the lowland Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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Batu Kabobong ("erotic mountain") (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Kunlun mountain valley river
(China)
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Sunrise over Maui
(United States)
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Forest near Penalosa
(Colombia)
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Burned Eucalyptus plantation
(Kenya)
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Snow-capped peaks near Tashkurgan
(China)
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Sunset over the Andes
(Peru)
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Green rice fields of the upper Mekong river valley in northwestern Yunnan
(China)
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Dawn in Cancun
(Mexico)
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Car track in the Loita hills
(Kenya)
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Sunset over rice fields in Bali (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Bahia de las Aguilas - 8 km of undeveloped beach in Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Boat traffic in Shanghai
(China)
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Small-holder clearing in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0255]
(Costa Rica)
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Stalactites in ATM cave [belize_8438]
(Belize)
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Villagers fishing at sunrise on a beach near Maroantsetra
(Madagascar)
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Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo -- borneo_2856
(Malaysia)
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A small stream in Tibetan Yunnan
(China)
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Balinese terraced rice fields (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Riverside jungle
(Malaysia)
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Nile sunset [egypt_0596]
(Egypt)
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Magenta silk being worked by woman in Sengkang (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Airplane view of industrial oil palm estates in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
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Karakoram Highway
(China)
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Man harvesting chilis in Java (Java)
(Indonesia)
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Fungi on a rotting log [kalbar_0400]
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest pool [belize_8411]
(Belize)
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Dry riverbed near Nanam
(Kenya)
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Aerial photography of a rainforest river in Peru
(Peru)
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Grass huts belonging to the Turkana
(Kenya)
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Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi [west-papua_0551]
(Indonesia)
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Deforestation near Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area
(Laos)
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Khao Yai rainforest
(Thailand)
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Osa beach
(Costa Rica)
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Terraced rice paddies in the northwestern Yunnan province
(China)
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Karst mountains in New Guinea
(Indonesia)
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Tower at sunset near a Balinese rice field (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Manado Tua volcano
(Indonesia)
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Plane view of Amazon basin rain forest
(Peru)
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Sunset in the Costa Rican rainforest of the Osa Peninsula [costa-rica_1009]
(Costa Rica)
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Destroyed building in Shanghai
(China)
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Aerial view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
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Banded pattern on the bark of a rainforest tree
(Indonesia)
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Baobab tree damaged by elephants
(Tanzania)
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Road intersecting a river in Suriname [suriname_2813]
(Suriname)
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Terraces of rice and bananas in Java (Java)
(Indonesia)
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Tajik mud hut
(China)
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Desert canyon in western China
(China)
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Borneo rain forest -- borneo_4290
(Malaysia)
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Loita hills forest meadow
(Kenya)
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Indonesian sunset
(Indonesia)
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Rice fieds in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6831]
(Madagascar)
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Rocks along the Yangtze
(China)
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Oil palm plantation -- malaysia1274
(Malaysia)
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Grassfire in Madagascar
(Madagascar)
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Bismarck Palms (Bismarckia nobilis) and savanna near Isalo
(Madagascar)
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Aerial photo of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_1087]
(Peru)
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Limestone tsingy [madagascar_4313]
(Madagascar)
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Airplane view of a tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine
(Suriname)
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Gold mining damage
(Suriname)
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Blackwater forest pool in Taman Negara
(Malaysia)
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Deforestation for oil palm -- borneo_2814a
(Malaysia)
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Bird's nest ferns in the rainforest canopy
(Indonesia)
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Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5043]
(Indonesia)
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Road leading out of Kashgar towards the Karakoram Highway
(China)
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View of the Bund and Pudong from atop the Peace Hotel in Shanghai
(China)
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Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3017]
(Madagascar)
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Nature tourists walking on a forest road in Danum Valley
(Malaysia)
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Rice fields along the upper Mekong
(China)
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Agricultural fires in rain forests of Madagascar (Maroantsetra to Tamatave)
(Madagascar)
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Throw net fishing on the Mekong
(Laos)
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Aerial view of an Amazon rainforest creek obscured by the canopy in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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Green rice fields and deforestation for rubber plantations in Udomxai province
(Laos)
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Road intersecting a river in Suriname [suriname_2812]
(Suriname)
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Tussock grasses, senecios and lobelias in the Afro-alpine moorland zone of Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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People planting rice in southern Sulawesi (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations [kalbar_1264]
(Indonesia)
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Acacia trees share a symbiotic relationship with ants
(Belize)
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Rice fields cultivated near Qizhong
(China)
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Emerald green rice fields of south Sulawesi (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java
(Indonesia)
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Hawaiian coast in Hana
(United States)
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Open pit Lamal gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree
(Belize)
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Plane view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
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Pasture near Las Cruces [costa_rica_4726]
(Costa Rica)
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Danum river in Borneo -- borneo_6177
(Malaysia)
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Fire in Madagascar [madagascar_6976]
(Madagascar)
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mosaic deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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Waves breaking on an Osa Peninsula beach at sunset [costa-rica-d_0542]
(Costa Rica)
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Deforestation in Madagascar (view from plane) (Airplane flight from Anatananarivo to Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Heliconia
(Belize)
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Andringitra landscape [madagascar_6578]
(Madagascar)
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Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Sharp contrast between oil palm estate and a logged natural forest
(Malaysia)
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Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3023]
(Madagascar)
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Statue encouraging Indonesians to have only two children (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0058]
(Indonesia)
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Looking down over Kenya's Rift Valley
(Kenya)
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Logging road in Borneo -- borneo_2895
(Malaysia)
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Mantadia rainforest [madagascar_0957]
(Madagascar)
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A mango tree in the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Grass fire in Madagascar
(Madagascar)
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Airplane view of an Amazon rainforest tributary
(Peru)
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Borneo rainforest -- borneo_3564
(Malaysia)
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Forest clearing in Laos
(Laos)
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River near Penalosa [colombia_1899]
(Colombia)
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Tidepool on Bunaken Island with Siladen in the distance
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest giant
(Indonesia)
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Sunset over the tropical forest of Belize's Cayo District
(Belize)
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Felucca sail boat on the Nile River
(Egypt)
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Golden ornamental deer at Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)
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Sunset over the Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Magadi in the background -- tz_2566
(Tanzania)
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Ash-covered hills in western China
(China)
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Rainforest canopy in the Arfak Mountains
(Indonesia)
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Men attempting to divert a river in western China
(China)
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Oil palm estate [sumatra_0746]
(Indonesia)
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Tractor and a logging truck on a logging road -- borneo_2924
(Malaysia)
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Osa sunset
(Costa Rica)
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Siladen Island at sunrise
(Indonesia)
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Village along a road in Laos
(Laos)
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Rainforest tree fall
(Colombia)
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Peaks above the Karakoram highway
(China)
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Deforestation in Bokeo
(Laos)
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Sunrise at Taman Negara
(Malaysia)
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Rooster pecking away at carrots in central market (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Rice terraces in northwest Yunnan
(China)
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Valley in the Kunlun mountains
(China)
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Deforested area in the western watershed of the Bay of Antongil (Maroantsetra to Tamatave)
(Madagascar)
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Landrover across a sandy plain
(Madagascar)
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Amazon treeline
(Peru)
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Estate along the muddy Yangtze river
(China)
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Waterfall near the Yangtze river in northwestern Yunnan province
(China)
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Dry rice field in Luang Namtha District
(Laos)
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Kwamalasamutu
(Suriname)
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Remote river in the Andes-Amazon foothills
(Peru)
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Mine tailing pond
(Suriname)
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River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon
(Peru)
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Snow-capped mountains and glaciers near Karakul Lake in western China
(China)
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Waterfall on the stream above Tad Fane waterfall
(Laos)
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Tegallantang Rice fields (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Alluaudia montagnacii [madagascar_7634]
(Madagascar)
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Road in the Ngorogoro Crater
(Tanzania)
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Remote Amazon ranch [peru_aerial_1118]
(Peru)
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Dawn near Cabo Matapalo [costa-rica_1215]
(Costa Rica)
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Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan
(China)
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Pools on Pipiwai Stream above Makahiku Falls
(United States)
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Tree with a red trunk in Borneo [kalbar_1092]
(Indonesia)
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Forested islands in Brownsberg reservoir [suriname_8827]
(Suriname)
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Gorgona beach [colombia_4278]
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0772]
(Costa Rica)
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Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1351]
(Peru)
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Deforestation in Taman Hutan Raya National Park [kalsel_0180]
(Indonesia)
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Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5034]
(Indonesia)
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Yellow wild ginger
(Peru)
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Towering canopy tree
(Thailand)
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Dramatic seaside cliffs of Uluwatu (Jimbaran, Bali
(Indonesia)
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Tibetan prayer flag with terrace rice paddies behind
(China)
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Aerial view of erosion in southern Madagascar [madagascar_3085]
(Madagascar)
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Osa Peninsula rainforest
(Costa Rica)
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Mt Kenya
(Kenya)
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Turquoise river along the road to Datong
(China)
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Nosy Mangabe seen from the beach in Maroantsetra
(Madagascar)
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Torres del Paine
(Chile)
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Human-altered forest landscape in the Amazon rainforest
(Suriname)
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Looking toward the Amazon from the Andes
(Peru)
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Rainforest canopy [suriname_8963a]
(Suriname)
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Tree ferns in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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Airplane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines
(Peru)
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Fisherman at daybreak on the Mekong
(Laos)
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Beach in the Zona Hotelera in Cancun
(Mexico)
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Acacia blossoms
(Madagascar)
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Aerial view of new oil palm plantations encroaching on forest land in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0777]
(Costa Rica)
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Dock and beach near Sunur [java_0838]
(Indonesia)
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Torajaland sunset (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Mist rising from the rainforest [west-papua_5895]
(Indonesia)
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Tahan River -- malaysia0779
(Malaysia)
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Danum Valley Rainforest -- borneo_3613
(Malaysia)
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Cloud forest in Peru
(Peru)
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Aerial view of burning in Madagascar (Airplane flight from Anatananarivo to Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Danum river -- borneo_3894
(Malaysia)
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Village atop a ridge on the road to Dechen
(China)
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Stone carving in Ubud
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of the RÃÂÂÂo Huaypetue gold mine in Peru
(Peru)
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Creek below Tad Kwang Si waterfall
(Laos)
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Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0840]
(Indonesia)
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Aerial view of coast along western short of the Bay of Antongil (Maroantsetra to Tamatave)
(Madagascar)
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New buildings in Shanghai
(China)
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Tashkorgan stone city
(China)
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Airplane view of agricultural fields and mountains near Urumqi in western China
(China)
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Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)
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Upper Yangtze as it curves through Tibetan Yunnan
(China)
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Rainforest of Barro Colorado Island
(Panama)
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Cancun sunrise
(Mexico)
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Rugged terrain in the foothills of the Andes/Amazon [peru_aerial_0128]
(Peru)
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Airplane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines
(Peru)
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Loita hills forest meadow
(Kenya)
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Grass and rice in the Tsaranoro Mountain
(Madagascar)
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Rice growing in a field at Petulu village (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Terraced rice fields near Fianarantsoa [madagascar_5630]
(Madagascar)
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Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon [colombia_0070]
(Colombia)
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Mekong daybreak
(Laos)
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Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow
(China)
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Tajik cemetery
(China)
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Cave in Yunnan
(China)
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Lagoon at Punta Laguna
(Mexico)
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Forested mountains of Borneo
(Malaysia)
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Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley [madagascar_6192]
(Madagascar)
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Hanging bridge' near Wamena
(Indonesia)
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Feluccas on the Nile River at sundown near Aswan
(Egypt)
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Chute Andriamamovoka (waterfall) on the Namorona River in Ranomafana [madagascar_5603]
(Madagascar)
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Snowy mountain peaks in Xinjiang
(China)
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Forest on Bunaken
(Indonesia)
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Redwood forest on the Matt Davis-Steep Ravine Loop trail
(United States)
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Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0610]
(Costa Rica)
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Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1138]
(Indonesia)
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Inca terraces
(Peru)
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Danum river in Borneo -- borneo_3749
(Malaysia)
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