Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Oil-Palm-Plantation-in-Sumatra-27MZIFLMFDOT.htmlConceptually similarPalm Oil PlantationsGP01L89Completed★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8ACompleted★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8BCompleted★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8CCompleted★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8DCompleted★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8ECompleted★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8FCompleted★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8GCompleted★★★★Palm Oil PlantationsGP01L8HCompleted★★★★View AllGP02012Oil Palm Plantation in SumatraAn oil palm plantation. Palm oil producers are destroying vast tracts of rainforest for palm oil production, pushing orangutans to the brink of extinction, endangering local communities’ survival and accelerating climate change.Locations:Indonesia-Jambi-Southeast Asia-SumatraDate:4 Jul, 2009Credit:© Daniel Beltrá / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Aerial view-Agricultural land-Agriculture-Day-Deforestation-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Oil palm (plants)-Outdoors-Plantations-SmokeShoot:Forests Documentation in Kalimantan and SumatraA documentation from flights over Kalimantan and Sumatra shows the destruction caused by the expansion of oil palm and Eucalyptus plantations and coal mining in what used to be pristine forests. The consequences of the land clearance cause climate change and are devastating for the wildlife in the area, including orangutans who are dramatically threatened by the lost of their natural habitat.Related Collections:PRESS RELEASE FOREST ZONE 2021Caught Red Handed (All Photographers)