Subscriptions
|
Shop
|
Newsletters
Animals
|
News
|
Environment
|
History
|
Kids
|
Maps
|
Music
|
Photography
|
Science
|
Travel
|
Video
Sorry, your browser does not support iframes.
Current Issue
July 2009
Table of Contents ››
HOME
FEATURES
PHOTOGRAPHY
YOUR SHOT
MY SHOT
VIDEO
MAPS
INTERACTIVE
BLOGS
FOLLOW UP
GEOPEDIA
ARCHIVES
SUBSCRIBE
Feature Article
|
Photo Gallery
|
Video
|
Flashback
|
Learn More
|
1998: Orangutans in the Wild
|
1998: Indonesia's Plague of Fire
- ADVERTISEMENT -
Sorry, your browser does not support iframes.
Borneo's Moment of Truth
The majestic forests are vanishing in smoke and sawdust, but there’s still hope for the island’s fabled biodiversity—if the palm oil rush can be slowed.

/2008/11/borneo/img/01-sarawak-burned-land-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-01.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1166115
/2008/11/borneo/img/02-forest-top-aerial-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-02.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191487
/2008/11/borneo/img/03-lianas-trees-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-03.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191488
/2008/11/borneo/img/04-orangutan-caretaker-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-04.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191489
/2008/11/borneo/img/05-pygmy-elephant-tail-475.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-05.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=400321
/2008/11/borneo/img/06-logger-chainsaw-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-06.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191482
/2008/11/borneo/img/07-deforested-land-sarawak-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-07.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191486
/2008/11/borneo/img/08-oil-palm-plantation-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-08.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191485
/2008/11/borneo/img/09-mining-pipe-pumping-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-09.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191484
/2008/11/borneo/img/10-logs-mill-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-10.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
/2008/11/borneo/img/11-penan-hunter-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-11.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
/2008/11/borneo/img/12-sawing-timber-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-12.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
bantalan rumah, building material used to create stable foundations for houses built on swampy land.]]>
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191538
/2008/11/borneo/img/13-timber-floating-475.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-13.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
Eusideroxylon zwageri down a creek in Indonesia's Gunung Palung National Park in the province of West Kalimantan. Prized in both local and export markets for uses from roofing and boatbuilding to flooring and furniture, this richly colored hardwood is slow-growing, durable, costly, and increasingly rare.]]>
/2008/11/borneo/img/14-helicopter-timber-475.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-14.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191539
/2008/11/borneo/img/15-legal-logging-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-15.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum
http://pictopia.com/perl/ptp/natgeo?photo_name=1191540
/2008/11/borneo/img/16-oranguatn-tranquilized-714.jpg
/2008/11/borneo/img/borneo-60-16.jpg
Photograph by Mattias Klum