Pictures: Primary forests included, secondary forests excluded in Indonesia’s moratorium
This week Indonesia officially signed a moratorium on the granting of new logging and plantation permits in primary forests and peatlands. Secondary forests are excluded from the measure.
In recognition of the moratorium, below is a selection of photos from Indonesian rainforests. All photos have been taken by Rhett Butler since 2009.
Strangler fig in North Sulawesi
Giant Dipterocarp in North Sumatra
Rainforest in West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), in Indonesian New Guinea
Borneo rainforest
North Sumatra
Strangler fig in North Sulawesi
Rainforest in West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo
Rainforest canopy seen from the base of a compass tree, Sumatra
Rain forest along the Bohorok River, Sumatra
Gunung Leuser rain forest, Sumatra
Rainforest in West Kalimantan, Borneo
Rainforest in West Kalimantan, Borneo
Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo
Arfak cloud forest
Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo
Indonesian Borneo
North Sulawesi
West Kalimantan, Borneo
West Kalimantan, Borneo
West Kalimantan, Borneo
Indonesian Borneo
Indonesian Borneo
Sumatra rain forest
River valley in the Arfak mountains, West Papua
West Kalimantan, Borneo
Indonesian Borneo
Wild Geranium in Indonesian Borneo
Cloud forest in New Guinea
Rainforest creek in Taman Hutan Raya, South Kalimantan, Borneo
Tangkoko, North Sulawesi
Rainforest in West Kalimantan
Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo
Triangular buttress roots in Indonesian Borneo
Giant rain forest tree with a warning on the trunk, West Kalimantan
Note: Nearly all the forests pictured above can be classified as “secondary forests” and therefore subject to logging under the moratorium
