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Photos from Harapan, Sumatra

Harapan rainforest canopy
Harapan rainforest canopy

In October 2022, I briefly visited the Harapan ecosystem restoration project in Jambi and South Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

Below are a few images from the visit.

Rainbow over Jambi
Rainbow over Jambi
Oil palm and rainforest in Jambi
Oil palm and rainforest in Jambi
Harapan forest
Harapan forest
Harapan forest
Harapan forest
Rainbow over forest and oil palm plantations
Rainbow over forest and oil palm plantations
Harapan forest
Harapan forest
Newly planted oil palms
Newly planted oil palms
Harapan rainforest canopy
Harapan rainforest canopy
Road through Harapan forest
Road through Harapan forest
Harapan rainforest at sunset

Highlights from Flickr.

Some video clips.

By Rhett Ayers Butler

Rhett Ayers Butler is the Founder and CEO of Mongabay, a non-profit conservation and environmental science platform that delivers news and inspiration from Nature's frontline via a global network of local reporters. He started Mongabay in 1999 with the mission of raising interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife.