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  • A big eye thresher shark is offloaded at the Tanjung Luar fish market, 26th September 2013, Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • A worker carries a palm oil sapling onto a cleared area to be planted in the coming days, after purpose lit fires go out in Tripa's peat forest, Aceh province, Sumatra, Indonesia. According to a field team from the coalition of NGO's to protect Tripa, that visited the area. Fires are continuing to be lit in the highly threatened Tripa Peat Forest despite assurances from the Indonesian central government that ‘triple track’ legal action was underway and a small area of the Peat Forest had returned to the moratorium map central to the multibillion agreement between Indonesia and Norway to reduce carbon emission from burning the carbon dense Peat Forests. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP/YEL (HANDOUT PHOTO, EDITORIAL USE ONLY) The two largest oil palm-producing countries are Indonesia and Malaysia and are located in Southeast Asia, a region with numerous endemic, forest-dwelling species. Oil palm producers have asserted that forests are not being cleared to grow oil palm. Our analysis of land-cover data compiled by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization suggests that during the period 1990–2005, 55%–59% of oil palm expansion in Malaysia, and at least 56% of that in Indonesia occurred at the expense of forests. Over Borneo and Sumatra as a whole, illegal logging has led to huge declines in orangutans and other wildlife. Where forests are converted to plantations of oil palm or other crops, the consequences are even more serious, with many orangutans starving.<br />
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The Sumatran orangutan is classified as Critically Endangered by IUCN. Since 1900, the number of Sumatran orangutans is thought to have fallen by about 91%, with a rapidly accelerating loss towards the end of the 20th century. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A young adult male orangutan is captured for relocatation after it's home forest has quickly been cleared for palm oil plantations in Tripa, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Tripa Peatswamp forest supports the highest density of Sumatran Orangutans anywhere on earth, but are still being cleared by palm oil companies who think they are beyond the reach of the law, the situation is urgent and requires action according to Dr Ian Singelton, Director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Plus a field team from the Tripa coalition of NGO's express deep concern over fires that are being continually lit in the highly threatened Tripa Peat Forest despite assurances from the Indonesian central government that ‘triple track’ legal action was underway and a small area of the Peat Forest had returned to the moratorium map central to the multibillion agreement between Indonesia and Norway to reduce carbon emission from burning the carbon dense Peat Forests. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP/YEL (HANDOUT PHOTO, EDITORIAL USE ONLY)
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  • Sharks are is offloaded at the Tanjung Luar fish market, 26th September 2013, Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • A pregnant scalloped hammerhead shark is offloaded at the Tanjung Luar fish market, 28th September 2013, Lombok, Indonesia. Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Shark fins, Great white shark jaws, manta ray gills are dried in the afternoon sun, 26th September 2013, Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Shark fins, Great white shark jaws, manta ray gills are dried in the afternoon sun, 26th September 2013, Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) known as badak (Malaysia and Indonesia).<br />
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The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four species of tapir, and it’s the only one located in Asia. They are also the largest of the tapir species, weighing in at around 350 kg (720 pounds) and growing 1.8 meters long (6 feet). These tapirs are easily recognizable by their coloration; they have a large white patch around their middles, and black heads and hind quarters. Malayan Tapirs are found from southern Thailand and southern Myanmar (Burma) through the Malayan Peninsula, as well as on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Their habitat is rainforests and lower montane forests. Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the primary threat. Large scale deforestation, including illegal logging for timber, is a major source of habitat loss. The growth of palm oil plantations is also a major factor in habitat loss. Hunting is also on the rise as other large “prey” species in the area are reduced in number. Population Estimate (2008): 1500-2000 individuals. Numbers are decreasing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) known as badak (Malaysia and Indonesia).<br />
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The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four species of tapir, and it’s the only one located in Asia. They are also the largest of the tapir species, weighing in at around 350 kg (720 pounds) and growing 1.8 meters long (6 feet). These tapirs are easily recognizable by their coloration; they have a large white patch around their middles, and black heads and hind quarters. Malayan Tapirs are found from southern Thailand and southern Myanmar (Burma) through the Malayan Peninsula, as well as on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Their habitat is rainforests and lower montane forests. Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the primary threat. Large scale deforestation, including illegal logging for timber, is a major source of habitat loss. The growth of palm oil plantations is also a major factor in habitat loss. Hunting is also on the rise as other large “prey” species in the area are reduced in number. Population Estimate (2008): 1500-2000 individuals. Numbers are decreasing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) known as badak (Malaysia and Indonesia).<br />
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The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four species of tapir, and it’s the only one located in Asia. They are also the largest of the tapir species, weighing in at around 350 kg (720 pounds) and growing 1.8 meters long (6 feet). These tapirs are easily recognizable by their coloration; they have a large white patch around their middles, and black heads and hind quarters. Malayan Tapirs are found from southern Thailand and southern Myanmar (Burma) through the Malayan Peninsula, as well as on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Their habitat is rainforests and lower montane forests. Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the primary threat. Large scale deforestation, including illegal logging for timber, is a major source of habitat loss. The growth of palm oil plantations is also a major factor in habitat loss. Hunting is also on the rise as other large “prey” species in the area are reduced in number. Population Estimate (2008): 1500-2000 individuals. Numbers are decreasing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) known as badak (Malaysia and Indonesia).<br />
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The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four species of tapir, and it’s the only one located in Asia. They are also the largest of the tapir species, weighing in at around 350 kg (720 pounds) and growing 1.8 meters long (6 feet). These tapirs are easily recognizable by their coloration; they have a large white patch around their middles, and black heads and hind quarters. Malayan Tapirs are found from southern Thailand and southern Myanmar (Burma) through the Malayan Peninsula, as well as on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Their habitat is rainforests and lower montane forests. Habitat destruction and fragmentation is the primary threat. Large scale deforestation, including illegal logging for timber, is a major source of habitat loss. The growth of palm oil plantations is also a major factor in habitat loss. Hunting is also on the rise as other large “prey” species in the area are reduced in number. Population Estimate (2008): 1500-2000 individuals. Numbers are decreasing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A critically endangered Sumatra tiger is seen under the forest canopy, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats. It is widely distributed with large populations that in 2008 were thought unlikely to be declining. In 2012, it was suggested that recent increases in capturing the animals for Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee) production may constitute a significant threat to wild palm civet populations. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN A Civet cat is pictured in Indonesia. Sadly these animals have been targeted for the the exotic coffee trade. Caged and force fed coffee beans, locally called "Luwak Coffee" Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats. It is widely distributed with large populations that in 2008 were thought unlikely to be declining. In 2012, it was suggested that recent increases in capturing the animals for Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee) production may constitute a significant threat to wild palm civet populations. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN A Civet cat is pictured in Indonesia. Sadly these animals have been targeted for the the exotic coffee trade. Caged and force fed coffee beans, locally called "Luwak Coffee" Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats. It is widely distributed with large populations that in 2008 were thought unlikely to be declining. In 2012, it was suggested that recent increases in capturing the animals for Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee) production may constitute a significant threat to wild palm civet populations. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN A Civet cat is pictured in Indonesia. Sadly these animals have been targeted for the the exotic coffee trade. Caged and force fed coffee beans, locally called "Luwak Coffee" Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats. It is widely distributed with large populations that in 2008 were thought unlikely to be declining. In 2012, it was suggested that recent increases in capturing the animals for Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee) production may constitute a significant threat to wild palm civet populations. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN A Civet cat is pictured in Indonesia. Sadly these animals have been targeted for the the exotic coffee trade. Caged and force fed coffee beans, locally called "Luwak Coffee" Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats. It is widely distributed with large populations that in 2008 were thought unlikely to be declining. In 2012, it was suggested that recent increases in capturing the animals for Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee) production may constitute a significant threat to wild palm civet populations. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN A Civet cat is pictured in Indonesia. Sadly these animals have been targeted for the the exotic coffee trade. Caged and force fed coffee beans, locally called "Luwak Coffee" Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Leuser, x-ray, total of 62 pellets in his body.  Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • Leuser, x-ray, total of 62 pellets in his body.  Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • Leuser, x-ray, total of 62 pellets in his body.  Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • Leuser, x-ray, total of 62 pellets in his body.  Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • Leuser was first brought to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program quarantine centre in Medan, Sumatra in February 2004, 23 April 2012. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • Leuser was first brought to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program quarantine centre in Medan, Sumatra in February 2004, 23 April 2012. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • A portrait of male Sumatran Orangutan. Orangutan is the most arboreal of the great apes. Unlike their relatives, orangutans spend most of the time in trees. A male orangutan can be distinguished from the female by size and appearance. The dominant males have a pair of cheek pad.<br />
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As the only great ape species in Asia, orangutans are now pushed into an extinction as a consequence of habitat loss and poaching. Both species, Sumatran Orangutan and Bornean Orangutan, are listed as critically endangered on IUCN Red List.
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  • Gober with twins at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program quarantine centre in Medan, Sumatra,  23 April 2012. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • Leuser, x-ray, total of 62 pellets in his body.  Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • Gober with twins at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program quarantine centre in Medan, Sumatra,  23 April 2012. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP
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  • A baby of critically endangered Sumatran Elephant is pictured with it's mother in the Leuser Ecosystem.<br />
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Leuser Ecosystem is the last place on earth where an elephant, rhino, orangutan and tiger can be found together in the same ecosystem.
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  • Sumatran Elephant is a sub-species of Asian elephant, found exclusively in Sumatra.<br />
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Listed as critically endangered by IUCN, the population is decreasing over 80% over the last three generations. Habitat loss and poaching are the main threats.<br />
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As a keystone species, elephants have a critical role on the ecosystem. The absence of elephants will definitely change the balance of the ecosystem.
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • Corals reefs pictured in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Coral reefs are the ocean’s most diverse and complex ecosystems, supporting 25% of all marine life, including 800 species of reef-building corals and more than one million animal and plant species. Each coral is a colony consisting of many individual sea anemone-like polyps that are all interconnected. Photo: Paul Hilton for Greenpeace
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  • An aerial view of pristine rainforest of the Leuser ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton Forest cover in the Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described.<br />
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Scientists and conservationists consider the Leuser Ecosystem to be among the most important forests left in Southeast Asia, particularly because it is the last place of sufficient size and quality to support viable populations of rare species like Sumatran tigers, orangutans, rhinos, elephants, clouded leopards and sun bears.<br />
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At least 105 mammal species, 382 bird species, and 95 reptile and amphibian species, including clouded leopards, hornbills and the largest flowers in the world, can be found in the teeming forests of the Leuser Ecosystem. Formerly known as the “Emerald Island,” Sumatra’s once lush forest landscapes are now largely gone, destroyed by decades of industrial encroachment.<br />
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The Sumatran orangutan is at extreme risk of becoming the first great ape to go extinct in the wild. The last major stands of habitat for the Sumatran orangutan are found in the Leuser Ecosystem, which supports about 75 percent of the world’s remaining population. In order to save the Sumatran orangutan from extinction, we must protect the integrity of the Leuser Ecosystem. Other critical species face a similar fate. The Sumatran tiger is thought to number just a few hundred individuals left, the Sumatran rhino even fewer still, with the Sumatran elephant similarly imperiled.Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • 4,0.6105N, 96,53.0717E, Forest cover, restoration site, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, 08th July 2018. Photo: Paul Hilton / RAN / OIC Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • 4,0.6105N, 96,53.0717E, Forest cover, restoration site, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, 08th July 2018. Photo: Paul Hilton / RAN / OIC Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Kleut peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • An aerial view of pristine rainforest of the Leuser ecosystem. The Leuser Ecosystem is an area of forest located in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Covering more than 2.6 million hectares it is one of the richest expanses of tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where sumatran elephant, sumatran rhinoceros, sumatran tiger and sumatran orangutan are found within one area. It has one of the world's richest yet least-known forest systems, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Bangkaru and Simeulue Islands located of the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Green and leatherback turtles nest on these islands 365 days of the year. Sadly the beaches are covered in plastic, creating another obsticale for hatchings to conquer on their way to the ocean. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Turtles on Bangkaru Islands, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • 4,0.6105N, 96,53.0717E, Forest cover, restoration site, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, 08th July 2018. Photo: Paul Hilton / RAN / OIC Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • A network of water ways run through the pristine rainforest of the Leuser ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN River systems within the Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Forest cover, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is home to the largest extent of intact forest landscapes remaining in Sumatra and it is among the most biologically abundant landscapes ever described. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Traditional medicine shop selling pangolin products. Pangolin poaching, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid
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  • A fruitbat hangs in a cage, at a wild animal market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bats are consumer in many parts of Asia, but carry many viruses, the origins of diseases such as Sars and Ebola can be traced back to these flying mammals, and they have also been implicated in the spread of the new deadly Mers virus. In Africa, the straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), the continent's most widely distributed bat, is known to host different infectious diseases. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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