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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • An adult male orangutan is carried out of the forest to be relocated after being tranquillised. The orangutan will be released in Jantho, Aceh Province after it's home forest has quickly been cleared for palm oil plantations in Tripa, Aceh Province. 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 Singleton, Director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton
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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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  • Fires continued to burn 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/
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  • Fires continued to burn in peat forest, 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 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.
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  • A two-year-old, orphaned orangutan named Rahul was confiscated from a small village on the edge of the Tripa peat forest. This is the second rescue this week highlighting the need for urgent action to prevent local extinction. The confiscation team and police arrived at the scene at 10:45am and identified the young orangutan immediately, tied to a small shop. Specialist orangutan veterinarian drh Yenny Saraswati of the SOCP promptly conducted a health inspection of the young orangutan. “The condition of this young male is not good, he is suffering from malnutrition, his skin is bad, and he has a wound from where he has been tied with a rope. We will provide medical treatment, monitor his condition, then release him in a healthy forest”. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Fires continued to burn in peat forest, 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 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
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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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  • Palm oil expansion. Huge tracts of forest are being clearly daily to supply the grown demand for palm oil, across the globe. Right now all the worlds equatorial forests are under threat from palm oil expansion.Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton 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 palm oil plantation worker loads up plam oil, Tripa, Sumatra, Indonesia Photo: Paul Hilton 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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  • An aerial view of pristine rainforest of the Leuser ecosystem, 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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  • A network of water ways run through the pristine rainforest of the Leuser ecosystem and the Gunung Leuser National Park, Aceh Province. 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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  • An aerial view of pristine rainforest of the Leuser ecosystem, 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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  • Pristine rainforest in the Leuser ecosystem and the Gunung Leuser National Park, Aceh Province 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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  • A palm oil plam oil, Tripa peat swamp, Sumatra. Photo: Paul Hilton 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 palm oil plantation worker loads up plam oil, Tripa, Sumatra, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton 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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  • Palm oil processing plants thought to be sourcing illegal palm oil grown within the protected Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia.Photo: Paul Hilton 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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  • Peat forest slowly dies as water is drained away to make way for palm oil plantations. The Tripa peat swamp is one of three swamp forests, within the Lesuer Ecosystem that support the highest density of Sumatran orangutans in the world. Photo : Paul Hilton
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  • Illegal land clearing in some of the last lowland forest within the Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia.Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Silver leaf monkeys take to the air, Kluet peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Silver leaf monkeys take to the air, Kluet peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Silver leaf monkey move across the canopy,  Kluet peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • An injured Silver leaf monkey sits on the river bank, Kluet peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • One of the biggest threats to the Leuser Ecosystem is the building of road networks through the forest. The expansion of roads and settlements into this area lead to increased deforestation and allows illegal logging and poaching to be undertaken with greater ease. A proposed road network known as "Ladia Galaska" which would connect the east and west coasts of Aceh and cut through the Leuser Ecosystem in at least nine places would have a devastating effect on the area's wildlife, many of which will not cross a road. The plans for the proposed road comprise 450 kilometres of main road plus more than 1200 kilometres of minor roads, the majority of which would lie within the boundaries of the Leuser Ecosystem. Sumatra, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Silver leaf monkeys take to the air, Kluet peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Registration of tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are burnt after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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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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  • Forest cover, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Forest cover, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Forest cover, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Forest cover, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Forest cover, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Kleut peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia
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  • Kleut peat swamp forest, Suaq Balimbing, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia
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  • Thomas's leaf monkey (also known as Thomas's langur) is found only on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The monkeys roam forests eating fruits and flowers, and sometimes snails, mushrooms, and coconut stalks. Little is known about species compared to many of the world's other primates.
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  • A Wallace's flying frog ( Rhacophorus nigropalmatus ) pictured in the Leuser ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Lantern flies (Fulgoridae) pictured in the  Leuser ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Wagler's Pit Viper strikes. One of the many species, found in Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Illegal logging within the protected Leuser Ecostsyem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Newly cleared land on a palm oil plantation, Pt Tuilsng Raya, Aceh Timor, within the Leuser ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Palm oil expansion within the protected Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A Wallace's flying frog ( Rhacophorus nigropalmatus ) pictured in the Leuser ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A semi-wild Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is seen at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation, Rescue centre in the Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 01st November 2013. photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A Wallace's flying frog ( Rhacophorus nigropalmatus ) pictured in the Leuser ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A critically endangered Sumatran rhino is pictured at the recue centre in south Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is one of the last places with a viable population to save the species under the right conditions. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN A critically endangered Sumatran rhino is pictured in a rehabilitation center in south Sumatra. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A critically endangered Sumatra elephant, waits for the anesthesia to wear off, after an operation to reduce a wound after the animals had been held in a poachers snare, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo" Paul Hilton
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  • Villagers in Cot girek use fire torchers to prevent elephants approacing their plantation,  Leuser ecosystem. Elephant conflicts in these areas are becoming far to common. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Newborn Sumatran elephant at the CRU IN Tangkahan, Leuser ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) are seen swinging through the trees at the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation area, Bukit Barisan National Park, South Sumatra, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A critically endangered Sumatran rhino is pictured at the recue centre in south Sumatra, Indonesia. The Leuser Ecosystem is one of the last places with a viable population to save the species under the right conditions. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN A critically endangered Sumatran rhino is pictured in a rehabilitation center in south Sumatra. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Arjuna is a big Asian tusker, Sumatran Elephant. At 27 years old he weights in at 3000kg. His mahout, Amrizal waits for his collegue, Zainal to finish his morning smoke before heading out on patrol, Leuser Ecosystem , Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A Lantern fly (Fulgoridae) pictured in the  Leuser ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Butterflies on a river bank in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN
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  • Fungus, growing in the Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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  • Zephroniidae is a family of giant millipedes pictured in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia.Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • The underside of a tokay gecko foot, (Gekko gecko), Tokay geckos are culturally significant in many East Asian countries. Regional folklore has attributed supernatural powers to the gecko. In Southeast Asia it is a symbol of good luck and fertility. It is believed to be descended from dragons. This species is poached for the medicinal trades in parts of Asia. The Tokay gecko is an ingredient in Traditional Chinese medicine known as Ge Jie (蛤蚧). It is believed to nourish the kidneys and lungs, beliefs that are not substantiated by medical science. The animal remains highly sought after in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and other parts of Asia with Chinese communities, to the point where unscrupulous merchants have taken to disfiguring monitor lizards with prosthetics to pass them off as colossal Tokay gecko specimens.Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • The tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), Tokay geckos are culturally significant in many East Asian countries. Regional folklore has attributed supernatural powers to the gecko. In Southeast Asia it is a symbol of good luck and fertility. It is believed to be descended from dragons. This species is poached for the medicinal trades in parts of Asia. The Tokay gecko is an ingredient in Traditional Chinese medicine known as Ge Jie (蛤蚧). It is believed to nourish the kidneys and lungs, beliefs that are not substantiated by medical science. The animal remains highly sought after in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and other parts of Asia with Chinese communities, to the point where unscrupulous merchants have taken to disfiguring monitor lizards with prosthetics to pass them off as colossal Tokay gecko specimens.Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree  <br />
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The Tokay gecko is quickly becoming a threatened species in the Philippines due to indiscriminate hunting.
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  • A cassowary is pictured at the Taman Safari ParK, Indonesia, 13th August 2013. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree The Daintree Rainforest located in Tropical North Queensland, Australia is over 135 million years old, making it the oldest rainforest in the world.<br />
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The largest rainforest in Australia, the Daintree Rainforest is over 1,200 square kilometres and is home to many animal and plant species not found anywhere else in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia
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  • Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia
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  • Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia
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  • Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia
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  • Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia
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  • Hornbill in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros),  Sumatra, Indonesia. Primary threats to the population of rhinoceros hornbills are loss of habitat, poaching for the feathers and live bird market, and hunting for food. They are CITES listed as a Species at Risk (IUCN Lower Risk/Near Threatened). Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Zephroniidae is a family of giant millipedes pictured in the Lesuer Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia.Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Varanus salvator, commonly known as the water monitor, is a large lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. Water monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka and India to Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water. Monitor lizards are traded globally and are the most common lizard to be exported from Southeast Asia, with 8.1 million exported between 1998 and 2007. Water monitors are used by humans for a variety of purposes and are one of the most exploited varanids. They are hunted predominantly for their skins for use in fashion accessories such as shoes, belts and handbags which are shipped globally, with as many as 1.5 million skins traded annually
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  • A man holds up the head of a hornbill after it was confiscated off a trader, Banda Aceh.Hornbills are being targeted for the pet trade, and the helmeted horbill is hunted for its red ivory. The situation in the Lesuer Ecosystem is critical as numbers of all species are very low,Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • The tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), Tokay geckos are culturally significant in many East Asian countries. Regional folklore has attributed supernatural powers to the gecko. In Southeast Asia it is a symbol of good luck and fertility. It is believed to be descended from dragons. This species is poached for the medicinal trades in parts of Asia. The Tokay gecko is an ingredient in Traditional Chinese medicine known as Ge Jie (蛤蚧). It is believed to nourish the kidneys and lungs, beliefs that are not substantiated by medical science. The animal remains highly sought after in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and other parts of Asia with Chinese communities, to the point where unscrupulous merchants have taken to disfiguring monitor lizards with prosthetics to pass them off as colossal Tokay gecko specimens.Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree  <br />
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The Tokay gecko is quickly becoming a threatened species in the Philippines due to indiscriminate hunting.
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