photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Don | all galleries >> # landscapes around the world # >> # a Bornean adventure # > Oil Palm plantation
previous | next
23-May-2018

Oil Palm plantation

best viewed at original size

Our journey was primarily a tour of forested areas.
But of course, Borneo isn't all forest by a large margin.
In the state of Sabah alone, there is c. 14,000 square kilometres (1.4 million ha) of Oil Palm plantation - quite literally, we drove for hours and hours through it.

In the interest of balance, here's some land-use stats for the state of Sabah, which I've extracted from reliable sources so they should be close to accurate:
* forest reserved for conservation - 13.3%
* forest reserved for logging - 32.3%
* Oil Palm plantation - 19.0%
* other - 35.4%.


other sizes: small medium large original auto
previous | next
Tom Munson30-Jul-2018 18:14
That is a huge amount of oil palm. Nice shot, Don.
Jim Coffman30-Jul-2018 13:21
There seems to be a lot of trees and vegetation.. A very pretty place, Don...
Yvonne30-Jul-2018 11:21
Glad that some has been reserved for conservation! v
joseantonio30-Jul-2018 10:06
thank you for sharing your adventure.V.
Tom LeRoy30-Jul-2018 08:32
Never knew there was such a huge amount of Oil Palms, amazing statistics too. V
chris morton30-Jul-2018 07:33
good to see what is usually just talked about
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment