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Earth Day pictures: International Year of Forests

Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
April 22, 2011

In my nearly 12 years of running mongabay.com, I have had the good fortune to visit spectacular forests around the world. So this Earth Day, instead of writing something pithy (Jeremy has done a fine job in his Earth Day post recognizing the value of what nature gives us), I'm just posting some of my favorite forest pictures I've taken in my travels.

If you are a long-time mongabay reader, you've probably noticed my tradition of not writing anything Earth Day-related on Earth Day. This is intentional, but in 2005 I did write about what spurred me to create mongabay.com back in the late 1990's: Earth Day: Another gimmick day full of false promises and empty pledges or a day of reflection?.

rhett in panama

This is me in Panama last week.

Borneo rainforest

Rain forest along the Bohorok River

Redwood forest on the Matt Davis-Steep Ravine Loop trail, Marin County, California

Redwood forest of Russian Gulch State Park

Strangler fig in Tangkoko, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Winter in Huddart County Park

Rainforest of the Darien, Colombia

Jungle river in Danum Valley Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia

Strangler fig in North Sulawesi, Indonesian

Living Dipterocarp tree

Giant Dipterocarp tree in Sumatra

Rainforest tree leaf, Kibale, Uganda

Lichen-covered redwood trees in San Mateo, California

Rainforest canopy in the Peruvian Amazon

Danum river in Borneo

Rainforest canopy seen from the base of a compass tree, Sumatra, Indonesia

Routeburn track, New Zealand

Clear water stream in Gunung Palung, Indonesian Borneo

Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains, Indonesian New Guinea

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Earth Day pictures: International Year of Forests.

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