Palm oil become significant commodity for Indonesia economy. The plantations spreads mostly in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Smaller plantations being developed in Papua.
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Picture of flower: cactaceae home
Many indonesian put this flower in their front homegarden or front terrace of their house. It an easy-to-cultivate flower, tolerate in less-water environment and it has unique forms.
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Syzygium samarangense picture
People from Indonesia, Thailand, Philipine or India found this tree very easy; most of them called it Jambu air (water apple), wax apple, java apple, chomphu (in Thailand) or bell fruit, makopa (Philipine).
Syzygium sp parts of Myrtaceae family. Enjoy the complete members here: A Monograph of the Genus Myrceugenia (Myrtaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph No. 29)
Picture of tree: pinang
Areca catechu, or called pinang --a species under Arecaceae family. People maintain pinang as border tree, found in their home garden and the main road of their villages.
Flower picture: the yellow
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. ~Henry Ward Beecher, Star Papers: A Discourse of FlowersAbout Henry W Becher: The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
Picture of flower: stand up!
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay
What Lips My Lips Have Kissed: The Loves and Love Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Black and white
Are you politicians? If so, you might be enjoy this reading: Whites, Blacks and Racist Democrats
A stunning action
100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet: A Collection of Beautiful Blooms for Embellishing Garments, Accessories, and More
Replanting of oil palm plantation
This is how to rejuvinate an oil palm plantation. Despite of the controversy on the forest conversion for plantation, Indonesia remains one of world top producers of crude palm oil (CPO).
They inject liquid poison to 25 years age of oil palm tree, and plant the seedlings two weeks after shade open.
Read the following books The Oil Palm (World Agriculture Series)
to find complete understanding.
to find complete understanding.Rubber plantation in Lampung
Picture was taken in Tulang Bawang district, an area where migrants were moved to decades ago.
Btw, I wonder that Amazon provide a green 8-ft rubber in its store. A rubber tree is online sold? here the ads:
Picture of flower: cactaceae familia
The Cactaceae familia has four subfamilia: Pereskioideae, Maihuenioideae, Opuntioideae and Cactoideae.
Some species in this familia are good-looking enough to display in front of our home--in a row with an orchid, adding natural taste and "endurance style". The species is known as survivor in drought area for long period of time.
A worthfull reading on cactus: The Cactaceae, Vol. 1
or this The Cactaceae: Description And Illustrations Of Plants Of The Cactus Family, Vol. I & II
and this The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family Complete in 4 Volumes Bound as 2 Volumes I, II, III and IV In Two Volumes
or this The Cactaceae: Description And Illustrations Of Plants Of The Cactus Family, Vol. I & II and this The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family Complete in 4 Volumes Bound as 2 Volumes I, II, III and IV In Two VolumesNagan Raya's sky
Five years after tsunami, there are few organizations still operate in Nagan Raya. They mostly works for enhanching sustainable livelihood as well as forest conservations.
Related reading:
Tsunami in a Time of War: Aid, Activism & Reconstruction in Sri Lanka & Aceh
A cup of coffee
A cup of coffee lights up the day. A cup of coffee for some people just like a breakfast. This coffee was served in Aceh of Indonesia a place where people likely to enjoy coffee in a traditional cafe in the morning.
An Aceh coffee maker prepare a cup of coffee using traditional tools such filter made from cotton, coffee bean and hot water. You can directly follow the traditional process of making a cup of coffee from original Indonesian coffee bean.
In Aceh, there's a popular coffee drink called Ulee Kareng. Indonesia is fourth largest coffee producers in the world. Its biophysical environment suits for coffee growing, and some people links it with deforestation.
Picture of sky in Nagan Raya district
Another fabulous scene in Aceh, a region with fertile lands, beautiful sea and unique tropical rain forest. In Nagan Raya, people living in the border area of the forests are depending on agriculture activities such paddy, rubber and cocoa. Enhance their livelihood will link to the reduction of illegal logging and deforestation in tropical rain forest.
In the coastal area, more people engage with coconut fruit and some fisheries products.
Landscape picture of Nagan Raya, Aceh
This scene was taken in a village of Nagan Raya Distric of Aceh. The district has resources to provide abundant rice while many families also generate income from rubber and cacao. The districts located in the Leuser ecosystem buffer area. I note that agriculture economy moves the district to appropriate development strategy, reducing poverty and tackling forest crime.Photographic technique: focus
An easiest way to capture a very clear object is using small and rounded-like object such unblossom flower of fruit trees. I employed simple photographic equipment to sharpening my technique and sense of good point of view. A natural object such flower in the forest may yield fascinating photos.
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