A nice view of oil palm plantation in Aceh.
In recent years, oil palm plantation has been accussed for high deforestation rate in Indonesia.
In fact, the size of rainforests area of Indonesia is decreasing, contrary to oil palm plantation that wider and wider.
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.
Nagan Raya endowed by fertile lands, enabling its people to engange in agriculture for their main livelihood.
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.
The photo shows the origin of your expensive car tire. It made from rubber tree, typically planted in rows using single improved seedling. In Indonesia, rubber garden can be easily found in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
The scene was taken in Jambi, Sumtara island last year.
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.
Prambanan temple is being rehabilitated. A sequence of earthquake hit Yogyakarta areas including Prambanan temple in 27 May 2006 causing major damage and about 5000 deaths. World's society supported the reconstruction of the largest Hindu temple compound in Indonesia.
I took this picture in front of US Embassy in Jakarta about a year ago. At that time, people of Indonesia showing their sympathy to thousands victims of Palestinian when Gaza attacked by Israeli military forces. Indonesian also send humanity massages to US Embassy.
A morning scene at Yogyakarta train station. Having an overnight travel from Jakarta, you'll welcomed by old buildings and maybe a morning with clear sky hangs over like this.
The police guards US Embassy in Jakarta in a 2007 demonstration condemning the silence of US government on the Isreal's attack to Gaza causing over a thousand palestinians died.
I put a shoot using pocket digital camera of Olympus in landscape mode. I find that instead of long experience in photographic, enough photo equipment we need to find remarkable moment. A morning scene may not enough, but its still interest me.
This is what people called about jungle rubber --a type of forest-like land use consisting high value product of rubber. Farmers in Jambi, a province in Sumatra island of Indonesia, maintain the land since it performing a support for their livelihood.
I prefer to use term of Green Mosque of Berau rather than other. The mosque become well-known building in the center of a rich-coal city of East Kalimantan. This well known building characterized by several strong towers, contras with surrounding areas.