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Palm Oil plantations seen from Ranau to Sepilok near A4 road, north Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Destruction of Primary rainforest to make way for Palm Oil Plantations

Destruction of Jungle to make way for Palm Oil Plantations in Sabah, Borneo

Lone remaining Primary rainforest after deforestation for Palm Oil

Palm Oil Plantations on either side of the A4 road, north Sabah, Borneo

Deforestation to make way for Palm Oil Plantations (rear) in Sabah

Recently planted palm oil plantation

A palm oil refinery in a sea of palm oil plantations under a stormy sky, Sabah, borneo

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010

Final images are now online at the Sabah Youth Conservation Expedition Website including photos from Danum Valley, Iban Longhouse, Kinabatangan river, Bagang, Orangutan in Sepilok, Palm Oil Plantations and Deforestation, Sabah tea Plantation, Pitcher plants of Mesilau, Kinabalu National park, Palau Sulug Island, turtle Island and the Sabah Youth Conservation Expedition Team

I’m acting as photographer for this expedition arriving a couple of weeks before the group to have more time to make photographs of the rainforest. You can read about the background to the project and follow daily progress and photography on the expedition website from 13-25th July 2010.The expedition will produce the following publications:

SABAH DIARY EXPEDITION BOOK (via blurb.com)

DANUM VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK (via blub.com)

PALM OIL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE (publisher tbc)

The expedition will also be creating sound recording for potential inclusion in a BBC Voices of Sabah Programme