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Below you will find a collection of photos from Brazil. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2009, 2007, and 1999. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon


Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation


Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area
Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area


Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest
Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest


Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy
Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy


Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon


Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation


Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest


Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon


Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes
Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes


Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon
Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon


Soy field abutting against tropical forest
Soy field abutting against tropical forest


Soy and forest in the Amazon
Soy and forest in the Amazon


Forst clearing for soy
Forst clearing for soy


Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon


Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon
Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon


Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon
Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon


Forest degradation in the Amazon
Forest degradation in the Amazon


Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon


Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy
Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy


Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest


Cerrado, transition forest, pasture and soy
Cerrado, transition forest, pasture and soy


Soy field adjacent to tropical forest
Soy field adjacent to tropical forest


Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest


Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture
Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture


Agricultural combines in the Brazilian Amazon
Agricultural combines in the Brazilian Amazon


Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy


Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest




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