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Photos of aerial in Brazil) [updated 2009-04-20]


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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Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Amazon forest fragment
Amazon forest fragment


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Riparian forest and cleared cerrado
Riparian forest and cleared cerrado


Aerial picture of Sao Paulo
Aerial picture of Sao Paulo


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


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 picture of favelas of Sao Paulo
Aerial picture of favelas of Sao Paulo


Land use change in the southern Amazon
Land use change in the southern Amazon


Lone tree standing in a sea of soy
Lone tree standing in a sea of soy


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


Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters


Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon
Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon


Forest degradation in the Amazon
Forest degradation in the Amazon


Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon
Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon


Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil
Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil


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


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


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


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


Combine in the Brazilian Amazon
Combine in the Brazilian Amazon


Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil
Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil


Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon
Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon


Pasture and degraded forest
Pasture and degraded forest


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


Small dam in the Xingu watershed
Small dam in the Xingu watershed


Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest


Colonists in the Amazon
Colonists in the Amazon


Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon
Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon


Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest




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