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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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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


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


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


Mechanized agriculture
Mechanized agriculture


Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil


Pasture and degraded forest
Pasture and degraded forest


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


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


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


Winding river in Mato Grosso do Sul
Winding river in Mato Grosso do Sul


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


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


Combine in the Brazilian Amazon
Combine in the Brazilian Amazon


Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil


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


Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon


Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest
Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Riparian forest and cleared cerrado
Riparian forest and cleared cerrado


Cattle pasture and transition forest
Cattle pasture and transition forest


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


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing
Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing


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


Soy fields and a legal forest reserve in the Amazon
Soy fields and a legal forest reserve in the Amazon


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


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


Stark contrast between forest and land cleared for soy
Stark contrast between forest and land cleared for soy


Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest
Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest




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