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

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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.


Environmental news for Brazil | Mongabay em Português

Cerrado clearing for soy agriculture in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon Soy and forest reserves Land clearing with a tractor Soy and forest reserves Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon Degraded transition forest Stark contrast between forest and land cleared for soy Soy fields in the Amazon Colonist settlement in the Amazon Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture Cerrado-rainforest transition zone Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters Newly cleared section of Amazon forest Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon Aerial view of transition forest or cerrado Storm over the Amazon Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a soon-to-be sea of soy Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes at high level Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture Forest damaged by flooding from a small dam established to provide a water supply for cattle' Cattle pasture and Amazon forest Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21