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Photos of agriculture 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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Mosiac of forest, pasture, and cerrado seen from Chapada overlook
Mosiac of forest, pasture, and cerrado seen from Chapada overlook


Clearing for ccattle pasture in the Xingu watershed
Clearing for ccattle pasture in the Xingu watershed


Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest


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


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


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


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


Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape
Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape


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


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


Newly cleared land next to a forest reserve
Newly cleared land next to a forest reserve


Cerrado and transition forest cleared for pasture
Cerrado and transition forest cleared for pasture


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


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


Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest


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


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


Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon


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


Soy fields in the Amazon
Soy fields 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


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


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest
Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest


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


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon


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


Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest


Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture




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