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Photos of amazon soy 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


Agricultural trucks
Agricultural trucks


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


Legal forest reserve on a mechanized soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon
Legal forest reserve on a mechanized soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada
Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


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


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


Soy fields near Chapada
Soy fields near Chapada


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


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


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


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


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


Combine in the Brazilian Amazon
Combine in the Brazilian 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


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


Riparian forest and cleared cerrado
Riparian forest and cleared cerrado


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


Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada
Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada


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


Large-scale soy in the Amazon
Large-scale soy in the Amazon




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