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Photos of deforestation in Brazil [updated 2012-09-16]


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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Soy and trandition forest reserve, a legal requirement, in the Brazilian Amazon
Soy and trandition forest reserve, a legal requirement, in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon
Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Muddy Amazon road
Muddy Amazon road

(Brazil)

Soy field abutting against tropical forest
Soy field abutting against tropical forest

(Brazil)

Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture
Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture

(Brazil)

Ranchland and cerrado
Ranchland and cerrado

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)

Cerrado in two stages of degradation
Cerrado in two stages of degradation

(Brazil)

Forest degradation in the Amazon
Forest degradation in the Amazon

(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

(Brazil)

Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Gallery forest and recovering pasture
Gallery forest and recovering pasture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Pasture and degraded forest
Pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Colonist settlement in the Amazon
Colonist settlement in the Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Conversion of transition forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Conversion of transition forest in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Land newly tilled for soy in the southern Amazon
Land newly tilled for soy in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Clearing for Soy in the Amazon
Clearing for Soy in the Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Water catchments for cattle in the Xingu watershed
Water catchments for cattle in the Xingu watershed

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Forest degradation in the Amazon
Forest degradation in the Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture

(Brazil)

Aerial view of cattle in the Brazilian Amazon
Aerial view of cattle in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a soon-to-be sea of soy
Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a soon-to-be sea of soy

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Cerrado grassland cleared for cattle pasture
Cerrado grassland cleared for cattle pasture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

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

(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

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon
Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon

(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

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Agricultural trucks
Agricultural trucks

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Cerrado and transition forest
Cerrado and transition forest

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation

(Brazil)

Muddy Amazon road
Muddy Amazon road

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)


Aerial view of forest fragments


Sprinkler system for agriculture
Sprinkler system for agriculture

(Brazil)

Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Deforested plain in the Amazon, now used for cattle
Deforested plain in the Amazon, now used for cattle

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)



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