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Photos of deforestation 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


Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon
Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon


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


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


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


Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil


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


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


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


Aerial of cattle ranches and small holder clearing
Aerial of cattle ranches and small holder clearing


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


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


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


Riparian forest and cleared cerrado
Riparian forest and cleared cerrado


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


Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Cleared forest 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


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


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


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


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


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


Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon
Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon


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


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


Cerrado or transition forest newly razed for pasture
Cerrado or transition forest newly razed for pasture


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


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




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