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Photos of southern amazon 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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Maroon, brown, and orange insect
Maroon, brown, and orange insect


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


Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest


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


Soy field adjacent to tropical forest
Soy field adjacent to tropical forest


Black insect
Black insect


Maroon-pink plant with black and green berries
Maroon-pink plant with black and green berries


Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest


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


Metallic green fly
Metallic green fly


Agricultural combines in the Brazilian Amazon
Agricultural combines in the Brazilian Amazon


Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy


Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest


Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


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


Mirante do Centro Geodésico
Mirante do Centro Geodésico


Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)
Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)


Green spider
Green spider


Rainbow, pasture and secondary forest
Rainbow, pasture and secondary forest


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Yellow-eyed green grasshopper
Yellow-eyed green grasshopper


Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)


Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil


Cerrado-rainforest transition zone
Cerrado-rainforest transition zone


Black yellow and green cricket
Black yellow and green cricket


Cerrado-rainforest transition zone
Cerrado-rainforest transition zone


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


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




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