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Photos of transition forest 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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Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation


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


Heavily degraded forest
Heavily degraded forest


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


Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field
Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field


Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest


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


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


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


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


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon
Tree plantations and cerrado in 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


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


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


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


Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing
Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest


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


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves


Legal forest reserve and pasture
Legal forest reserve and pasture


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


Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil
Soy and Amazon forest in 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


Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture


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


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




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