Pictures of Deforestation in Colombia

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These " Pictures of Deforestation in Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

Overhead view of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Overhead view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rainforest Agricultural burning near Pereira Aerial view of likely indigenous forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Deforestation in Colombia Deforesration outside Parque Tayrona in Colombia Deforested hillside in Colombia Deforestation of a hillside in Colombia Large agricultural fire near Bogota Forest clearing near a rainforest stream in Colombia

Forest fragment near Santuario Otún Quimbaya / Parque Ucumarí / Refugio La Pastora Emergent canopy tree near a cattle pasture in the Amazon Aerial view of an agricultural fire near Bogota Agricultural fire near Pereira Mudslide following deforestation in Colombia Cattle ranch in the Andean montane forest Forest fragment near Santuario Otún Quimbaya Airplane view of slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia Aerial view of forest and small scale agricultural clearing in the Colombian Amazon Cattle pasture in the Colombian Amazon Deforestation (aerial view) Aerial view of a patch of cleared rainforest in the Colombian Amazon Swidden agriculture in the Amazon rainforest Plane view of slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon