Pictures of aerial [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. 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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Aerial view of rainforests in Sabah, Malaysia Forest degradation in the Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of new oil palm plantations (Costa Rica) Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo Town of Maun at the gateway to the Okavango delta Aerial view of deforestation on mountainous terrain in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Wetlands area near the Osa Peninsula (Costa Rica) Village of Kwamalasamutu (Suriname) Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine (Suriname) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of deforestation in Sumatra Gallery or riparian forest amid agricultural land in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Wetlands near Corcovado (Costa Rica) Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo Newly cleared section of Amazon forest (Brazil) Aerial view of mining in Tanzania - near the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Gold mining damage (Suriname) Aerial view of deforestation near the Osa Peninsula (Costa Rica) Settlements and fragmented forest in the rural outskirts of Paramaribo (coastal Suriname) (Suriname) Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon (Brazil) Forest cleared for a new oil palm plantation in the Heart of Borneo (Malaysia) Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea Rain engulfing Lokichoggio in northern Kenya (Kenya) Aerial view of a forest margin in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Sumtran oil palm plantation as seen from an plane Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Gold mining damage (Suriname) Aerial view of deforestation in Sabah, Malaysia Manioc fields near the village of Kwamalasamutu (Suriname) Airplane vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Indonesian New Guinea Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Airplane vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo Aerial view of the port of Jakarta Terraced oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Plantations, forest, and orchards near Medan, Sumatra Logged peatland in Borneo Sharp contrast between oil palm estate and a natural forest (Malaysia) Warehouses in Jakarta Storm over the Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of oil palm plantations and rainforest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo Forest clearing for oil palm in Indonesian Borneo Legal forest reserves and large-scale soy farms (Brazil) Oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan Deforestation on the edge of the Okavango delta Mangroves cleared for agriculture on Java Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil (Brazil) Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil (Brazil) Flooded forest along the Rio das Mortes (Brazil) Gallery forest in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing (Brazil) Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Gold mining damage (Suriname) Palm forest and pasture (Brazil) Ranchland and cerrado (Brazil) Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon (Brazil) Lone tree standing in a sea of soy (Brazil) Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining (Suriname) Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Intensive agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of deforestation in Sabah, Malaysia Aerial view of palm oil plantation in Sabah, Malaysia Sand mining in Central Kalimantan Aerial view of flowering rainforest canopy trees (Suriname) Forest seen by airplane (Suriname) Small dam in the Xingu watershed (Brazil) Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters (Brazil) Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Colonists in the Amazon (Brazil) Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea Rio das Mortes (Brazil) Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of Golfo Dulce peninsula (Costa Rica) Forest clearing for oil palm in Indonesian Borneo aerial: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21