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Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest
Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica
Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Degraded transition forest n a legal forest reserve
Degraded transition forest n a legal forest reserve

(Brazil)

Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed overhead by plane
Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed overhead by plane
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo
Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo

(Malaysia)

Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park
Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park

(Costa Rica)

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

(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

(Brazil)

Rugged forest mountains of Borneo
Rugged forest mountains of Borneo

(Malaysia)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)


Peatlands of Borneo


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

(Brazil)

Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture
Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture

(Costa Rica)

Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica
Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

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

(Brazil)

Surf and coastline near Puerto Escondido
Surf and coastline near Puerto Escondido

(Costa Rica)

Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)


Aerial view of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wading in Okavango delta


Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a sea of soy
Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a sea of soy

(Brazil)

Forest fragments in a sea of soy
Forest fragments in a sea of soy

(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

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest

(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

(Brazil)

Aerial view of winding estuary rivers in Costa Rica
Aerial view of winding estuary rivers in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Extensive forest and cerrado clearing in the southern Amazon for cattle pasture and soy agriculture
Extensive forest and cerrado clearing in the southern Amazon for cattle pasture and soy agriculture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Aerial view of slash-and-burned forest near Pangkalanbun; Kalimantan (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Aerial view of slash-and-burned forest near Pangkalanbun; Kalimantan

(Indonesia)

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

(Brazil)

Matrix of soy fields, forest reserves, and cattle pasture in the Brazilian Amazon
Matrix of soy fields, forest reserves, and cattle pasture in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Strip of forest in Amazon cattle pasture
Strip of forest in Amazon cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)


Aerial vew of burning peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province


Contrast between oil palm estate and a heavily logged natural forest
Contrast between oil palm estate and a heavily logged natural forest

(Malaysia)

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

(Brazil)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)


Seasonal streams in Northern Kenya

(Kenya)

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Aerial view of a Winding lowland rainforest river reaching the coast of New Guinea


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)

Recently cleared transition forest
Recently cleared transition forest

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)

Cerrado-rainforest transition zone
Cerrado-rainforest transition zone

(Brazil)


Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining

(Suriname)

Soy fields in the Amazon
Soy fields in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon
Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon

(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

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)


Lowland river in West Papua


Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve on a mechanized soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon
Legal forest reserve on a mechanized soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)


Aerial view of South African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in the Okavango delta


Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)


Margin between forest and peatland


Cleared cerrado
Cleared cerrado

(Brazil)

Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo
Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo

(Malaysia)


Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea


Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica
Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Aerial view of mangrove forests that have been cleared for farming and aquaculture (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Aerial view of mangrove forests that have been cleared for farming and aquaculture

(Indonesia)

Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)

Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture
Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture

(Costa Rica)

Cerrado and transition forest cleared for pasture
Cerrado and transition forest cleared for pasture

(Brazil)

Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Aerial view of peatland destruction in Borneo


Hole in the canopy where rain forest has been felled by subsistence farmers
Hole in the canopy where rain forest has been felled by subsistence farmers
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes
Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica
Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Gallery forest and recovering pasture
Gallery forest and recovering pasture

(Brazil)


Aerial view of a tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine

(Suriname)


Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations


Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Aerial view of rainforest in Costa Rica
Aerial view of rainforest in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserves and large-scale soy farms
Legal forest reserves and large-scale soy farms

(Brazil)


Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan


Island of forest in a season of soy agriculture
Island of forest in a season of soy agriculture

(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

(Brazil)

Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Aerial view of a rainforest river in Indonesia


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