Photos of deforestation [updated 200-06-02]

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Cerrado and pasture (Brazil) Bulldozers in the field near a tract of forest (Gabon) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) Agricultural land outside Bwindi park (Uganda) Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Deforestation (Laos) Geometric patterns of deforestation (Brazil) Geometric patterns of deforestation (Brazil) Deforestation for a rubber plantation in Laos (Laos) Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Airplane view of peatland being drained and cleared in Borneo Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Patch of jungle that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo (Indonesia) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Logging road and deforestation in Gabon (Gabon) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Corn planted on former rainforest land (Belize) Burning the savanna in Guatemala (Guatemala) Pasture; regenerating forest; and forest in Las Cruces (Costa Rica) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) Newly cleared section of Amazon forest (Brazil) Rainforest timber in port (Gabon) Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest (Malaysia) Deforestation for cattle pasture in Guatemala (Guatemala) Soy field abutting against tropical forest (Brazil) Rainforest log adandoned after being washed ashore on a remote beach in Gabon (Gabon) New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Charred and still smoking forest in Laos (Laos) Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area (Brazil) Aerial view of rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for agriculture (Indonesia) Soy and forest in the Amazon (Brazil) deforestation: 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 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55 | Page 56 | Page 57 | Page 58 | Page 59 | Page 60 | Page 61 | Page 62 | Page 63 | Page 64 | Page 65 | Page 66 | Page 67 | Page 68 | Page 69 | Page 70