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

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Aerial view of palm oil plantation in Sabah, Malaysia Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Abandoned homestead in deforestated area (Indonesia) Peatland being drained Conversion of forest to plantations in South Kalimantan Forest degradation in the Amazon (Brazil) Mosaic deforestation near the Transoceanic highway Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Deforested area on the border Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia) Airplane vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest (Brazil) Damage from a graphite mine near Mantandia Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Oil palm plantation extending down to a waterway (Indonesia) Deforested hillsides in the Andean foothills Areial view of development of rainforest lands (Indonesia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Cattle pasture and Amazon forest (Brazil) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Deforestation along the Nam Tha River (Laos) Deforestation on the edge of Tangkoko Reserve Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Aerial vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Logging road in Borneo (Malaysia) Pasture and gallery forest (Brazil) Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco Deforestation for a tree plantation in Laos (Laos) Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains Airplane view of large-scale agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon Newly established rubber plantation in Laos (Laos) Smallholder deforestation in the Arfak mountains Forest near Penalosa Shrimp pond with aeration device (Indonesia) Smallholder deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Damage from a graphite mine near Mantandia Patchwork of cassava fields; regenerating secondary forest; and natural forest in the Amazon (Suriname) Land clearing with a tractor (Brazil) Belizean slash-and-burn (Belize) Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest (Brazil) Forest clearing along the Nam Ou river (Laos) Gold mining pit in the middle of the Amazon rainforest (Suriname) Deforestation for cattle ranching Small-scale deforestation in the Amazon Degraded rainforest in Borneo Deforestation near Tulear (Tulear) Degraded forest Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Slash-and-burn agriculture in Guatemala (Guatemala) Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining (Suriname) Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra Road construction in the rainforest Roads on islands near Sumatra Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Deforestation on the border of Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area (Laos) Pasture and forest fragment in the Colombian Choco Large-scale deforestation for banana cultivation in Colombia Logging road in Borneo (Malaysia) Destroyed peatland in Borneo Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Aerial view of deforestation and erosion in southern Madagascar (Isalo) Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of palm oil plantations in Sabah, Malaysia Aerial view of rice paddies, forest degradation, and erosion in southern Madagascar Sherritt's nickle pipeline route Aerial view of new forest clearing on a hillside for oil palm (Costa Rica) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Rainforest near Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area (Laos) Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo Landslide on a deforested hillside near Jayapura Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Expanding agricultural land in the Amazon Deforestation in Taman Hutan Raya National Park Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine A large-scale mining operation has turned the Rio Huaypetue into a mud and gravel pit in southeastern Peru. The surrounding rainforest is suffering from hunting and cutting for timber and fuelwood. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia) Burning agricultural land in Guatemala (Guatemala) Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' (Indonesia) Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar Illegally logged timber cut from a Borneo rainforest View from airplane of forest clearing around Pangkalanbun (Indonesia) Clear-cutting in Laos (Laos) Stump of former canopy tree in deforested area (Indonesia) Tavy fire (Manambolo) Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon 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