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

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Soy and forest reserves (Brazil) Overhead view of large-scale deforestation for cattle ranching in the Peruvian Amazon Deforestation of the Andean foothills Logged over forest (Gabon) Fresh grass emerging from recently burned savanna in Gabon (Gabon) Fallen canopy tree; to be taken for timber (Gabon) Cleared hills (Uganda) Monkey foot protruding from a bucket in a dugout canoe (Gabon) Aerial view of invasive logging in Gabon (Gabon) Logging road in Gabon; note the wide clearing over vegetation around the road (Gabon) Forest degradation in Gabon (Gabon) Rainforest logs floating offshore in Gabon (Gabon) Truck passenger's view of a logging road in Gabon (Gabon) Recently burned savanna (Gabon) Timber adandoned after washed ashore on a remote beach near Loango National Park (Gabon) Stacked logs in Uganda (Uganda) Roadside forest outside Loango National Park in Gabon (Gabon) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) Deforested hillside in Uganda (Uganda) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Roadside forest outside Loango National Park in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Raw logs (Gabon) Fresh grass emerging from newly burned savanna in Gabon (Gabon) Timber floating offshore in Gabon (Gabon) Airplane view of logging in Gabon (Gabon) Rainforest logs near a road (Gabon) Agricultural fire just outside Bwindi park boundary (Uganda) Abandoned oil equipment in Gabon (Gabon) Lagoon access point to road (Gabon) Aerial view of shalsh-and-burn in Gabon (Gabon) Sand road outside Loango NP (Gabon) Giant rainforest tree felled but abandoned (Gabon) A barge of timber in Gabon (Gabon) Rainforest logs sitting in Port Gentil (Gabon) Forest gap created by logging (Gabon) Caterpillar bulldozer in Gabon (Gabon) Construction zone in Gabon forest (Gabon) Road in the rainforest of Gabon (Gabon) Colonists who have followed a logging road to settle in the rainforest (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Logs floating in a river after harvesting (Gabon) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) A monkey limb in the bottom of a dugout canoe (Gabon) Forest degradation near a road in Gabon (Gabon) Recently burned savanna in Gabon (Gabon) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Coastal development in Gabon (Gabon) Urban expansion along the coast of Gabon (Gabon) Hillside clearing for agriculture (Uganda) Airplane view of forest road in Gabon (Gabon) Forest clearing near a road in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by logging (Gabon) Rainforest logs near a road (Gabon) Gabon's forest reduced to logs (Gabon) Settlement established near a logging road (Gabon) Looking beyond Bwindi park (Uganda) Abandoned oil equipment in the Gabon rainforest (Gabon) Rainforest logs cut and floated down the Mpivie river (Gabon) Raw log dump in Port Gentil (Gabon) Airplane view of logging in Gabon's rainforest (Gabon) Aerial view of forest damage of unknown determination in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by logging (Gabon) Pile of logs in Uganda (Uganda) Pile of logs in Gabon (Gabon) Settlers who have followed a logging road in Gabon (Gabon) Deforestation in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Severed monkey leg in the bottom of a canoe (Gabon) Industrial port area in Port Gentil; Gabon (Gabon) Deforestation in Uganda (Uganda) 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