Pictures of deforestation [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 deforestation and erosion in southern Madagascar (Isalo) Deforestation for cattle ranching Fresh grass sprouting from recently burned savanna (Gabon) Feeble-looking orange orchard planted on former rainforest land (Belize) Aerial view of rainforest cleared for agriculture Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Aerial picture of cattle pasture cleared along a river in the Amazon Aerial picture of mosaic deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Destroyed peat land in Borneo Overhead view of a massive gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of deforestation-induced erosion in Madagascar (Flight from Tana West) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Slash-and-burned forest patch near Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia) Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area (Brazil) Landscape deforested for cattle pasture (Guatemala) Deforestation along the Transoceanic highway in Peru Fires near Masoala NP (Masoala NP) Clearing recent cut in the tropical rainforest of Belize (Belize) Large-scale soy in the Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining (Suriname) Pasture near Las Cruces (Costa Rica) Mining among oil palm plantations (Malaysia) Aerial view of dry forest (Fort Dauphin - Tana Flight) Clear-cutting in the Amazon Spiny forest and sisal Aerial view of tavy agriculture in Madagascar (Airplane flight from Anatananarivo to Maroantsetra) Gold mining operation in the Amazon rainforest (Suriname) Deforestation and dry rice paddies (Laos) Deforestation near Ranomafana Forest clearing for oil palm in Indonesian Borneo Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Oil palm plantation and logged over rain orest (Malaysia) Logging road in Borneo (Malaysia) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Cattle pasture in the Amazon rain forest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Agricultural combines in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Rosewood logs on the beach at Maroantsetra Conversion of transition forest in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Rice fields where mangroves once grew (Indonesia) Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest Aerial view of logging road beneath the rain forest canopy Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Poles cut from the rainforest along a mining road in Borneo Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Airplane view of small-scale deforestation in the Amazon Gold mining ponds (Suriname) Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon (Brazil) Tropical deforestation in northeastern Madagascar (Maroantsetra to Tamatave) Felled rainforest tree Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture (Brazil) Aircraft view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial photos of forest fragments and riparian forest strips on an otherwise deforested plain in Southern Laos (Laos) Deforestation in the Arfak mountains mosaic deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Deforestation along a road branching off the Transoceanic highway in Peru Open pit mine in Peru's Amazon Deforestation in Colombia's Choco Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest Remains of rainforest after it has been slash-and-burned (Indonesia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Spiny forest and sisal Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters (Brazil) Truck dumping gravel at the 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) Aerial view of forest and small scale agricultural clearing in the Colombian Amazon Cattle pasture and Amazon forest (Brazil) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) New oil palm plantings on forest land in Sumatra (Indonesia) Aerial vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Pasture on the bank of the Amazon river Deforestation in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Deforestation at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Clearing for agriculture near Mantadia Crops planted after slash-and-burning of rainforest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Erosion resulting from deforestation in Madagascar (Airplane flight from Anatananarivo to Maroantsetra) Cleared patch of rainforest (Indonesia) Deforestation (Madagascar) Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra Canopy tree felled in Taman Negara national park (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Aerial view of deforestation in Belize (Belize) Oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Logging road in Borneo (Malaysia) Smallholder rainforest clearing in the 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