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Pictures of mato grosso [last update 2011-12-25]


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Yellow and maroon orchid
Yellow and maroon orchid

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Forage for cattle and plam trees
Forage for cattle and plam trees

(Brazil)

Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal
Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal

(Brazil)

Chestnut-fronted Macaws (Ara severus) in flight
Chestnut-fronted Macaws (Ara severus) in flight

(Brazil)

Border between forest and soy
Border between forest and soy

(Brazil)

Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area
Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area

(Brazil)

Light green butterflies
Light green butterflies

(Brazil)

Cow in the Pantanal
Cow in the Pantanal

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest
Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest
Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon
Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Jabiru stork taking flight
Jabiru stork taking flight

(Brazil)

Pantanal forest
Pantanal forest

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(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)

Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)
Postman butterfly, Heliconius erato or melpomene (blue form)

(Brazil)

Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)

(Brazil)

Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy

(Brazil)

Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) in flight
Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) in flight

(Brazil)

Female black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)
Female black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)

(Brazil)

Amazon forest margin
Amazon forest margin

(Brazil)

Orange bird of paradise
Orange bird of paradise

(Brazil)

Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada
Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada

(Brazil)

Maroon, brown, and orange insect
Maroon, brown, and orange insect

(Brazil)

Sunset on the Rio das Mortes
Sunset on the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)

Bright green iguana
Bright green iguana

(Brazil)

Caiman lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis), a type of tegu
Caiman lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis), a type of tegu

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Herd of cattle in the Amazon
Herd of cattle in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)
Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)

(Brazil)

Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture

(Brazil)

Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon
Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon
Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Tunnel spider
Tunnel spider

(Brazil)

Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture
Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture

(Brazil)

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon
Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Chapada dos Guimarães
Chapada dos Guimarães

(Brazil)

Conversion of transition forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Conversion of transition forest in the Brazilian 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)

Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight
Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)

Frog
Frog

(Brazil)

Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon
Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)

(Brazil)

Postman butterfly
Postman butterfly

(Brazil)

Biting fly
Biting fly

(Brazil)

Water hyacinth flowers
Water hyacinth flowers

(Brazil)

Soy fields in the Amazon
Soy fields in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

(Brazil)

Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Sundown on the Rio das Mortes
Sundown on the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)

Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight
Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight

(Brazil)

Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon
Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Green dragonfly
Green dragonfly

(Brazil)

Blue-eyed dragonfly
Blue-eyed dragonfly

(Brazil)

Conversion of transition forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Conversion of transition forest in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon
Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

(Brazil)

Green and brown shield bug
Green and brown shield bug

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Forest clearing near Chapada
Forest clearing near Chapada

(Brazil)

Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)

(Brazil)

Mirante do Centro Geodésico
Mirante do Centro Geodésico

(Brazil)

Sunset over the Cuiaba river in the Pantanal
Sunset over the Cuiaba river in the Pantanal

(Brazil)

Herd of cattle in the Amazon
Herd of cattle in the Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Giant Amazon River Otter
Giant Amazon River Otter

(Brazil)

Ground toad
Ground toad

(Brazil)

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)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Large-billed Terns (Phaetusa simplex)
Large-billed Terns (Phaetusa simplex)

(Brazil)

Insects being
Insects being "milked" by ants

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Black, green, and turqoise cricket
Black, green, and turqoise cricket

(Brazil)

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