Pictures of rainforest destruction [last update 2011-12-25]

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Deforested rainforest in Borneo Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Cut, drained, and burned peat swamp forest Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Slash-and-burn agriculture in Peten; Guatemala (Guatemala) Drained peat forest in Borneo Cattle grazing on former tropical forest land (Guatemala) Deforestation in southern Laos (Laos) Logging trail for illegal loggers in Borneo Deforested rainforest in Borneo Destroyed peat forest in Borneo Slash-and-burn agriculture (Belize) Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Forest cleared for pasture (Belize) Cleared forest land in Belize (Belize) Deforestation in southern Laos (Laos) Cleared forest land in Belize (Belize) Cut and drained peat swamp forest Forest clearing in Laos (Laos) Devastated rainforest landscape in Borneo Forest land cleared for oil palm (Malaysia) Illegally logged wood Cleared forest land in Belize (Belize) Destroyed peat land in Borneo Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize (Belize) Inside of an abandoned cabin outside Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia) Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Dock near cleared forest area bordering Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia) Devastated rain forest landscape in Borneo Burned out remains of a rainforest in Borneo Aerial view of oil palm plantations Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Destroyed peat swamp in Borneo Aerial view of forest and land cleared for oil palm plantations Destroyed rain forest landscape in Borneo Deforested rainforest in Borneo Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province Burned rainforest area in Borneo Logged over forest (Gabon) Fresh grass emerging from recently burned savanna in Gabon (Gabon) Fallen canopy tree; to be taken for timber (Gabon) Logging road in Gabon; note the wide clearing over vegetation around the road (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) Roadside forest outside Loango National Park in Gabon (Gabon) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Roadside forest outside Loango National Park in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Fresh grass emerging from newly burned savanna in Gabon (Gabon) Rainforest logs near a road (Gabon) Abandoned oil equipment in Gabon (Gabon) Lagoon access point to road (Gabon) Sand road outside Loango NP (Gabon) Giant rainforest tree felled but abandoned (Gabon) A barge of timber in Gabon (Gabon) Forest gap created by logging (Gabon) Caterpillar bulldozer in Gabon (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) Recently burned savanna in Gabon (Gabon) Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) Damage wrought by logging (Gabon) Rainforest logs near a road (Gabon) Gabon's forest reduced to logs (Gabon) Abandoned oil equipment in the Gabon rainforest (Gabon) Rainforest logs cut and floated down the Mpivie river (Gabon) Damage wrought by logging (Gabon) Pile of logs in Gabon (Gabon) Settlers who have followed a logging road in Gabon (Gabon) Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon) rainforest destruction: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5