Photo highlights of Brazil

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Photo highlights from the Southern Amazon (Mato Grosso state) - 2009

Below you will find a collection of photos from Brazil. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2009, 2007, and 1999. 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.


Environmental news for Brazil | Mongabay em Português

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Sunset over the Pantanal Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight Storm approaching over the Pantanal Cow in the Pantanal Large-billed Terns (Phaetusa simplex) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva) Chapada dos Guimarães Edge of a forest reserve bordered by agricutural land in the Brazilian Amazon Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a sea of soy Cattle pasture and Amazon forest Frog Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) Degraded transition forest n a legal forest reserve Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape Chapada dos Guimarães Baby bat Jabiru stork taking flight Common Fox (Cerdocyon thous) Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight Grass and forest islands in the Pantanal Soy fields in the Amazon Capybara crossing a road Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada Jabiru stork taking flight Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon Amazon Kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) Cow in the Pantanal Deforested plain in the Amazon, now used for cattle Riparian forest and soy Forest clearing near Chapada Cerrado and pasture Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy Common green iguana Shield bug Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy Metallic green fly Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Sundown on the Rio das Mortes Caiman with eyeshine Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape Cerrado-rainforest transition zone Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips Soy and Amazon transition forest Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon White moth Cattle pasture and degraded forest Plateau in Chapada Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil Chapada dos Guimarães Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon Soy and forest reserves Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4

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