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Photos of deforestation in Brazil [updated 2012-09-16]


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.


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Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Amazon cattle pasture and forest
Amazon cattle pasture and forest

(Brazil)

Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture
Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture

(Brazil)

Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation

(Brazil)

Lone tree standing in a sea of soy
Lone tree standing in a sea of soy

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest

(Brazil)

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)

Intensive agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon
Intensive agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon
Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon

(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)

Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon
Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters

(Brazil)

Small dam in the Xingu watershed
Small dam in the Xingu watershed

(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)

Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon
Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon
Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy
Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)


Aerial view of forest fragments


Soy and forest in the Amazon
Soy and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing
Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing

(Brazil)

Land use change in the southern Amazon
Land use change in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon
Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Scrub vegetation in a deforested area in the Amazon
Scrub vegetation in a deforested area in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon
Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and transition forest
Cattle pasture and transition forest

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Soy in the southern Amazon
Soy in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest
Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(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)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture
Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters

(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 and a legal forest reserve
Soy and a legal forest reserve

(Brazil)

Forest damaged by flooding from a small dam established to provide a water supply for cattle'
Forest damaged by flooding from a small dam established to provide a water supply for cattle'

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Land use change in the southern Amazon
Land use change in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Forest clearing for soy in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil

(Brazil)

Forest degradation in the Amazon
Forest degradation in the Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Gallery forest and recovering pasture
Gallery forest and recovering pasture

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy
Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy

(Brazil)

Scrub vegetation in a deforested area in the Amazon
Scrub vegetation in a deforested area in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Aerial view of the pantanal wetland
Aerial view of the pantanal wetland

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Deforested plain in the Amazon, now used for cattle
Deforested plain in the Amazon, now used for cattle

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Water catchments for cattle in the Xingu watershed
Water catchments for cattle in the Xingu watershed

(Brazil)

Riparian forest and cleared cerrado
Riparian forest and cleared cerrado

(Brazil)



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