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

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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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Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada (Brazil) Cerrado grassland cleared for cattle pasture (Brazil) Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada (Brazil) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape (Brazil) Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Cattle pasture and Amazon forest (Brazil) Agricultural trucks (Brazil) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Cerrado and transition forest (Brazil) Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area (Brazil) Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada (Brazil) Geometric patterns of deforestation (Brazil) Muddy Amazon road (Brazil) Cattle pasture and degraded forest (Brazil) Aerial view of forest fragments Sprinkler system for agriculture (Brazil) Pasture and gallery forest (Brazil) Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Deforested plain in the Amazon, now used for cattle (Brazil) Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil (Brazil) Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing (Brazil) Degraded transition forest (Brazil) Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture (Brazil) Soy and forest reserves (Brazil) Cattle pasture and degraded forest (Brazil) Creek dammed as a water supply for cattle (Brazil) Newly slashed-and-burned forest -- in preparation for the planting season (Brazil) Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon (Brazil) Aerial view of forest fragments Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon (Brazil) Forest degradation in the Amazon (Brazil) Cattle pasture and transition forest (Brazil) Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy (Brazil) Cerrado - pasture margin (Brazil) Large-scale soy in the Amazon (Brazil) Cattle pasture and Amazon forest (Brazil) Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon (Brazil) Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9

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