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China photos: transition forest


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Geometric patterns of deforestation [brazil_0541]



Soy field abutting against tropical forest



Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon



Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon



Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy



Soy and forest in the Amazon



Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area



Cerrado and pasture



Newly cleared section of Amazon forest



Forst clearing for soy



Geometric patterns of deforestation



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



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture



Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0568]



Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon



Cerrado and pasture [brazil_0451]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0625]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0636]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0615]



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0520]



Riparian forest and soy [brazil_0333]



Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil [brazil_0310]



Border between forest and soy



Forest clearing near Chapada



Amazon forest margin



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_0258]



Extensive forest and cerrado clearing in the southern Amazon for cattle pasture and soy agriculture



Soy and forest reserves



Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape [brazil_0431]



Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon



Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0407]



Cattle pasture and degraded forest



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0619]



Recently cleared transition forest



Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area [brazil_0317]



Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a sea of soy



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0505]



Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0552]



Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing



Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest



Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0508]



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0595]



Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil



Legal forest reserve on a mechanized soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0531]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0627]



Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0411]



Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape



Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada



Soy and Amazon transition forest



Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon [brazil_0298]



Matrix of soy fields, forest reserves, and cattle pasture in the Brazilian Amazon



Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon



Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon



Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0127]



Forest fragments in a sea of soy



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0515]



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0507]



Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0399]



Riparian forest and soy



Degraded transition forest n a legal forest reserve



Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_120]



Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0131]



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



Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0368]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0634]



Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape [brazil_0423]



Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0589]



Soy and Amazon transition forest [brazil_0347]



Strip of forest in Amazon cattle pasture



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0604]



Soy and Amazon transition forest [brazil_0345]



Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0585]



Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon



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



Cerrado and transition forest cleared for pasture



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest



Cerrado-rainforest transition zone



Storm over the Amazon



Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest



Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon [brazil_0295]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0632]



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0583]



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0503]



Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0548]



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0581]



Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a soon-to-be sea of soy



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0600]



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0527]



Large-scale soy in the Amazon [brazil_0377]



Amazon transition forest



Riparian forest and cleared cerrado



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0631]



Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon



Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0365]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0614]



Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0084]



Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0554]



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0591]



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0517]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0640]



Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0405]



Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0546]



Legal forest reserve on a mechanized soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon [brasil_095]



Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_113]



Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0594]



Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0371]



Forst clearing for soy [brazil_0571]



Cerrado and transition forest



Island of forest in a season of soy agriculture



Forest fragments in a sea of soy [brasil_105]



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



Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture



Legal forest reserves and large-scale soy farms



Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon [brazil_0226]



Cattle pasture and transition forest



Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0372]



Soy and forest fragments: the new landscape of the southern Amazon [brazil_0294]



Rainbow, pasture and secondary forest



Large-scale soy in the Amazon



Riparian forest and soy [brazil_0334]



Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0409]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0617]



Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon [brazil_0221]



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0512]



Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0502]



Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0406]



Large-scale soy in the Amazon [brazil_0378]



Aerial view of cerrado grassland and transition forest in the southern Amazon of Mato Grosso state, Brazil



Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape [brazil_0413]



Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0397]



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



Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0565]



Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_116]



Cattle pasture and degraded forest [brazil_0482]



Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture [brazil_0284]



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0633]



Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon [brasil_070]



Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon [brazil_0197]



Transition between logged and healthy rainforest



Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon



Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0623]



Soy field adjacent to tropical forest



Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon [brazil_0231]



Mosiac of forest, pasture, and cerrado seen from Chapada overlook


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