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photos: deforestation in Colombia


Below you will find a collection of photos from Colombia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011. 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 Colombia



Deforestation in Colombia's Choco



Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi



Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi



Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi



Aerial view of a patch of cleared rainforest in the Colombian Amazon



Pasture and forest near Penalosa



Swidden agriculture in the Amazon rainforest



Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi



Cattle pasture near Acandi



Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco



Pasture near Acandi



Cattle pasture and rainforest near Peñaloza



Forest near Penalosa



Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Colombian Choco



Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Pasture and forest in Colombia



Deforestation for cattle pasture



Burned forest near Penaloza



Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Windmills atop a deforestated hillside in the Colombian Choco



Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi



Aerial photo of shifting cultivation in the Amazon rainforest



Rainforest tree stump



Forest fragment amid a banana plantation



Aerial photo of secondary and primary forest, small-holder cassava cultivation, and forset clearing in the Amazon



Pasture and forest fragment in the Colombian Choco



Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi



Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco



Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Deforestation in Colombia's Choco



Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Cattle pasture and rainforest near Peñaloza



Forest damaged by fire



Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Colombian Choco



Jungle saw mill



Deforestation in Colombia's Choco region



Small-scale clearing in the Amazon



Deforestation in Colombia's Choco



Pasture and forest fragment in the Colombian Choco



Smallholder forest clearing in the Amazon



Timber cut from the Darien rainforest



Mosaic deforestation in the Colombia Choco



Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco



Deforestation for cattle pasture and other cropsnear Chugandi



Illegal forest clearing by colonists in an Afro-indigenous reserve



Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi



Illegal forest clearing by colonists in an Afro-indigenous reserve



Deforested hillsides in the Andean foothills



Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco



Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon



Cattle pasture and forest



Mosiac deforestation in Colombia's Choco



Mosaic deforestation for cattle pasture outside of Capurgana



Deforestation in Colombia's Choco



Cattle pasture and rainforest near Peñaloza



Massive banana plantation




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