Pictures of transition forest

Images of transition forest taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.



Soy field abutting against tropical forest

Geometric patterns of deforestation

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

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

Forst clearing for soy

Soy and forest in the Amazon

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

Cerrado and pasture

Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon

Geometric patterns of deforestation [brazil_0541]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

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

Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area

Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0508]

Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape [brazil_0423]

Strip of forest in Amazon cattle pasture

Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0399]

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0552]

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

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

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

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0604]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0515]

Lone Brazil nut tree standing in a sea of soy

Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon

Degraded transition forest n a legal forest reserve

Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_120]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0589]

Riparian forest and soy [brazil_0333]

Riparian forest and soy

Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon

Storm over the Amazon

Recently cleared transition forest

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0505]

Forest fragments in a sea of soy

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

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0127]

Cerrado-rainforest transition zone

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0407]

Cerrado and pasture [brazil_0451]

Cerrado transition forest and pasture

Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada

Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil [brazil_0310]

Soy field abutting against Amazon transition forest

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0585]

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

Soy and forest reserves

Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape

Forest clearing near Chapada

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

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

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

Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field

Cattle pasture and degraded forest

Soy and Amazon transition forest

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

Soy and Amazon transition forest [brazil_0347]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0595]

Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0258]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0507]

Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest

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

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

Border between forest and soy

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

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon

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

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0411]

Cerrado and transition forest cleared for pasture

Agricultural clearing and forest reserves in the southern Amazon

Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0368]

Soy and Amazon transition forest [brazil_0345]

Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape [brazil_0431]

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0131]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0520]

Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing

Amazon forest margin

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0531]

Forest margin

Soy and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0262]

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_119]

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

Newly slashed-and-burned forest -- in preparation for the planting season

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0126]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0512]

Large-scale soy in the Amazon [brazil_0378]

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

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0522]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0611]

Forst clearing for soy [brazil_0571]

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0403]

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

Transition between logged and healthy rainforest

Cerrado and transition forest

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0085]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0521]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0597]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0517]

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

Extensive clearing in the Brazilian Amazon

Storm over the Amazon's agricultural landscape [brazil_0413]

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

Recently cleared transition forest [brazil_0352]

Forest degraded by fire in the Brazilian Amazon

Palm forest and pasture

Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture

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

Forst clearing for soy [brazil_0569]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0582]

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

Cattle pasture and transition forest

Cerrado transition forest and pasture [brazil_0456]

Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0249]

Forest degradation in the Amazon

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0612]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0594]

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0372]

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0406]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_113]

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

Stark contrast between forest and land cleared for soy

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

Patchwork of forest and pasture in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0543]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0581]

Soy and Amazon transition forest [brazil_0343]

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0371]

Land newly tilled for soy in the southern Amazon

Legal forest reserves and large-scale soy farms

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0513]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0502]

Riparian forest and soy [brazil_0334]

Cattle pasture and degraded forest [brazil_0482]

Riparian forest and cleared cerrado

Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon [brazil_0231]

Soy and Amazon transition forest [brazil_0341]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_125]

Forest fragments in a sea of soy [brasil_105]

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

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

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0588]

Transition forest in Chapada

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0586]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0511]

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0556]

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0550]

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0554]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0591]

Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest [brazil_0532]

Patchwork of forest and pasture in the Brazilian Amazon

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0563]

Cattle pasture and degraded forest [brazil_0487]

Cerrado-rainforest transition zone [brazil_0361]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0583]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0584]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0600]

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon [brazil_0365]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0624]

Agricultural combines in the Brazilian Amazon

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0527]

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0290]

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

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_127]

Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing [brazil_0207]

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]

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0628]

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

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_116]

Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area [brazil_0318]

Soy and Amazon transition forest [brazil_0349]

Cerrado-rainforest transition zone [brazil_0354]

Mosiac of forest pasture and cerrado seen from Chapada overlook

Soy field adjacent to tropical forest

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

Mechanized agriculture

Soy fields near Chapada

Combine in the Brazilian Amazon

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

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

Amazon transition forest

Clearing for ccattle pasture in the Xingu watershed

Island of forest in a season of soy agriculture

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0409]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0503]

Riparian forest and soy [brazil_0331]

Agricultural trucks

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0504]

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest [brazil_0590]

Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0252]

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0397]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_123]

Large-scale soy in the Amazon [brazil_0377]

Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon [brazil_0220]

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

Large-scale soy in the Amazon

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0548]

Soy and forest reserves [brazil_0405]

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest [brazil_0546]

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture [brazil_0509]

Forest clearing in the southern Amazon

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada [brazil_0084]

Pasture and degraded forest

Rainbow pasture and secondary forest

Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon [brasil_070]

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

Patchwork of legal forest reserves pasture and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0613]

Water catchments for cattle in the Xingu watershed [brasil_075]

Aerial view of extensive soy fields and legal forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0245]

Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon [brazil_0441]

Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil [brazil_0312]

Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon [brazil_0224]

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy [brasil_118]

Legal forest reserve on a mechanized soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon [brasil_089]

 

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