aerial scenery [foto]

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Shifting cultivation by the Trio tribe in the rainforest of Southern Suriname

(Suriname)


Aerial photo of shifting cultivation in the Amazon rainforest



Reefs off Cancun



Aerial view of a tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine

(Suriname)

Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed overhead by plane
Clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest as viewed overhead by plane
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Reefs off Cancun


Hole in the canopy where rain forest has been felled by subsistence farmers
Hole in the canopy where rain forest has been felled by subsistence farmers
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Rain the Amazon



Overhead view of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

Blocks of rainforest razed for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon
Blocks of rainforest razed for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Coastal rainforest in Colombia's Darien


Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes
Meandering rainforest river with two oxbow lakes
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining

(Suriname)

Aerial view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon
Aerial view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Road intersecting a river in Suriname

(Suriname)

Clearwater river in the Andean foothills
Clearwater river in the Andean foothills
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine
Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Gold mining damage

(Suriname)

Snow-capped mountains in the Andes
Snow-capped mountains in the Andes
Location: Andes

(Peru)


deforestation

(Panama)


Flowering trees in the rainforest canopy

(Suriname)


Coastal rainforest in Colombia's Darien



Shifting cultivation by the Trio tribe in the rainforest of Southern Suriname

(Suriname)

Snow-capped peaks in the Andes
Snow-capped peaks in the Andes
Location: Andes

(Peru)

Part of the former Rio Huaypetue.
Part of the former Rio Huaypetue.
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Overhead view of a tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine

(Suriname)


Rainforest logs being loaded on a raft

(Suriname)


Forest on the outskirts of Capurgana



Forest island amid a banana plantation



Small-holder clearing in the Amazon



Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining

(Suriname)


Aerial photo of an Amazon tributary, including oxbow lakes


Flowering rainforest canopy
Flowering rainforest canopy
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Overhead view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rainforest

Open pits at  the Rio Huaypetue mine.
Open pits at the Rio Huaypetue mine.
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Transitional zone between rainforest and savanna

(Suriname)


Gold mining operation in the Amazon rainforest

(Suriname)


Aerial view of flowering rainforest canopy trees

(Suriname)

Sections of rain forest cut  for slash-and-burn agriculture and cattle pasture
Sections of rain forest cut for slash-and-burn agriculture and cattle pasture
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Road intersecting a river in Suriname

(Suriname)


Coastal rainforest in Colombia's Darien



Forest fragment outside of Paramaribo

(Suriname)


Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest



Aerial view of Kwamala village

(Suriname)


Aerial view of Kwamala village

(Suriname)

Overhead view of clear-cutting for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon
Overhead view of clear-cutting for slash-and-burn agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Forest fragment and rice paddies outside of Paramaribo

(Suriname)

Mining trucks and equipment at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in Peru
Mining trucks and equipment at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in Peru
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Aerial view of the Amazon river as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru

Aerial view of terraces in the Andes
Aerial view of terraces in the Andes
Location: Andes

(Peru)

Scrub vegetation and secondary forest following deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
Scrub vegetation and secondary forest following deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Gold mining pit in the middle of the rainforest

(Suriname)



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