aerial scenery [foto]

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Amazon river


Storm over the Amazon rainforest



Smallholder forest clearing in the Amazon



Gold mining damage

(Suriname)


Smallholder clearing in the Amazon



Transitional zone between rainforest and savanna

(Suriname)


Manioc fields near the village of Kwamalasamutu

(Suriname)

Andean city viewed from above
Andean city viewed from above
Location: Andes

(Peru)


Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine

(Suriname)


Aerial view of subsistence forest clearing

(Suriname)

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

(Peru)

Aerial picture of deforestation in the Amazon
Aerial picture of deforestation in the Amazon
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)


Coastal rainforest in Colombia's Darien



Forest fragmentation/deforestation in the Colombian Choco


Tambopata river viewed from plane
Tambopata river viewed from plane
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Aerial picture of a rainstorm over the Amazon



Aerial photo of an Amazon tributary



Río Atrato


Andes near Lima
Andes near Lima
Location: Andes

(Peru)

Open pit mine in the Amazon rainforest
Open pit mine in the Amazon rainforest
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Slums of Medillin



Pasture and forest fragment in the Colombian Choco



Forest fragment amid a banana plantation



Mosaic deforestation for cattle pasture outside of Capurgana



Coastal rainforest in Colombia's Darien



Aerial photo of an Amazon tributary



Rainfoest river converted into a string of gold mining ponds

(Suriname)


Cassava fields near the village of Kwamalasamutu

(Suriname)


Settlements and fragmented forest in the rural outskirts of Paramaribo (coastal Suriname)

(Suriname)


Indigenous village on a muddy river

(Suriname)


Clouds over the Amazon



Indigenous village

(Suriname)


Airplane view of the Leticia-Tabatinga border region

Andes mountains in Peru
Andes mountains in Peru
Location: Andes

(Peru)


Forest fragment amid a banana plantation



Aerial view of mine near Bogota


Andes mountains in Peru
Andes mountains in Peru
Location: Andes

(Peru)


Wetland in coastal Suriname

(Suriname)



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