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Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining

(Suriname)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon
Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)


Gold mining operation in the Amazon rainforest

(Suriname)

Aerial view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of new oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

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

(Brazil)

Aerial picture of favelas of Sao Paulo
Aerial picture of favelas of Sao Paulo

(Brazil)


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

(Suriname)

Gallery or riparian forest amid agricultural land in Costa Rica
Gallery or riparian forest amid agricultural land in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Pasture and gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest

(Brazil)


Cleared section of forest

(Suriname)

Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been burned and logged by squatters

(Brazil)

Aerial view of oil palm plantations and Manuel Antonio National Park
Aerial view of oil palm plantations and Manuel Antonio National Park

(Costa Rica)

Aerial view of mangrove development in Belize
Aerial view of mangrove development in Belize

(Belize)

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)

Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of industrial oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes
Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)

Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes
Aerial view of the Rio das Mortes

(Brazil)


Road intersecting a river in Suriname

(Suriname)

Palm forest and pasture
Palm forest and pasture

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon
Legal forest reserve on a large-scale soy farm in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)


Muddy rainforest river

(Suriname)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Aerial view of a logged and burned area in Costa Rica
Aerial view of a logged and burned area in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Overhead view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture
Overhead view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture

(Brazil)

Aerial view of mountains near San Jose
Aerial view of mountains near San Jose

(Costa Rica)

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

(Brazil)

Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters
Legal forest reserve that has been ransacked by squatters

(Brazil)


Gold mining damage

(Suriname)

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture

(Brazil)


Rainforest logs being loaded on a raft

(Suriname)


Cassava clearing in the heart of the rainforest

(Suriname)


Sun glinting off a rainforest river

(Suriname)

New oil palm plantation ajacent to rainforest
New oil palm plantation ajacent to rainforest

(Costa Rica)

Aerial picture of favelas of Sao Paulo
Aerial picture of favelas of Sao Paulo

(Brazil)

Combine in the Brazilian Amazon
Combine in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Soy in the Xingu watershed
Soy in the Xingu watershed

(Brazil)

Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon
Cleared forest in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Airplane view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture
Airplane view of land cleared in the Amazon for agriculture

(Brazil)

Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica
Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Cerrado and transition forest
Cerrado and transition forest

(Brazil)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)

Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy
Clearing of Amazon forest for pasture or soy

(Brazil)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)


Patches of forest; regenerating forest; and cassava fields

(Suriname)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)



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