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Deforestation for agriculture surrounding road in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest
Deforestation for agriculture surrounding road in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Deforestation in the Amazon
Deforestation in the Amazon
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Feeble-looking orange orchard planted on former rainforest land
Feeble-looking orange orchard planted on former rainforest land

(Belize)

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

(Brazil)

Deforestation surrounding road in the Peruvian Amazon
Deforestation surrounding road in the Peruvian Amazon
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

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)

Slash-and-burn agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture

(Belize)

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)

Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy

(Brazil)


Dredged pool in the white sands rainforest of Suriname

(Suriname)

Ranchland and cerrado
Ranchland and cerrado

(Brazil)

Truck dumping gravel at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine
Truck dumping gravel at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine
A large-scale mining operation has turned the Rio Huaypetue into a mud and gravel pit in southeastern Peru. The surrounding rainforest is suffering from hunting and cutting for timber and fuelwood.
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Deforestation in Panama; as seen from an airplane
(pan02-2183)

Large-scale soy in the Amazon
Large-scale soy in the Amazon

(Brazil)


Sugar cane and manioc near the village of Kwamalasamutu

(Suriname)


Patches of deforestation in Panama
(pan01-0896)

Burning the savanna for agriculture in Guatemala
Burning the savanna for agriculture in Guatemala

(Guatemala)

Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon
Tree plantations and cerrado in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon
Newly tilled land and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Landscape deforested for cattle pasture
Landscape deforested for cattle pasture

(Guatemala)


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


Mechanized agriculture
Mechanized agriculture

(Brazil)


Sand mining in the white sands forest of Suriname

(Suriname)

Deforested landscape in Guatemala
Deforested landscape in Guatemala

(Guatemala)

Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture
Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture

(Costa Rica)

Aerial view of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest
Aerial view of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)


Forest clearing as seen from above
(pan02-2194a)

Aerial view of forest fragments in Costa Rica
Aerial view of forest fragments in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

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

(Brazil)


Human-altered forest landscape in the Amazon rainforest

(Suriname)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)


Overhead view of Cattle pasture in Bocas del Toro
(pan02-2018)

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

(Brazil)

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

(Brazil)

Forest clearing in the southern Amazon
Forest clearing in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Aerial view of open pit mine in the Amazon rainforest
Aerial view of open pit mine in the Amazon rainforest
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Aerial view of deforestation on mountainous terrain in Costa Rica
Aerial view of deforestation on mountainous terrain in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

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 forest and small scale agricultural clearing in the Colombian Amazon

Slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rain forest of Peru
Slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rain forest of Peru
Location: Tambopata rainforestV

(Peru)


Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi


Deforestation in Belize
Deforestation in Belize

(Belize)

Rio Huaypetue gold mine and associated deforestation as viewed from plane
Rio Huaypetue gold mine and associated deforestation as viewed from plane
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine
Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine
Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu

(Peru)

Burned scrub after deforestation
Burned scrub after deforestation
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Cattle pasture near Acandi


Soy and forest in the Amazon
Soy and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Felled canopy tree in Peru
Felled canopy tree in Peru
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

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)



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