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Gold mining damage

(Suriname)

Aerial view of flooded costal rice paddies (Java)
Aerial view of flooded costal rice paddies

(Indonesia)


Fenced in settlement in Okavango delta


Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)


Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo



Gold mining damage

(Suriname)


Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining

(Suriname)


Oil palm plantations under clouds



Aerial view of mining damage in Borneo



Gold mining operation in the Amazon rainforest

(Suriname)

Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo
Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo

(Malaysia)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)


Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining

(Suriname)

Cerrado-rainforest transition zone
Cerrado-rainforest transition zone

(Brazil)


Sand mining in Borneo


Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)

Overhead view of palm oil mill and processing facilities in Costa Rica
Overhead view of palm oil mill and processing facilities in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra



Airplane view of a jungle river in Indonesia's West Kalimantan


Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)

Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon
Extensive soy fields in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)


Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine

(Suriname)

Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica
Deforestation, oil palm, forest, and wetlands in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Oil palm development in Central Kalimantan



Sand mining in Central Kalimantan



Rainforest logs being loaded on a raft

(Suriname)


Aerial view of oil palm in West Kalimantan


Small dam in the Xingu watershed
Small dam in the Xingu watershed

(Brazil)

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

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

(Costa Rica)


Plantations, forest, and orchards near Medan, Sumatra


Wetlands area near the Osa Peninsula
Wetlands area near the Osa Peninsula

(Costa Rica)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil
Recently cleared cerrado in Brazil

(Brazil)

Stark contrast between forest and land cleared for soy
Stark contrast between forest and land cleared for soy

(Brazil)


Airplane vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo



Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine

(Suriname)


Overgrown logging tracks in the rainforest of Central Kalimantan



Forest clearing for oil palm in Indonesian Borneo



Aerial view of peat forest logging in Central Kalimantan


Aerial view of Palm  -  floodplain forest
Aerial view of Palm - floodplain forest

(Belize)


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

(Suriname)

Land use change in the southern Amazon
Land use change in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Aerial view of an estuary along Costa Rica's Pacific coastline
Aerial view of an estuary along Costa Rica's Pacific coastline

(Costa Rica)


Aerial view of a Twisting jungle river reaching the coast of New Guinea



Aerial view of peat fires in Borneo



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

(Suriname)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)


Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo



Forest degradation in Indonesian Borneo


Airplane view of industrial oil palm estates in Costa Rica
Airplane view of industrial oil palm estates in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea


Aerial view of Costa Rica's Pacific coastline
Aerial view of Costa Rica's Pacific coastline

(Costa Rica)


Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province


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)

Burned field adjacent to a forest fragment
Burned field adjacent to a forest fragment

(Costa Rica)

Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo
Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo

(Malaysia)


Tailing pond for the Suraco bauxite mine

(Suriname)

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

(Brazil)

Airplane view of cerrado
Airplane view of cerrado

(Brazil)



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