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Amazon forest margin
Amazon forest margin

(Brazil)

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)

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)

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 gallery forest
Pasture and gallery forest

(Brazil)

Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon
Scarred landscape in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)


Aerial view of several stages of palm oil plantations: mature, young, and newly cleared


Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)

Storm over the Amazon
Storm over the Amazon

(Brazil)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field
Solitary tree in the middle of a soy field

(Brazil)

Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park
Aerial view of Manuel Antonio National Park

(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)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)


Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea


Forest that has been drained then slash-and-burned for agriculture (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Forest that has been drained then slash-and-burned for agriculture

(Indonesia)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)


Palm oil plantations, forest, and roads in Sabah, Malaysia


Aerial view of mangrove forests that have been cleared for farming and aquaculture (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Aerial view of mangrove forests that have been cleared for farming and aquaculture

(Indonesia)

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

(Costa Rica)


Aerial view of Taipei, Taiwan



Aerial view of deforestation for plantation agriculture in Sumatra


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)

Cattle pasture and Amazon forest
Cattle pasture and Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle grazing in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)


Peatlands of Borneo


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)

Rugged forest mountains of Borneo
Rugged forest mountains of Borneo

(Malaysia)

Riparian forest and soy
Riparian forest and soy

(Brazil)


Aerial view of palm oil plantations and higher-altitude forest patches in Sabah, Malaysia


Soy fields in the Amazon
Soy fields in the Amazon

(Brazil)

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

(Costa Rica)

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)


Lowland river in West Papua


Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest
Rio das Mortes and the surrounding flooded grassland and gallery forest

(Brazil)

Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica
Aerial view of coastal forest and coral reefs in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Surf and coastline near Puerto Escondido
Surf and coastline near Puerto Escondido

(Costa Rica)

Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing
Aerial view of new cerrado/transition forest clearing

(Brazil)

Contrast between oil palm estate and a heavily logged natural forest
Contrast between oil palm estate and a heavily logged natural forest

(Malaysia)

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

(Malaysia)

Extensive forest and cerrado clearing in the southern Amazon for cattle pasture and soy agriculture
Extensive forest and cerrado clearing in the southern Amazon for cattle pasture and soy agriculture

(Brazil)

Gallery forest and recovering pasture
Gallery forest and recovering pasture

(Brazil)


Industry in Sabah, Malaysia



Overhead view of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)


Islands off the coast of Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia)


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

(Costa Rica)

Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture
Cerrado, transition forest, and pasture

(Brazil)

Cerrado-rainforest transition zone
Cerrado-rainforest transition zone

(Brazil)

Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds in Costa Rica
Overhead view of palm oil mill and holding ponds 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)

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)

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

(Malaysia)

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

(Brazil)

Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest
Recently cleared land border a tract of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Soy fields in the Amazon
Soy fields in the Amazon

(Brazil)


Gold mining pit in the middle of the rainforest

(Suriname)



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