Deforestation in the Amazon

Aerial views illustrating deforestation and land clearing in the Amazon Rainforest, showing environmental impacts and land use changes.

Gold Mining. Arimu, Guyana

Recent clearing along Maxus Road, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. South America

Brazil, Para, Itaituba, Amazon rainforest, slash and burn, reclamation of pastureland

Maxus Road, originally an oil road, and clear cut, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Primary and secondary rainforest, Manaus, Brazil

Gold panning in Amazonia, aerial view of the outskirts of the village of Cacao, where illegal gold panning is rife, old placer mining place, a scar from the work of the rivers to extract the gold flakes. Regina, French Guiana.

DEFORESTATION AMAZON, BRAZIL. Vicinitiy Rio Branco. Rainforest cut down to clear land to grow sugar cane on. . This is processed into alcohol and used as an alternative to petrol for cars.

Slash and burn Amerindian agriculture Savanna Rupununi, Guyana

Primary forest clearing and burning French Guiana

Deforestation of rainforests in Brazil near Amazon River

Gold Mining. Arimu, Guyana

Aerial view, large scale clearing for pastures, Amazon Rainforest, District Itaituba, State of Para, Brazil, South America

Schellenberger Wald, forest with storm damage caused on 9 June 2014, aerial view, Essen, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Deforestation in the Philippines Deforestation in El Nido, Palawan - Philippines Copyright: xZoonar.com/RolandxNagyx 7741139

San Marcos, TX Urban Search and Rescue team, Texas Task Force 2 and members of the Texas State Guard continue to search the banks of the Blanco River to look for missing residents. Extensive flooding impacted the area, resulting in a Presidentially declared disaster. Jocelyn. <p>San Marcos, TX -- Urban Search and Rescue team, Texas Task Force 2 and members of the Texas State Guard continue to search the banks of the Blanco River to look for missing residents. Extensive flooding impacted the area, resulting in a Presidentially declared disaster.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Rainforest deteriorated Mayotte Comoros islands

Aerial Drone View Above the Jungle of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Brandrodung Brandrodung in Laos,Asien. Copyright: xZoonar.com/UwexBauchx 1400080

Maxus Road, originally an oil road and buildings showing colonization of rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Burning and clearing forests within the Andodahela National Park, South Madagascar, March 2005.

Aerial of cut trees on ground in rainforest

Jungle deforestation due to slash and burn agriculture, Vietnam

Deforestation; Mondulkiri, Cambodia

ECUADOR, AMAZON BASIN, NEAR COCA, RAIN FOREST,INDILLANA RIVER, CLEARCUT FOR FARMING

VIETNAM - NATURE IN THE MEKONG DELTA. U Minh Ha Natural Park.The Mekong Delta is a real treasure of biodiversity. The fauna and flora is very rich, especially in wetlands.Unfortunately, many environmental problems affect this territory and do not spare these ecosystems.VIETNAM - LA NATURE DANS LE DELTA DU MEKONG. Parc naturel de U Minh Ha.Le Delta du Mekong est un réel trésor de biodiversité. La faune et et la flore y est très riche, notamment dans les zones humides. Malheureusement, de nombreux problèmes environnementaux affectent ce territoire et népargnent pas ces écosystèmes.

One house remains after lava flows from an erupting Kilauea Volcano covered a small village, Big Island, Hawaii, USA.

Aerial view of the Amazon National Park Manu Peru

Iwokrama Lodge, Iwokrama Reserve, rainforest, Guyana.

Deforestation in the Philippines Deforestation in El Nido, Palawan - Philippines Copyright: xZoonar.com/RolandxNagyx 7741257

Land Clearing at a Construction Site in Pendergrass, Georgia

Deforestation of rainforests of Brazil near Amazon River

Clear cut near Maxus Road, originally an oil road, now showing colonization, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Sao Paulo's watershed, Brazil

DEFORESTATION, BRAZIL. Amazon, vicinity Rio Branco. Rainforest cut down to clear land to grow sugar cane on. . This is processed into alcohol and used as an alternative to petrol for cars.

Kenya, No Water No Life Mara River Expedition, Mau Forest deforestation, tree stump

Slash and burn clearing, Intag Valley, northwest Ecuador

ECUADOR, AMAZON BASIN, NEAR COCA, RAIN FOREST,INDILLANA RIVER, CLEARCUT FOR FARMING

Slash-and-burn agriculture is prevalent on this mountainside in Madagascar; Andasibe, Madagascar

DEFORESTATION - Slash and Burn, fire damage forest with secondary growth. Belize, Central America.

Peru - Amazon Rainforest. Manu Wildlife Reserve.

Aerial - Resurfacing and replanting former open-cut iron mine aerial. Koolan Island, Western Australia.

Road used by logging trucks on mountainside suffering from intense logging and deforestation in South Korea

ECUADOR, AMAZON BASIN, NEAR COCA, RAIN FOREST,INDILLANA RIVER, CLEARCUT FOR FARMING

Aerial peat swamp forest Kampar Peninsula, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia

Patch of remnant rainforest surrounded by clearcut, Belo Horizonte, Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Aerial top view of green trees in forest. Drone view of dense green tree captures CO2. Green tree nature background for carbon neutrality and net zero emissions concept. Sustainable green environment.

Aerial top view of green trees in forest. Drone view of dense green tree captures CO2. Green tree nature background for carbon neutrality and net zero emissions concept. Sustainable green environment.

Brazil, Para, Itaituba, Amazon rainforest, slash and burn, reclamation of pastureland

Deforestation and slash and burn agriculture in Mayotte

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Alluvial Gold Mining. Rainforest, Guyana.

Aerial view green mangrove forest and sea water wave. Net zero emissions concept. Natural carbon sinks. Mangrove tree capture CO2. Blue carbon ecosystems. Mangroves absorb carbon dioxide emissions.

BRAZIL Mato Grosso Peixoto de Azevedo. Garimpo small scale gold mining on former Panara territory showing deforestation and pollution. Garimpeiro prospectors in informal economy have displaced tribal Panara Indians formerly known as Kreen-Akrore..

Aerial shot, silting the rainforest after mining, Guyana, South America

Prescribed burn, Fish River protected area, Australia

Drone aerial view of group of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) searching for mineral salts in Dzanga-Sangha National Park, Central African Republic.

Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Logging and deforistation of primary rainforest in the Crocker Range, Sabah, Borneo

African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantation in early stage with rainforest buffer zones, Malaysia

Rainforest logging activities near eastern boundary of the Kikori Delta, Papua New Guinea

Deforestation for cattle grazing and timber logging at the Yasuni National Park. Amazon, Ecuador, South America

Spanning nearly 7 million square kilometers, it is difficult to conceptualize just how vast the Amazon rainforest is. Here, the Tiputini River winds its way through a tiny corner of the Amazon Basin in eastern Ecuador, eventually emptying its waters into Peru, Brazil, and then the Atlantic Ocean nearly 3 thousand kilometers away. Having lost nearly 20% of its forest cover in recent decades, the Basin is still under siege today from threats such as mining, oil drilling, and clearing for farming.

Corn field on destryed primary fores- French Guiana

Cerrado Ecosystem, Brazil

Deforestation of the primary forest of French Guiana

Sustainable Logging Operation. Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana.

Recently logged tropical rainforest at the head of a logging road in a remote part of West Kalimantan, already a banana plantation is becoming established, first of many to follow the felling, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. 01/11/2003

Aerial view asphalt road and green forest, Forest road going through forest with car adventure view from above, Ecosystem and ecology healthy environment concepts and background.

Experimental shrimp farm Delta of Mahakam Borneo

REFORESTATION, AUSTRALIA. Western Australia, Darling Range, Jarrahdale Mine, vicinity Perth. Reforestation of bauxite mines by Alcoa of Australia. . Topsoil being spread on mined areas. When the bauxite has been removed, the land is reshaped to blend in its surrounding forest. Contour banks, dykes and specially prepared waterways are built to control run-off and soil erosion. Finally, topsoil is spread and seed supplied.

Aerial view from a Cessna aircraft, burnt land through illegal burning in the Gran Chaco, trunks, branches and twigs of the destroyed forest are burned to create the future fields, Salta, Argentina, South America

Succession or encroachment of trees into a clearing

Land degradation, severe gully erosion due to tree clearing, Taroom District, central Queensland, Australia. 01/11/1999

DEFORESTATION AMAZON, BRAZIL. Vicinitiy Rio Branco. Rainforest cut down to clear land to grow sugar cane on. . This is processed into alcohol and used as an alternative to petrol for cars.

Brazil, Mato Grosso, Peixoto De Azevedo, 'Aerial View Over Landscape With Severe Damage/Pollution From Gold Mining Operations Clearly Visible Over Former Panara Territory. Garimpeiros Have Displaced The Indians, Previously Known As Kreen-Akrore Krenhakarore Krenakore Krenakarore Amazon American Brasil Brazilian Ecology Entorno Environmental Environment Green Issues Kreen Akore Latin America Latino Scenic South America Prospector '

Large area of amazon forest cleared for cattle farming, Rondonia, Brazil

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people,

Succession or encroachment of trees into a clearing

Pine Tree stumps from a plantation on the Western Shores that was cleared as part of a rehabilitation process. Isimangaliso Wetland Park (Greater St Lucia Wetland Park). KwaZulu Natal. South Africa

Richards Bay Minerals 'dune rehabilitation', Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Landscape of excavated soil

Clearfelled tropical rainforest Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Environmental destruction, deforestation in the mountains near Boun Tai, Phongsali Province, Laos, South East Asia, Asia

Spanning nearly 7 million square kilometers, it is difficult to conceptualize just how vast the Amazon rainforest is. Here, the Tiputini River winds its way through a tiny corner of the Amazon Basin in eastern Ecuador, eventually emptying its waters into Peru, Brazil, and then the Atlantic Ocean nearly 3 thousand kilometers away. Having lost nearly 20% of its forest cover in recent decades, the Basin is still under siege today from threats such as mining, oil drilling, and clearing for farming.

Culture of Wheat and Almond Plateau of the Sierra de Guara

Beautiful drone view to green ecological area in Belo Horizonte

Rainforest destroyed, Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

Destruction of the rainforest, deforestation, Borneo, Southeast Asia

USA, Louisiana, Aerial photo of Atchafalaya Basin area, Iberia Parish, Avery Island Plantation, controlled fire burn of marsh.

Mangrove (Rhizophora sp) swamps filled-in to create land, destroys marine ecosystems, mangroves serve as sediment traps and nurseries, Palau

Aerial view of river over flowing and the flood damage near Camp Pendleton California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Land Clearing at a Construction Site in Lithonia, Georgia

Aerial images of cityscape, landscape, and agriculture in Johor, Malaysia

San Isidro Tropical Rainforest - deforestation - burning & cutting trees. Andes - Merida - Venezuela.

Aerial top view of green trees in forest. Drone view of dense green tree captures CO2. Green tree nature background for carbon neutrality and net zero emissions concept. Sustainable green environment.

Succession or encroachment of trees into a clearing

Destruction of rainforest caused by gold mining, Guyana, South America

Aerial view of a large excavation site contrasting with the surrounding lush green forest, Kali woro, Klaten Regency, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia.

Clearcutting in wet temperate forest British Columbia Canada

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

aerial view to deforestation of pine forest, forest transformation and development of heather with pool, Belgium

Rainforest deforestation for oil palm plantation, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

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