deforestation
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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Aircraft view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining (Peru)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2533 (Malaysia)
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Cleared forest inside Tesso Nilo National Park (Indonesia)
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Logging concession in Indonesia (Indonesia)
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Peatland forest deforested for rubber [kalbar_0011] (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Illegal clearing and burning inside Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging in Borneo [kalteng_0271] (Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land [sumatra_1420] (Indonesia)
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Bulldozer at a conventional logging site in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0723 (Malaysia)
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Forest being cleared for bananas in China (China)
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Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar [madagascar_1767] (Madagascar)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
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Sugar cane stalks in a cassava field [suriname_2201] (Suriname)
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Aerial photograph of gold mining damage in Peru's Amazon rainforest (Peru)
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Palm oil plantation in Sabah, Malaysia (Malaysia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2086 (Malaysia)
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Illegal clearing and burning inside Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan (Indonesia)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_2240] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1607] (Peru)
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Expanding ag land in the Amazon (Peru)
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Deforested peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia [kalbar_0064] (Indonesia)
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Cleared forest inside Tesso Nilo National Park (Indonesia)
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Lamal gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
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Distant swidden agriculture in the Arfak mountains (Indonesia)
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Stacks of rainforest timber in Indonesia (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2100 (Malaysia)
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Sugar cane and manioc near the village of Kwamalasamutu [suriname_2165] (Suriname)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2522 (Malaysia)
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Illegal deforestation for palm oil (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging for palm oil in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2205 (Malaysia)
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Destroyed peat forest (Indonesia)
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Acacia and degraded peat forest (Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation and rainforest [sumatra_1449] (Indonesia)
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Cleared forest inside Tesso Nilo National Park (Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation adjacent to Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_1151] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1084 (Malaysia)
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Frozen stream near Ely, Minnesota (United States)
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Peatland clearing in Indonesia [java_0007] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in Peru (Peru)
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Small scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon [colombia_0075] (Colombia)
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Destroyed peat forest (Indonesia)
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Destroyed peat forest (Indonesia)
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Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining (Peru)
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Deforestation for a rubber plantation in Laos (Laos)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2083 (Malaysia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0153 (Malaysia)
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Deforestation on the edge of Bukit Tigapuluh NP (Indonesia)
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Aerial view of estuary, forests, and agriculture [costa-rica-d_0235] (Costa Rica)
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Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0544] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation near Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area (Laos)
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Plane photo of gold mining damage in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
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Deforestation in Riau [riau_0642] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1609] (Peru)
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Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1208 (Malaysia)
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deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2147 (Malaysia)
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Peatlands deforestation for oil palm [riau_0101] (Indonesia)
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Forest clearings in the Amazon (Peru)
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Peat forest degradation in Riau (Indonesia)
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Deforestation for plantations in Riau [riau_1004] (Indonesia)
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Cleared and degraaded forest in Laos (Laos)
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Overhead photo of cattle pasture cleared along a river in Peru's Madre de Dios Department (Peru)
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Slash-and-burn in Laos (Laos)
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Large-scale deforestation for a massive rubber plantation in Laos (Laos)
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Open pit Guacamayo mine in Peru's Amazon (Peru)
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Canal dug through degraded peat forest (Indonesia)
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Massive gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
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Aerial view of rice paddies, forest degradation, and erosion near Ft. Dauphin [madagascar_3103] (Madagascar)
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Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0577] (Indonesia)
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Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0766] (Indonesia)
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Cleared forest inside Tesso Nilo National Park (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Colombia's Choco [colombia_3934] (Colombia)
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Lowland forest loss in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
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Aerial view of damage wrought by gold mining [suriname_1820] (Suriname)
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deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1667 (Malaysia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Peatforest deforestation [riau_1024] (Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burned forest (Indonesia)
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Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1216 (Malaysia)
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Oil palm plantation in Sarawak (Malaysia)
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Peat forest cleared for palm oil (Indonesia)
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Deforested landscape in Tesso nilo (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Pasture and forest fragment in the Colombian Choco [colombia_1714] (Colombia)
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Destroyed peatlands (Indonesia)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Amazon (Peru)
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Deforestation by a local community [riau_5555] (Indonesia)
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Forest clearing in Aceh [aceh_0245] (Indonesia)
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Aerial view of rice fields, forest degradation, and erosion in southern Madagascar (Madagascar)
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Aerial photography of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_1089] (Peru)
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Illegal clearing and burning inside Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Peat forest cleared for palm oil (Indonesia)
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Peat forest cleared for palm oil (Indonesia)
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Logging of production forest in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0068] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture (Colombia)
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Forest clearing for housing; as seen from an airplane (Panama)
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Oil palm in Kalimantan Tengah [kalten_0012] (Indonesia)
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Peatland forest deforested for rubber (Indonesia)
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Deforested rainforest valley -- sabah_aerial_2311 (Malaysia)
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Deforested peat forest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1317] (Indonesia)
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Plantations as seen from an airplane in South Kalimantan [kalsel_0250] (Indonesia)
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Logging concession in Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Deforested hillsides in the Andean foothills [colombia_4403] (Colombia)
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Male anole lizard showing its orange dewlap (Belize)
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Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest -- borneo_2805 (Malaysia)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Peruvian Amazon [peru_aerial_0662] (Peru)
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Aerial view of mining damage in Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging for palm oil in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Illegal deforestation for palm oil (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Rainforest tree stump [colombia_2439] (Colombia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Aerial vew of burning peatlands and forest in Indonesian Borneo [kalbar_1235] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation near Ranomafana [madagascar_5570] (Madagascar)
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Aerial view of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan (Indonesia)
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Peatlands deforestation for oil palm [riau_0107] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation at sunset (Laos)
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Oil palm plantation and rainforest near Tangkahan village [sumatra_0843] (Indonesia)
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Small-scale forest conversion for agriculture (Colombia)
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Industry in Sabah, Malaysia (Malaysia)
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Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon [colombia_0135] (Colombia)
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Edge of the Mata Atlantica forest (Brazil)
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Cattle pasture near Acandi [colombia_1851] (Colombia)
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Mosaic deforestation in Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2471 (Malaysia)
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Illegal sawmill in Borneo [kalteng_0205] (Indonesia)
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Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3008 (Malaysia)
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Deforested landscape in Tesso nilo (Indonesia)
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Deforestation on the edge of Tangkoko Reserve (Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation (Indonesia)
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Aerial view of deforestation in Mexico [belize_uw0009] (Belize)
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Illegally logged timber cut from a Borneo rainforest [kalbar_1146] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation around Lake Sentani [papua_1075] (Indonesia)
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Smoke rising from a forest fire in Riau (Indonesia)
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Airplane vew of cleared peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1224] (Indonesia)
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Peatlands destruction in Riau [riau_1089] (Indonesia)
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Smallholder swidden agriculture in the Arfak mountains (Indonesia)
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Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3026 (Malaysia)
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Deforestation near Mokwam, West Papua [west-papua_5301] (Indonesia)
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Peat forest cleared for palm oil (Indonesia)
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Illegal clearing and burning inside Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Destroyed peat forest (Indonesia)
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Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3016 (Malaysia)
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Airplane pictures of forest fragments and riparian forest strips on an otherwise deforested plain in Southern Laos (Laos)
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Oil palm plantation on former rainforest land [sumatra_1415] (Indonesia)
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Rainforest converted to oil palm plantations in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_2292 (Malaysia)
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New oil palm planting near a protected area [sumatra_0664] (Indonesia)
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Cassava planted in a forest clearing in Madagascar [madagascar_1019] (Madagascar)
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Deforestation of a steep hillside (Colombia)
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Forest clearing for yucca [colombia_2425] (Colombia)
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Traditional forest garden in New Guinea (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Northern Madagascar [madagascar_3201] (Madagascar)
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Illegal logging in Borneo [kalteng_0297] (Indonesia)
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Logging concession in Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Mining damage in the Amazon [peru_aerial_1622] (Peru)
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Agricultural fire set by smallholders [riau_1336] (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Palm oil: 'greening the Earth' [sumatra_0789] (Indonesia)
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Smallholder deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_5272] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Taman Hutan Raya National Park [kalsel_0271] (Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background [sumatra_1447] (Indonesia)
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Airplane view of the RÃÂÂÂÂo Huaypetue gold mine in Peru (Peru)
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Burned forest in a peat swamp [kalteng_0180] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation by a local community (Indonesia)
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Large marble mine in Sulawesi (Sulawesi - Celebes) (Indonesia)
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deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2174 (Malaysia)
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Deforestation for cattle ranching [peru_aerial_1386] (Peru)
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Deforestation along a river in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
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Forest loss in Borneo -- sabah_0382 (Malaysia)
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Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1151 (Malaysia)
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Deforestation in Madagascar (Madagascar)
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Forest cleared for palm oil production [riau_5929] (Indonesia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Forest clearing along an Amazon tributary (Peru)
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Overhead view of large-scale forest clearing for ranching in the Peruvian Amazon (Peru)
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Burned out tree stumps in a former rainforest in Borneo [kalbar_0050] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2446 (Malaysia)
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Aerial view of spiny forest of Andohahela and sisal (Madagascar)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture in Peru (Peru)
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Aerial view of forest fragments in Costa Rica [costa-rica-d_0788] (Costa Rica)
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Aerial view of edge of Coca and rainforest beyond in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
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Aerial view of secondary and primary forest in the Amazon [colombia_1317] (Colombia)
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Deforestation for cattle pasture near Chugandi [colombia_2396] (Colombia)
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Aerial view of deforestation in Madagasar [madagascar_1731] (Madagascar)
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Cleared forest inside Tesso Nilo National Park (Indonesia)
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New oil palm development bordering Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0679] (Indonesia)
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Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park [sumatra_0755] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation along the Rio Tambopata in Peru [peru_aerial_1228] (Peru)
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Airplane view of small-scale deforestation in the Amazon (Peru)
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Deforested rainforest in Borneo (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_0527 (Malaysia)
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Forest clearing along the Panama Canal [panama_0059] (Panama)
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Dry rice fields in Bokeo District (Laos)
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Destroyed peat forest (Indonesia)
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Cattle pasture near Acandi [colombia_1855] (Colombia)
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Deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_1211 (Malaysia)
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Airplane view of small-scale deforestation in the Amazon (Peru)
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deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2138 (Malaysia)
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Aerial view of logging roads in Borneo -- borneo_2734 (Malaysia)
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Oil palm estate and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo -- sabah_aerial_3032 (Malaysia)
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Tropical forest destruction for timber production in Borneo -- sabah_aerial_0759 (Malaysia)
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Slash-and-burned forest (Indonesia)
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Logging of forest and peatland in Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)
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Rain forest degradation for timber production in Borneo (Malaysia)
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Deforestation in Taman Hutan Raya National Park [kalsel_0264] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in southern Laos (Laos)
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deforestation for oil palm -- sabah_2144 (Malaysia)
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Oil palm plantation extending down to a waterway (Indonesia)
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Deforested hills in Bokeo province (Laos)
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suburbanization in Panama (Panama)
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Illegal logging in Borneo [kalteng_0340] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2082 (Malaysia)
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Degraded peat forest (Indonesia)
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Slash-and-burned forest (Indonesia)
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Aerial vew of burning peatlands in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province [kalbar_1201] (Indonesia)
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Aerial view of peatland being drained and cleared in Central Kalimantan [kalimantan_0033] (Indonesia)
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Deforestation in Borneo -- sabah_2476 (Malaysia)
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Illegal logging in Tesso Nilo (Indonesia)
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Forest cleared for palm oil (Indonesia)
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Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest -- borneo_3015 (Malaysia)
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Roadside forest outside Loango National Park in Gabon (Gabon)
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Sand roads outside Loango NP (Gabon)
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Emergent canopy tree felled for timber (Gabon)
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Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon)
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Truck passenger's view of a logging road in Gabon (Gabon)
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Recently burned savanna in Gabon (Gabon)
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Construction zone in Gabon forest (Gabon)
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Aerial view of shalsh-and-burn in Gabon (Gabon)
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Home constructed along a logging road (Gabon)
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Forest gap created by logging (Gabon)
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A monkey limb in the bottom of a dugout canoe (Gabon)
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Logs floating offshore before processing in Gabon (Gabon)
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A barge of timber in Gabon (Gabon)
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Gabon's forest reduced to logs (Gabon)
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Abandoned oil equipment in the Gabon rainforest (Gabon)
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Roadside forest outside Loango National Park in Gabon (Gabon)
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Urban expansion along the coast of Gabon (Gabon)
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Colonists who have followed a logging road to settle in the rainforest (Gabon)
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Looking beyond Bwindi park (Uganda)
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Timber adandoned after washed ashore on a remote beach near Loango National Park (Gabon)
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Industrial port area in Port Gentil, Gabon (Gabon)
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Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon)
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Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon)
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Caterpillar bulldozer in Gabon (Gabon)
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Aerial view of forest road in Gabon (Gabon)
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Rainforest logs near a road (Gabon)
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Deforestation in Gabon (Gabon)
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Settlers who have followed a logging road in Gabon (Gabon)
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Logging road in Gabon, note the wide clearing over vegetation around the road (Gabon)
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Road in the tropical forest (Gabon)
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Pile of logs in Uganda (Uganda)
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Plane view of deforestation in Gabon (Gabon)
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Fallen canopy tree, to be taken for timber (Gabon)
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Bulldozer, old oil barrels, and tropical forest (Gabon)
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Shack along logging road (Gabon)
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View of a logging road from a truck (Gabon)
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Forest clearing near a road in Gabon (Gabon)
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Forest degradation near a road in Gabon (Gabon)
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Deforestation (Uganda)
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Shack near a logging road in Gabon (Gabon)
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Recently burned savanna (Gabon)
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Stacked logs in Uganda (Uganda)
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Urban expansion in Gabon (Gabon)
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Airplane view of logging in Gabon's rainforest (Gabon)
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Severed monkey leg in the bottom of a canoe (Gabon)
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Rainforest logs cut and floated down the Mpivie river (Gabon)
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Giant rainforest tree felled but abandoned (Gabon)
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Logging road (Gabon)
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Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon)
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Logging road in Gabon (Gabon)
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Coastal development in Gabon (Gabon)
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Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon)
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Severed monkey leg (Gabon)
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Aerial view of invasive logging in Gabon (Gabon)
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Damage wrought by intensive logging (Gabon)
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Pile of logs in Gabon (Gabon)
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Access road for logging in Gabon (Gabon)
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Rainforest logs floating offshore in Gabon (Gabon)
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Rainforest logs sitting in Port Gentil (Gabon)
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Rainforest logs near a road (Gabon)
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Logs floating in a river after harvesting (Gabon)
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Emergent canopy tree felled for timber in Gabon (Gabon)
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Deforestation in Uganda. Forest has been replaced by savanna (Uganda)
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Damage wrought by logging (Gabon)
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Forest that has been completely cleared for settlement followed logging (Gabon)
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Bulldozers in the savanna with tropical forest as a backdrop (Gabon)
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Hillside clearing for agriculture (Uganda)
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Total deforestation from logging (Gabon)
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Lagoon access point to road (Gabon)
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Logged over forest (Gabon)
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Deforestation in Uganda. (Uganda)
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Rafts of logs waiting to be processed off the coast of Gabon (Gabon)
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Damage wrought by logging (Gabon)
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