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Borneo deforestation

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Satellite image of Carajás mining area, 1986Deforestation is evident in Brazil's Carajás region in the state of Pará, by comparing images from 1986 and 1992. Cleared land appears bluish green.

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tropical forests and deforestation

satellite imagery of deforestation

Borneo deforestation

deforestation in Australia

Satellite image of Carajás mining area, 1986Deforestation is evident in Brazil's Carajás region in the state of Pará, by comparing images from 1986 and 1992. Cleared land appears bluish green.

Satellite image of Carajás mining area, 1992, showing extensive land clearance in zones that were forested in 1986. Cleared land appears bluish green.

Learn how the Brazilian government incentivized forest clearing in the Amazon for beef production and ranching

Learn how deforestation in Central American countries like Belize gives way to erosion and poverty

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems