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Deforestation Gallery

To see a larger version of each image, please click on its thumbnail. The larger images also contain caption information on the photographs, and a reference number for each one.

Deforestation in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina - burned forest on the south shore of Lago Fagnano
AR011/07/02
Severe erosion following deforestation of dry tropical evergreen forest, Auroville area, Tamil Nadu, India
ID0140601
Deforestation - cleared tropical rainforest near Wau, Papua New Guinea
PN0141202
Burned lowland tropical rainforest, near the Epulu River, Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo
ZA0051901
Clearcut logged area, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
CA003/18/02
Skeleton of a dead Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) - evidence of deforestation, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland
SP001/16/2
Deforestation in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina - cows in burned forest on the south shore of Lago Fagnano
AR010/18/02
Burned lowland tropical rainforest, immediately adjacent to Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
MA0021001
3 metre stump of a karri tree (Eucalyptus diversicolor) inclearcut area of old growth forest, Wattle State Forest, Western Australia, Australia
AU0501002
Burned gallery forest, near San Francisco, Canaima National Park, Venezuela. World Heritage Site
VE0130402
Deforested land (for sheep pasture), adjacent to Trounson Kauri Park Scenic Reserve, North Island, New Zealand
NZ0211704
Huam pleasure in a dead landscape - waterskiing amongst drowned trees in Lake Rowallan - a reservoir created by a dam, Tasmania, Australia
AU1031901
Cattle grazing in pasture which was formerly dry tropical forest, near Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica
CR0091002
Control plot - annual burning prevents regeneration of dry tropical forest, Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica
CR0080702
Deforested slopes of hill, burned for cattle pasture, autumn, Yendegaia, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
CH0451001
Pine stump in deforested landscape shows former extent of the Caledonian Forest, West Affric, Scotland
CF0350503
Clearcut old growth karri forest (Eucalyptus diversicolor), Wattle State Forest, Western Australia, Australia
AU0500602
Eroded, deforested land (for sheep pasture), beside Trounson Kauri Park Scenic Reserve, North Island, New Zealand
NZ0221104
Lowland tropical rainforest burned to create cattle pasture, on the road between Boa Vista and Manaus, Brazil
BR004/19/3
4 metre stump of a logged tree (Eucalyptus regnans), Gee Creek Road, Styx Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
AU0991202
Logging equipment and logs, Gee Creek Road, Styx Valley, Tasmania, Australia
AU0991102
Clearcut logging operation, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
CA004/11/02
Logging truck loaded with logs, near Rincon, lowland tropical rainforest area, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
CR0281001
Logging operation in lowland tropical rainforest along the Sungai Matan (river), West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
IN036/14/02

This is just a small sampling of the many images I have of Deforestation in my files - if you have a specific subject which isn't covered here, please contact me as I may well have it in my files.

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