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Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest
Soy field adjacent to Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Slash-and-burn agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture

(Belize)


Shifting cultivation by the Trio tribe in the rainforest of Southern Suriname

(Suriname)

Forst clearing for soy
Forst clearing for soy

(Brazil)

Senum in a rice paddy
Senum in a rice paddy

(Laos)

Green rice paddies in Udomxai province
Green rice paddies in Udomxai province

(Laos)

Rice fields in Luang Prabang province
Rice fields in Luang Prabang province

(Laos)


Flooded rice fields at sunset



New oil palm development in forest bordering Gunung Leuser National Park

(Indonesia)

Rice fields in Luang Prabang province
Rice fields in Luang Prabang province

(Laos)

Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation

(Brazil)

Tea plantation on the rolling hills of Uganda
Tea plantation on the rolling hills of Uganda

(Uganda)


Tavy or slash-and-burn agriculture in Madagascar


Rice fields on Don Khong
Rice fields on Don Khong

(Laos)


Village and rice fields in Madagascar's Central Plateau



Replanting an oil palm plantation on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park

(Indonesia)

Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest
Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest

(Malaysia)


Rice paddies near Canyon des Makis and Canyon des Rats



Aerial view of rice fields outside of Fort Dauphin


Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Soy field abutting against tropical forest
Soy field abutting against tropical forest

(Brazil)


Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background

(Indonesia)

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

(Malaysia)

Slash-and-burn agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture

(Belize)

Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture
Amazon rainforest and cattle pasture

(Brazil)

Tea workers
Tea workers

(Uganda)

Deforestation for cattle pasture in Guatemala
Deforestation for cattle pasture in Guatemala

(Guatemala)


Flooded rice fields at sunset


Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area
Lone Brazil nut tree left standing in a deforested area

(Brazil)

Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica
Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land
Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land

(Malaysia)

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

(Brazil)

Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Pasture and legal forest reserve near the Arc of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

(Brazil)

Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon
Large-scale soy fields in the southern Amazon

(Brazil)

Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Corn planted on former rainforest land
Corn planted on former rainforest land

(Belize)

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)

Geometric patterns of deforestation
Geometric patterns of deforestation

(Brazil)

Green rice paddies in Udomxai province
Green rice paddies in Udomxai province

(Laos)

Cerrado and pasture
Cerrado and pasture

(Brazil)

Soy and forest in the Amazon
Soy and forest in the Amazon

(Brazil)

Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil
Soy and Amazon forest in Brazil

(Brazil)


Terraced rice fields


Recently cleared transition forest
Recently cleared transition forest

(Brazil)


Women working in a terraced rice field


Newly cleared section of Amazon forest
Newly cleared section of Amazon forest

(Brazil)

Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)

Forage for cattle and plam trees
Forage for cattle and plam trees

(Brazil)

Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture
Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture

(Belize)


Flooded terraced rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley


Aerial view of oil palm plantations near Quepos
Aerial view of oil palm plantations near Quepos

(Costa Rica)

Soy and forest reserves
Soy and forest reserves

(Brazil)

Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest
Aerial view of an oil palm plantation and a heavily logged natural forest

(Malaysia)

Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada
Soy fields and transition forest near Chapada

(Brazil)

Border between forest and soy
Border between forest and soy

(Brazil)


Aerial view of rice fields outside of Fort Dauphin


Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica
Industrial oil palm in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Flooded rice fields at sunset



Oil palm plantation near Gunung Leuser National Park

(Indonesia)

Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill
Piles of oil palm fruit at a palm oil mill

(Malaysia)

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

(Brazil)

Belizean slash-and-burn
Belizean slash-and-burn

(Belize)

Rice fields on Don Khong
Rice fields on Don Khong

(Laos)

Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation
Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation

(Malaysia)


Flooded rice fields at sunset


Soy and Amazon transition forest
Soy and Amazon transition forest

(Brazil)


Rice fields in the Antanifotsy Valley


Oxplowing a rice paddy
Oxplowing a rice paddy

(Laos)

Deforestation and rice fields
Deforestation and rice fields

(Laos)

Forest cleared for pasture
Forest cleared for pasture

(Belize)

Cattle pasture and degraded forest
Cattle pasture and degraded forest

(Brazil)


Oil palm trees cut in order to establish a new plantation for palm oil production

(Indonesia)



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