Sand Dunes in the Amazon

Sand dunes and the Tocantins river.

Unique identifier: GP01K1C

Type: Image

Shoot date: 12/08/2008

Locations: Amazon, Brazil, Maraba, Pará, South America

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá

Size: 5616px × 3744px 4MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Shoot:

Amazon Fires and Agriculture Documentation

Extensive documentation of man made forest fires to clear land for farming and cattle. In very large areas the deforestation has caused devastating desertification of the land.
The Amazon rain forest is being deforested at an alarming pace primarily for cattle ranching. Deforestation not only destroys biodiversity and displaces forest peoples but is also responsible for 75% of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions, making Brazil the world’s fourth largest climate polluter.

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