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A Brazil nut tree, a protected species, was felled on the Macauba Ranch to make way for cattle ranching.
Andre Viera / MCT
A deforested patch of Amazon rain forest is used for grazing outside of Belem, Brazil. . About 70 percent of deforested land is used for grazing.
Jack Chang / MCT
A patch of recently deforested Amazon rain forest is cut out of the jungle near Tailandia, Brazil. Brazil is the world's fourth biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, largely due to deforestation.
Jack Chang / MCT
Clandestine loggers have built roads into the Amazon rain forest near Tailandia, Brazil, and cut down trees.
Jack Chang / MCT
Clouds hug the jungle canopy about an hour outside of Trairao in Brazil's Amazon state of Para. Deforestation has made Trairao a major source of illegal wood. The Amazon rainforest was disappearing at a pace of about on Vermont-sized area per year in 2004.
Kevin G. Hall / MCT
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