Scrub vegetation and secondary forest following deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu Towering canopy tree
Picture Title:
Towering canopy tree
Image code: Location: Thailand
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Buttress roots of a canopy tree in the Amazon swamp forest Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia
Costa Rican rainforest in the late afternoon
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Aerial photo of deforestation along road in the Amazon Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu Bromeliad in the Andean montane forest of Colombia Image location: Pereira, Colombia
Picture Title: Pollen on the Mpivie river
Image Location: Mpivie-St Anne, Loango National Park in Gabon (Central Africa)
Photographer/Camera: Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler
Picture Title: Buttress roots of a rain forest canopy tree
Image Location: Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia
Photographer/Camera: Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler
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Aerial view of burning rain forest Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu Buttress roots provide support for an Amazon rainforest tree Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia
Tropical forest of BCI; note the bulbous Cuipo tree in the center Image location: Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama Aerial view of the Rio Carrao in Venezuela Photographer: Rhett A. Butler
Sunrise over the rain forest of Loango National Park in Gabon
Picture Title: Sunrise over the rain forest of Loango National Park in Gabon
Image Location: Akaka, Loango National Park in Gabon (Central Africa) Banyon tree in the Amazon I have not been able to identify this species. Do you know what species this is? If so, please contact me. Click here to see photos of other unidentified species.Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia
Bright green pollen floating on the surface of the Mpivie river in Gabon
Picture Title: Bright green pollen floating on the surface of the Mpivie river in Gabon
Image Location: Mpivie-St Anne, Loango National Park in Gabon (Central Africa)
Downstream from the Rio Huaypetue gold mine. Heavy sediment loads and toxic chemicals like mercury and other heavy metals can cause problems for fish and aquatic life Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu
Tachigali tree, note lack of vegetation around the tree This tree has a symbiotic relationship with ants that aggressively defend it from predators and other plants Location: Tambopata rainforest Tree clearing in Panama Image location: Colon, Panama
Giant Rio Huaypetue gold mine A
large-scale mining operation has turned the Rio Huaypetue into a mud
and gravel pit in southeastern Peru. The surrounding rainforest is
suffering from hunting and cutting for timber and fuelwood. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu
Meandering rainforest river with large beaches and sandbars Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu
Open pits at the Rio Huaypetue mine. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu Rainforest canopy tree Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia
Aerial view of the Amazon river Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia
Truck dumping gravel at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine A
large-scale mining operation has turned the Rio Huaypetue into a mud
and gravel pit in southeastern Peru. The surrounding rainforest is
suffering from hunting and cutting for timber and fuelwood. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu
Microphone-shaped fungi rising out of a rotten logImage location: Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama Kitchen at our camp site in the Amazon rainforest Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia
Picture Title: Rain forest along the Tembeling River on the way to Taman Negara
Image Location: Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia
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Sundown in the Amazon rainforest Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia Canopy tree in the rain forest of Barro Colorado Image location: Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama
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costa_rica_4497
Location:
Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica
Picture Title: Rain forest tree roots anchoring soil and preventing erosion in Malaysian jungle
Image Location: Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia
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Sundown in the Amazon rainforest Image location: Leticia-Amazon, Colombia Canopy tree in the rain forest of Barro Colorado Image location: Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama
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Picture Title: Vine-covered rainforest trees along the Tembeling River
Image Location: Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia
Mpivie river, a blackwater river in the rainforest of coastal Gabon
Picture Title: Mpivie river, a blackwater river in the rainforest of coastal Gabon
Image Location: Mpivie-St Anne, Loango National Park in Gabon (Central Africa)
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Picture Title: Riverside jungle
Image Location: Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia Stilt roots of a walking plam Image location: Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama Please stay tuned for Part Three.....