Logging in Para State

Logs at a logging platform in the Juruti region of Para State.

Unique identifier: GP04WY1

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/09/2013

Locations: Amazon, Brazil, Pará, South America

Credit line: © Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace

Latitude: 2°56'13.01"S

Longitude: 55°55'9.7"W

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

Containers

Shoot:

Pará State Aerial Documentation

Aerial photographs taken on several flights to document deforestation and forest beauty throughout the northern area of Pará State, Brazil. Includes construction of the controversial Belo Monte Dam project, and areas where three large dams are also to be built on the Tapajos River. In addition, Greenpeace is in the area to witness the "Cachoeira Seca" (Dry Waterfall) Indigenous land, where illegal logging and land grabbing has been occurring.

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