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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508103057im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Discovery Amazon Deforestation: Earth's Heart and Lungs Dismembered
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![Photo of logs that were from cut from the Amazonian rainforest.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508103057im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/deforestation1_f.jpg) |
Chain saws are a common tool used in the Amazonian rainforest in Brazil to convert tall standing forests to logs.
Credit: Robert Walker, Geography Department, Michigan State University |
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![Photo of scattered tree stumps and cattle in the Brazilian Amazon.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508103057im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/deforestation2_f.jpg) |
In some regions of the Brazilian Amazon, scattered tree stubs are the only indication that a forest once existed.
Credit: Robert Walker, Geography Department, Michigan State University |
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![Photo of cleared land for grazing bulls in Para State, Brazil.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508103057im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/deforestation3_f.jpg) |
Deforestation clears land for bulls to graze on planted pasture in Para State, Brazil.
Credit: Eugenio Arima, Department of Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
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![Photo of river dwellings on the Iriri River in the Brazilian Amazon.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508103057im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/deforestation4_f.jpg) |
River dwellings on the Iriri River in the Brazilian Amazon.
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