Deforestation Collection

Geological map, South-East England, 1830s. This map, dating from between 1830 and 1833, shows the denudation of The Weald

Bombetoka Bay, Madagascar, satellite image. This bay links the Betsiboka River (at right) with the Mozambique Channel (top left), part of the Indian Ocean

Moho nobilis, Hawaii o-o
Moho nobilis. Ff. 26, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

A forest in Vietnam still showing the effects of Agent Orange 245-T Dioxin used by American Forces during the war. 27th June 1980

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The curse: Adam digs in the ground, assists by death. Deep down, Eve breastfed her newborn by holding a cattail
FLO4675787 The curse: Adam digs in the ground, assists by death. Deep down, Eve breastfed her newborn by holding a cattail

United States, State of Maine: Wood trunks in a sawmill on the Penobscot River in Old Town years 1850
NWI4966425 United States, State of Maine: Wood trunks in a sawmill on the Penobscot River in Old Town years 1850. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: United States)

Heap of tree trunks pulls on a sleigh in the snow, Michigan, United States years 1880
NWI4827241 Heap of tree trunks pulls on a sleigh in the snow, Michigan, United States years 1880; (add.info.: Heap of tree trunks pulls on a sleigh in the snow, Michigan, United States years 1880)

Transport of wood in a stream: the loggers bring down the tree trunks with the stream, 19th century. engraving
NWI4826592 Transport of wood in a stream: the loggers bring down the tree trunks with the stream, 19th century. engraving.; (add.info.: Transport of wood in a stream)

American pioneers: little girl bringing a meal basket to her father, a farmer working on land clearing
NWI4880084 American pioneers: little girl bringing a meal basket to her father, a farmer working on land clearing, doing benedicite

Butchers carrying tree trunks on a sleigh in the snow, Minnesota, USA, 1890 years
NWI4826551 Butchers carrying tree trunks on a sleigh in the snow, Minnesota, USA, 1890 years; (add.info.: Butchers carrying tree trunks on a sleigh in the snow, Minnesota, USA, 1890's)

History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Settlers settled on the Ohio border
NWI4885487 History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Settlers settled on the Ohio border and built a wooden cabin in the United States

Tree trunk on the North Pacific Coast docks around 1880. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4826930 Tree trunk on the North Pacific Coast docks around 1880. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Tree trunk on the North Pacific Coast docks around 1880)

Logging and transportation of wood in a white mountains forest in Maine and New Hampshire, USA
NWI4826237 Logging and transportation of wood in a white mountains forest in Maine and New Hampshire, USA. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Railroad construction on the Shadrinsk-Sinara railroad near the city of Shadrinsk, 1912

Transportation of lumber for the smelting of iron ore, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Transportation of lumber for the smelting of iron ore, 1910. Group of laborers sitting in front of a pile of logs

Sawmill, Oka River, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sawmill, Oka River, 1912. Several men standing near a sawmill

Winter road - Chekhlomeev yurts, 1928. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov
Winter road - Chekhlomeev yurts, 1928. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Railroad bridge across Kumsa River near the Medvezhya Gora Station, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Railroad bridge across Kumsa River near the Medvezhya Gora Station, 1915

Copper Mines, Walhalla, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Copper Mines, Walhalla, 1901. Walhalla was a small town in Victoria, Australia, founded as a gold-mining community in late 1862 and at its peak home to around 4, 000 residents

Aerial view of cloud forest cleared for pasture near to populations of Yellow-tailed woolly monkeys, Alto Mayo, Amazonas, Peru, June 2008

Deforestation in Para, Brazil
Color satellite image of deforestation inthe State of Para, Brazil, around the town Ruropolis. Image collected on August 14, 2020 by Sentinel-2 satellites

An aerial view shows an illegal mine in the jungle in the south of Venezuela
An aerial view shows an illegal mine in the jungle, south of Venezuela, November 17, 2012. In the triangle that connects Venezuela

A deforested and burnt area is seen in an indigenous area used as a cattle pasture in Areoes, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, September 4, 2019. Picture taken September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

A motorist rides a motorbike on a road through an area burnt due to the forest fires near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019

Palm oil plantation is pictured next to a burnt forest near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan REFILE - CORRECTING NAME OF THE PROVINCE

Burnt land is pictured after fires near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan REFILE - CORRECTING NAME OF THE PROVINCE

Burnt land is pictured next to a palm oil plantation after fires near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019

The Wider Image: Battling deforestation in the Amazon
A coach drives along the Transamazon Highway as it passes through deforested and burnt land during " Operation Green Wave" conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment

A view of a deforested area at the National Forest Bom Futuro in Rio Pardo, Rondonia state, Brazil, September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A view of a deforested area in Rio Pardo, Rondonia state, Brazil, September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Canals are pictured among burnt land after a forest fire near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan REFILE - CORRECTING NAME OF THE PROVINCE

An aerial view shows a tract of Amazon jungle burning as it is cleared by farmers in Itaituba, Para, Brazil September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Bornean Orangutan, pongo pygmaeus, Tanjung Puting National Park, central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, Asia

Birth of a city, Davis, W. Va. in 1885, c1885. Creator: William H. Jackson
Birth of a city, Davis, W. Va. in 1885, c1885

Lumberyards at Fukagawa (Fukagawa kiba), from the series "One Hundred Famous...", 1856
Lumberyards at Fukagawa (Fukagawa kiba), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1856

Lumberyards at Fukagawa (Fukagawa kiba), from the series "One Hundred Famous...", 1856
Lumberyards at Fukagawa (Fukagawa kiba), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1856

Full Cry, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Full Cry, 1850. Kangaroo-hunting:the favourite colonial sport of Australia...the full chase, with its adventurous character across a half-cleared country; in which the flying leaps of the kangaroo

Dobbin's Mills, Black Hills, Dak, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Dobbin's Mills, Black Hills, Dak, 1890. Saw mill with smoke stack; piles of lumber; wooded hill in background

A Stub, 1909. Creator: Dorozhno-Stroitel'nyi Otdel
A Stub, 1909. Photographs documenting various stages in the construction of dirt roads in the Tomsk region by workers and engineers of the road-building department of the Russian Resettlement

View taken in the Russian colony of Novo-Arkhangelsk (Sitkha island) (northwes... 19th century)
View taken in the Russian colony of Novo-Arkhangelsk (Sitkha island) (northwest coast of America), 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after

The Firth of the Thames, Waitemata, and Tamaki, and Gulf of Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Firth of the Thames, Waitemata, and Tamaki, and Gulf of Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand, as seen from the Howick Ranges - from a drawing by Major Stack, 1862. View after a sketch by Frederick R

Woodman! Spare that Tree!, c.1770-1959 (print)
3671903 Woodman! Spare that Tree!, c.1770-1959 (print) by Firth, Pond & Co. (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois

Aerial View Plantation With Young Green Forest Area Near Rural Field Landscape. Top View Of New Young Growing Forest. European Nature From High Aerial View Plantation With Young Green Forest Area

Aerial View Of Deforestation For Territory Of Future Field. Flat View, Natural Agricultural Background Aerial View Of Deforestation For Territory Of Future Field

Scenic landscape with stump and roots on the top of the hill at autumn evening in Lapland, Finland

High clouds and blue skies form a canopy over the serene hills of Livermore, California. This region turns from brown to green during winter months

Aerial View Of Minimalistic Rural Landscape. Bird's-eye View Of Deforestation. Beginning Of Agricultural Spring Season. Tractor Tracks On Plowed Field Aerial View Of Minimalistic Rural Landscape

Aerial View Of Deforestation Area Landscape. Green Pine Forest In Deforestation Zone. Top View Of Forest Landscape. Drone View. Bird's Eye View. Panor Aerial View Of Deforestation Area Landscape

Aerial View Of Highway Road Through Deforestation Area Landscape. Green Pine Forest In Deforestation Zone. Top View Of Field And Forest Landscape

Aerial View Of Field And Deforestation Area Landscape At Summer Sunny Day. Green Pine Forest In Deforestation Zone. Top View Of Field And Forest Aerial View Of Field And Deforestation Area Landscape

Aerial View Green Pine Forest In Deforestation Area Landscape. Top View Of Fallen Woods Trunks And Growing Forest. European Nature From High Attitude Aerial View Green Pine Forest In Deforestation

Aerial View Green Forest In Deforestation Area Landscape. Top View Of Shadows From Woods Trunks. Growing Forest. European Nature From High Attitude In Aerial View Green Forest In Deforestation Area

Felling a Karri Tree, Western Australia, from the series Australia's Wealth of Wheat and Wool, 1929 (colour litho)
MAN464493 Felling a Karri Tree, Western Australia, from the series Australia's Wealth of Wheat and Wool, 1929 (colour litho) by Webb, Archibald Bertram (1887-1944); Manchester Art Gallery

Untitled (colour litho)
MAN464417 Untitled (colour litho) by Newbould, Frank (1887-1951); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: commissioned by the Empire Marketing Board)

Field with tree stumps, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Field with tree stumps

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Africa, Malawi, Zomba; Cut logs piled along road. Date: 09/03/2005

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Kenya, Mau Forest, aerial view of Mara River tributary, deforestation and farming that replaced forest, during No Water No Life Mara River Basin expedition Date: 08/12/2006

Logged over land along U. S. 99. Southern Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Logged over land along U.S. 99. Southern Oregon

La Fontaines Fables - Forest and the Woodman
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Forest and the Woodman

La Fontaines Fables - Forest and the Woodsman
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Forest and the Woodsman

Calendar page: March. Gardening Scene: Tree Size. Miniature from the manuscript of
JLJ4660802 Calendar page: March. Gardening Scene: Tree Size. Miniature from the manuscript of the " Hours A l usage de Paris" said " Hours du Duke de Rohan", 15th century

Les charbonniers - in "La cross aux mines", 16th century
LSE4095938 Les charbonniers - in " La cross aux mines", 16th century by Unknown Artist, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Clearing Ground in the Black Forest (engraving)
5223223 Clearing Ground in the Black Forest (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clearing Ground in the Black Forest)

Verey Lights, 1918 (oil on canvas)
657822 Verey Lights, 1918 (oil on canvas) by Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946); Private Collection; (add.info.: Verey Lights. Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1886-1946)

January: wood-cutters in a winter landscape (chalk, pen & ink on paper)
954927 January: wood-cutters in a winter landscape (chalk, pen & ink on paper) by Brill or Bril, Paul (1554-1626); 19.8x33.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eAgnew s, London; Flemish, out of copyright

A View of Savannah as it stood on the 29th March 1734, engraved by P
3964033 A View of Savannah as it stood on the 29th March 1734, engraved by P. Fourdrinier, London, c.1735 (engraving) by Gordon

Roman art: clearing scene, low relief, Roman Antiquities Museum, Rome
JLJ4565557 Roman art: clearing scene, low relief, Roman Antiquities Museum, Rome by Roman; Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Roman art: clearing scene, low relief)

Road development in Central America: The drilling of the Nicaraguan road through a virgin
XEE4180167 Road development in Central America: The drilling of the Nicaraguan road through a virgin forest (deforestation)

The loggers (textile)
3620381 The loggers (textile) by French School; Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; Alinari Archives, Florence

The Wood-Cutters, 1873 (oil on canvas)
2829367 The Wood-Cutters, 1873 (oil on canvas) by Linnell, John (1792-1882); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Given by Sir Frederick Wills, 1908.; English

Clearing the Wood for the Iron Way, 1880 (oil on canvas)
Ma198577 Clearing the Wood for the Iron Way, 1880 (oil on canvas) by Cooper, Thomas Sidney (1803-1902); 122x198.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

Clearing in a Brazilian Forest (engraving)
1594055 Clearing in a Brazilian Forest (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clearing in a Brazilian Forest)

Letter B: woodman. Alphabet of professions. Delhalt imagery
DUV4202944 Letter B: woodman. Alphabet of professions. Delhalt imagery, second half of the 19th century. Dim: 40x29, 3cm by French School

Hudson River, Logging, 1891-1892. Creator: Winslow Homer
Hudson River, Logging, 1891-1892

The Lackawanna Valley, c. 1856. Creator: George Inness
The Lackawanna Valley, c. 1856

Barking Timber in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, 1818 (?). Creator: Joshua Cristall
Barking Timber in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, 1818 (?)

Tree
Bare winter tree in a hedgerow surrounded by a snow covered landscape. Manipulated with a swirly painterly filter effect

swietenia macrophylla, mahogany, honduras mahogony
Swietenia macrophylla Mahogany - Honduras mahogony Green subject

Logs from the Forest Delivered at the Stream, Aroostook County, Me. c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Logs from the Forest Delivered at the Stream, Aroostook County, Me. c1930s. Aroostook County was initially dominated by lumber manufacturing with transportation along the Saint John River

Rest, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Rest, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

How Are The Mighty Fallen, 1901. Creator: Unknown
How Are The Mighty Fallen, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

In the Blackall Ranges, 1901. Creator: Unknown
In the Blackall Ranges, 1901. The first European explorer in the Blackall Range was Ludwig Leichhardt, the area was named after Samuel Blackall, second Governor of Queensland

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Deforestation: A Global Crisis Unveiled From the geological map of South-East England in the 1830s to Bombetoka Bay in Madagascar, the devastating impact has left its mark on our planet. The Moho nobilis, also known as the Hawaii o-o, is just one species among many that have suffered due to this ecological tragedy. Even Mount St Helens' 3D satellite image bears witness to the destruction caused by deforestation. Snow-covered high pastures once cleared for cattle grazing in Romania's Carpathian Mountains now stand as a stark reminder of what we have lost. In Brazil's Amazonas region, where Anavilhanas Ecological Station and National Park lie within the UNESCO World Heritage listed Central Amazon Conservation Complex, an aerial view reveals a river boat navigating through a once-thriving rainforest. This scene encapsulates both beauty and devastation simultaneously. The felling of a Karri Tree captured in Western Australia's "Australia's Wealth of Wheat and Wool" series from 1929 serves as a haunting reminder that even decades ago, we were aware of the consequences yet failed to act decisively. Copper Mines at Walhalla in 1901 depict another facet - human greed exploiting natural resources without considering long-term consequences. And it is not only native forests that suffer; non-native plantations are also being cleared to restore vital bog peatland habitats. Woodcutters depicted late in the 1840s by Constant Troyon remind us that throughout history, humans have relied on trees for survival. However, with progress comes responsibility – one we often neglect when faced with short-term gains over long-term sustainability. As we gaze upon these images from different corners of our world, let us reflect on how our actions today shape tomorrow's reality. Deforestation knows no boundaries.