large industrial soybean field in the midst of a Brazilian forest which is home to indigenous people

This agro-industrial field being prepared for soybean planting is in the midst of Brazil's Cerradao forest. A team of Stanford researchers has developed a computer model that can help understand the ways that activities such as clear-cutting might impact the future of the land and indigenous people who live in the Amazon rainforest. (Photo: Courtesy Jose Fragoso) (Image credit: Large industrial soybean fields in midst of Cerradao forest. Photo of an agroindustrial field being prepared for soy bean planting. The forest surrounding the field is an indigenous area in Brazil.)