An area of the Amazon rainforest in the Jamanxim National Park, cleared to make way for a cattle pasture, near Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014. Beyond alarming scientists, the sparring over the Amazon symbolizes clashing visions of Brazils future: one which capitalizes on the Amazons natural resources and one that shifts to more environmentally friendly energy sources. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times)
Trucks carrying trees extracted illegally from the Amazon rainforest are detained by IBAMA, the countrys environmental protection agency, in Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014. Beyond alarming scientists, the sparring over the Amazon symbolizes clashing visions of Brazils future: one which capitalizes on the Amazons natural resources and one that shifts to more environmentally friendly energy sources. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times)
Police officers from IBAMA, Brazils environmental protection agency, search for illegal logging in the Jamanxim National Park near Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014. Beyond alarming scientists, the sparring over the Amazon symbolizes clashing visions of Brazils future: one which capitalizes on the Amazons natural resources and one that shifts to more environmentally friendly energy sources. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times)
Trucks make their way down an unpaved stretch of BR-163 close to Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014. Long stretches of the road through the Amazon are still unpaved, with mud and potholes among the issues facing drivers. This place is like a little bit of hell, said Eduardo Pimentel, a truck driver. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times)
A helicopter from IBAMA, Brazils environmental protection agency, searches for illegal logging in public land near Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014. Beyond alarming scientists, the sparring over the Amazon symbolizes clashing visions of Brazils future: one which capitalizes on the Amazons natural resources and one that shifts to more environmentally friendly energy sources. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times)
A police officer from IBAMA, Brazils environmental protection agency, waits to begin a search for illegal logging near Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014. The crackdown by agents of the agency, who have received so many threats here that they require the protection of other elite police units, is part of Brazils efforts to assert control over this disorderly frontier and combat illegal deforestation. (Lalo de Almeida/The New York Times)
