Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest at Rondonia, Brazil. In this image, intact forest is deep green, while cleared areas are tan (bare ground) or light green (crops, pasture, or occasionally, second-growth forest). The fish bone pattern of small clearings along new roads is the beginning of one of the common deforestation trajectories in the Amazon.), the remaining forest cover continues to dwindle. The Amazon rainforest represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests.