Virgin Amazon rainforest is seen surrounding an area of several hundred hectares of jungle that was recently destroyed in Brazil's Mato Grosso State. Virgin Amazon rainforest is seen surrounding an area of several hundred hectares of jungle that was recently destroyed in Brazil's Mato Grosso State May 17, 2005. The Brazilian government postponed its planned announcement of the latest deforestation statistics, although independent conservation groups expected the numbers to confirm a continued acceleration of Amazon Basin's destruction. REUTERS/Rickey Rogers