Satellite Deforestation (IMAGE)

Duke University

Satellite Deforestation

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Images from the Landsat 5 satellite clearly show that deforestation increased six-fold over a six-year period in the remote Madre de Dios region of Peru.

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NASA images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the USGS Global Visualization Viewer

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