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Deforestation in Argentina’s Gran Chaco
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Deforestation in Argentina’s Gran Chaco

South America’s second-largest forest has been experiencing rapid tree losses in recent decades.

Published May 20, 2020

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Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above
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Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above

Satellites have played a key role in monitoring and reducing the rate of deforestation in the rainforest.

Published Dec 19, 2019

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Making Sense of Amazon Deforestation Patterns
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Making Sense of Amazon Deforestation Patterns

Decades of satellite data make it possible to map how deforestation has evolved over time.

Published Nov 21, 2019

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New Map Yields Better View of Forest Changes
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New Map Yields Better View of Forest Changes

Open-access data from the NASA-USGS Landsat mission and cloud computing make for a highly detailed view of gains and losses in global and regional tree cover since 2000.

Published Nov 16, 2013

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Landsat 8 Detects New Deforestation in Peru
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Landsat 8 Detects New Deforestation in Peru

Free, open-access imagery helps scientists monitor remote areas and protect tropical forests.

Published Nov 19, 2013

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Fires and Deforestation in Brazil
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Fires and Deforestation in Brazil

Published Jun 8, 2002

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Argentina’s Changing Chaco Forest
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Argentina’s Changing Chaco Forest

Ranching and farming operations have left a distinctive grid on the landscape.

Published Feb 27, 2016

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NASA Satellite Measures Deforestation
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NASA Satellite Measures Deforestation

MODIS sensors view the Amazon multiple times a day, so they can provide a rapid assessment of forest change that is not possible with high-resolution sensors.

Published Sep 14, 2005

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Amazon Deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Amazon Deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil

In 2005, the government of Brazil said that 48 percent of Amazon deforestation that took place in 2003 and 2004 occurred in Mato Grosso.

Published Aug 5, 2006

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Deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil
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Deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil

This pair of images reveals how dramatically and rapidly the Amazon can be transformed. The images compare deforested areas (tan) to forest (green) in 2000 (top) versus 2006 (bottom). The area, which is in southern Rondônia southwest of the Pacaás Novos National Park, was almost completely cleared during the period. The decreased greenness of the remaining forest in 2006 may be from a variety of causes: drought, degradation from logging or accidental fire, or different angles of observation during the two satellite overpasses.

Published Mar 31, 2007

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Soybeans in the Brazilian Cerrado
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Soybeans in the Brazilian Cerrado

Soybeans spread across new frontiers in Mapitoba—a hotspot of soy expansion in the northeast region of Brazil’s Cerrado.

Published Feb 27, 2015

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Fires and Deforestation on the Amazon Frontier, Rondonia, Brazil
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Fires and Deforestation on the Amazon Frontier, Rondonia, Brazil

In 2007, the Amazon fire season was the worst of this decade. This pair of images shows deforestation and the smoke from intense fires in the 2007 dry season in northwest Rondônia, Brazil.

Published May 28, 2009

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