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Mapping Forest Loss with Landsat
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Mapping Forest Loss with Landsat

The opening of the Landsat data archive and a partnership with Google has allowed researchers to track the fine details of forest change around the world.

Published May 7, 2015

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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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Logging in Northern Republic of Congo
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Logging in Northern Republic of Congo

In recent decades, industrial logging has intensified in the dense tropical forests of central Africa, but few data sets exist that can help ecologists and policymakers monitor the occurrence and impact of logging over wide areas in that part of the world.

Published Jul 5, 2007

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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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When a Definition Makes a Forest Disappear
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When a Definition Makes a Forest Disappear

By changing a percentage, institutions can take some forested lands off the map.

Published Dec 18, 2015

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Gishwati Forest, Rwanda
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Gishwati Forest, Rwanda

Gishwati Forest suffered severe deforestation, evident in these true-color images.

Published Jun 9, 2009

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Cambodia’s Forests Are Disappearing
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Cambodia’s Forests Are Disappearing

Forests are being turned into rubber plantations, farmland, and timber at a rapid rate.

Published Jan 10, 2017

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Cutting into Africa’s Green Heart
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Cutting into Africa’s Green Heart

New analysis gives a clearer picture of changes to a forest landscape.

Published Mar 8, 2017

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Tracking Forest Change in Canada
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Tracking Forest Change in Canada

Researchers analyzed 25 years of Landsat data to establish where forests had burned or been cut.

Published Jun 27, 2017

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Fires in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Fires in Democratic Republic of Congo

Hundreds of active fires (location marked in red) were burning in southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northeastern Angola on May 13, 2010, a sign that the agricultural burning season was in full swing.

Published May 13, 2010

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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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A Polish Royal Forest
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A Polish Royal Forest

Since the mid-1200s, the state has controlled Niepołomice Forest, which contains some of the last pockets of old-growth forest in Poland.

Published Nov 29, 2013

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Bialowieza National Park
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Bialowieza National Park

Published Oct 19, 2003

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Measuring the Earth’s Dry Forests
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Measuring the Earth’s Dry Forests

Forests in drylands are much more extensive than previously reported.

Published Aug 10, 2017

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Baritú National Park
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Baritú National Park

Thick vegetation masks the rugged landscape of this protected land in Argentina.

Published Aug 28, 2017

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Changing Forest Cover Since the Soviet Era
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Changing Forest Cover Since the Soviet Era

Political change in Eastern Europe and Russia has left its mark on forests in the region.

Published Jul 16, 2015

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Deforestation in Sumatra
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Deforestation in Sumatra

Published May 18, 2002

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Counting the Carbon in Mexico’s Forests
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Counting the Carbon in Mexico’s Forests

Mapping the density and location of tree cover can help the nation reduce deforestation and offset carbon emissions.

Published Nov 5, 2015

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Forest Change, Mainland Papua New Guinea
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Forest Change, Mainland Papua New Guinea

In June 2008, an international team of researchers released a report on the state of Papua New Guinea’s forests. The study summarized the findings from a five-year project in which the scientists compared high-resolution satellite imagery from the early 1970s and the early 2000s. The researchers found evidence of rapid deforestation and degradation, driven primarily by logging, subsistence agriculture, fires, and the development of mines and plantations.

Published Jun 8, 2008

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Closeup on Forests of the Pacific Northwest
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Closeup on Forests of the Pacific Northwest

A new map of the biomass in the United States allows scientists and land managers to see tree cover down to the scale of individual plots of land.

Published Feb 17, 2012

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A New Patch of Green in Brazil
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A New Patch of Green in Brazil

A twenty-year effort to plant millions of trees in Minas Gerais is visible to Landsat.

Published Jul 23, 2019

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Forest Changes in British Columbia
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Forest Changes in British Columbia

In British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) inland from the Pacific Ocean, rivers and lakes cut tortuous paths through rugged terrain. The peaks and valleys in this region are covered with forest, but the forest has changed over the years due to human use and insect pests, in particular, the mountain pine beetle.

Published Oct 12, 2008

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