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Landsat 8 Detects New Deforestation in Peru
Published November 19, 2013
Free, open-access imagery helps scientists monitor remote areas and protect tropical forests.
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Fire in the Xingu River Basin
Published June 8, 2013
New maps of understory forest fires in the southern Amazon suggest there’s little connection between deforestation and understory fires. Some indigenous reserves where deforestation is minimal still have frequent understory fires.
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Expanding Deforestation in Mato Grosso, Brazil
Published September 21, 2006
Although forest clearing for pasture is the primary driver of Amazon deforestation in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, a new study led by scientists at the University of Maryland showed that large-scale mechanized agriculture, mostly for soybeans, is rapidly becoming a major force behind forest loss in the region.
Deforestation in Brazil
Published February 1, 2001
Just months after coming online, the ASTER instrument captured a view of forest clearing in Rondonia.
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