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Forest Change in Paraguay

Between 1990 and 2000, Paraguay lost about 13 percent of its forests, including nearly 40 percent of the Atlantic Forest.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, based on data from the University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published November 26, 2009

Source:
Landsat 5 > TM