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Deforestation in Papua

While the region has seen less deforestation than other parts of Indonesia, large-scale clearing is still evident.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and forest loss data from the University of Maryland. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 9, 2021
Data acquired November 20, 2002 - November 27, 2019

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI
Collection:
Applied Sciences