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Indigenous Communities Protect the Amazon

Indigenous people are protecting carbon-rich forests in South America, and satellites are helping.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using NASA GEDI data from Dubayah, R.O. et al. (2022), Indigenous Territories and Natural Protected Areas data from the Amazon Geo-Referenced Socio-Environmental Information Network (RAISG), and river basin data from the World Wildlife Fund HydroSHEDS Project. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published October 9, 2023

Source:
GEDI
Collections:
Amazon Deforestation
Applied Sciences