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Ghana’s Declining Forest Reserves

Logging, farming, and fires have contributed to the loss and degradation of forest reserves in the West African country.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photograph of the Bobiri forest reserve in Ghana by Michael Wimberly. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published January 6, 2025
Data acquired January 2, 1989 - December 18, 2023

Sources:
Landsat 4 > TM
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph