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Cutting into Africa’s Green Heart

New analysis gives a clearer picture of changes to a forest landscape.


NASA Earth Observatory maps created by Jesse Allen, using data provided by Matt Hansen and Alexandra Tyukavina (University of Maryland). Caption by Pola Lem.

Published March 8, 2017
Data acquired 2011 - 2014

Sources:
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI