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South Africa’s ‘Brown Gold’

In some parts of Africa, trees are being grown instead of being cut down.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story South Africa’s ‘Brown Gold’.

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 14, 2017
Data acquired 2011 - 2014

Sources:: Landsat 7 > ETM+; Landsat 8 > OLI