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Animation A Rondônia, Brazil story

Deforestation  / 
Forests
  1. Rondônia, Brazil
  2. Animation
Description

Play this animation to see the change in this area happen from 1975 to 2017. The animation uses a Landsat image from most of the years in this time period to demonstrate the rapid rate of deforestation. Huge areas of Rondônia's dense rain forest transform to cleared areas in only a few decades. Unseen in these images are the effects of the deforestation on wildlife habitats and local and global climate.

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June 19, 1975, Landsat 2 (path/row 249/67) — Rondônia, Brazil

June 19, 1975, Landsat 2 (path/row 249/67) — Rondônia, Brazil

Rondônia, Brazil Additional Imagery & Stories

Ariquemes
Ariquemes

The early images show main roads cutting through the forest. Highway 421 snakes through the forest south-southwest from the city of Ariquemes, and Hig...

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Deforestation Causes
Deforestation Causes

The primary cause of this deforestation is conversion to cropland and pasture. But the reasons for this conversion are varied. Countries that have ext...

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