Ariquemes A Rondônia, Brazil story
Deforestation
Forests
The early images show main roads cutting through the forest. Highway 421 snakes through the forest south-southwest from the city of Ariquemes, and Highway 364 runs roughly north to south through Ariquemes. More roads branch out from the main ones to create the fishbone pattern. As time goes on, a patchwork of cleared areas, forest remnants, and settlements is left behind.
Location
June 19, 1975, Landsat 2 (path/row 249/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
June 24, 1984, Landsat 5 (path/row 232/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
July 16, 1986, Landsat 5 (path/row 232/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
June 22, 1992, Landsat 4 (path/row 232/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
Aug. 10, 2001, Landsat 5 (path/row 232/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
July 5, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 232/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
July 18, 2016, Landsat 8 (path/row 232/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
July 27, 2019, Landsat 8 (path/row 232/67) — Ariquemes, Brazil
Rondônia, Brazil Additional Imagery & Stories
Animation
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 pe...
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...