Fishbone Forest

  • Released Thursday, August 16, 2012
  • Updated Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 1:48PM
  • ID: 11061

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Deforestation transforms Brazil's backcountry.

Watch how this section of Rondonian rain forest, 115 miles by 106 miles, changes from 1975 to 2012.

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Compare the unbroken forest of 1975 (left) to the thousands of parceled plots in 2012 (right).

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In 1975, Landsat images of the rain forest showed no roads, fields or pastures.

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The fishbone pattern emerged as parallel deforested tracks intersected the region's main road.

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The pattern appeared more deeply etched into the forest by the mid-1990s.

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By 2012, the clearings have connected with one another and created open spaces where cattle now graze.



Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Landsat is a joint program of USGS and NASA



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