Bolivian Deforestation from 1984 to 2000

  • Released Monday, April 9, 2001
  • Updated Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 12:25PM
  • ID: 2096
The Landsat Project was started to study the land and land processes. The program is now working on Landsat 7.

We are able to compare older data sets to newer ones. Using a Landsat images of Bolivia taken in 1984 and 2000, we can see the dramatic deforestation of the Bolivian rainforest.

Using a Landsat images of Bolivia taken in 1984 and 2000, we can see the dramatic deforestation of the Bolivian rainforest.

This still image shows that in 1984 the rainforest had begun to thin out.

This still image shows that in 1984 the rainforest had begun to thin out.

This still image shows that even with the understanding the rain forests role in ecology of the earth, even in the year 2000, the rain forest is still receding.

This still image shows that even with the understanding the rain forests role in ecology of the earth, even in the year 2000, the rain forest is still receding.

Video slate image reads

Video slate image reads "Watching the bean industries grown in Bolivia, at the same time as the forest shrinks!"

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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  • Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)

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Datasets used in this visualization

Landsat-5 (Collected with the TM sensor)
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Landsat-7 (Collected with the ETM+ sensor)

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