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In the past decade, unregulated artisanal mines accounted for more deforestation than industrial mines.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Barenblitt, Abigail, et al. (2021), Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Kasha Patel.
Published June 15, 2021 Data acquired 2007 - 2017