How Nepal Regenerated Its Forests

After relinquishing control of forests to the villages that depend on them, forest cover in this small mountainous country nearly doubled.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Van Den Hoek, J., et al. 2021. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published February 9, 2023
Data acquired 1992 - 2016

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Landsat 8 > OLI

Collection:

Applied Sciences