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Shifting Cultivation in Laos

A detailed analysis of satellite data reveals the expansion of land that has been converted from forest to impermanent farmland.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Chen, Shijuan, et al. (2023). Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published August 21, 2023
Data acquired 1991 - 2020

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI
Collection:
Science in Action