Shifting Cultivation in Laos

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

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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:

Applied Sciences