Tracking Forest Change in Canada

Researchers analyzed 25 years of Landsat data to establish where forests had burned or been cut.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Tracking Forest Change in Canada.

NASA Earth Observatory maps by Jesse Allen, using Landsat-derived forest disturbance data courtesy of Joanne White (Natural Resources Canada). Story by Pola Lem.

Published June 27, 2017
Data acquired 1985 - 2010

Sources:: Landsat 4 > TM; Landsat 5 > TM; Landsat 7 > ETM+