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Deforestation in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia

Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Deforestation in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia. or , The Locusts of Bolivia by Stacie Wolny. Dry Tropical Forest. Santa Cruz, Bolivia Landcover 5/26/1987. Dense Dry Forest / Riverine Forest. Dry Forest. Grassland / Scrub. Mature Agriculture.

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Deforestation in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia

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  1. Santa Cruz de la Sierra Deforestation in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia or, The Locusts of Bolivia by Stacie Wolny

  2. Dry Tropical Forest

  3. Santa Cruz, Bolivia Landcover 5/26/1987 Dense Dry Forest / Riverine Forest Dry Forest Grassland / Scrub Mature Agriculture Young / Fallow Agriculture Bare Soil / Fallow Agriculture Water

  4. Santa Cruz, Bolivia Landcover 8/1/2000 Dense Dry Forest / Riverine Forest Dry Forest Grassland / Scrub Mature Agriculture Young / Fallow Agriculture Bare Soil / Fallow Agriculture Water

  5. Virtual Ground Truthing Agricultural settlement Soybean farms

  6. Methodology 15-cluster Isoclust Vegetation Index (NDVI) 3 x 3 Mean Filter Google Earth

  7. Methodology Young / Fallow Agriculture? Bare Soil / Fallow Agriculture? Vegetation Index (NDVI) Composite of Bands 1,2,3

  8. Results 1987 Forest/Scrub/Water: 30560 km² Agriculture: 2381 km² 2000 Forest/Scrub/Water: 21226 km² Agriculture: 11686 km² Change Forest/Scrub/Water: - 9334 km² Agriculture: + 9305 km² The poster child for Amazonian deforestation

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