Deforestation west of Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 September 2016 at 15:17:02 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 September 2018 at 15:17:01 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, forestry, rainforest, deforestation, climate change, illegal logging, agriculture, palm oil field, Amazon, Peru
Fig. 1 - 13.09.2016 - 11,8,4 colour composite - The area SW of Pucallpa has already been deforested several years ago.
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Fig. 2 - 13.09.2018 - Just north, 2 large (~60km²) industrial palm oil fields and newer small agricultural parcels have been planted.
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Fig. 3 - 12,11,2 colour composite - North of the previous, pioneer roads bring new settlers who burn forested land to grow crops.
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Fig. 4 - Still a bit further norther, new roads open the western bank of Ucayali river to would-be farmers.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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