Deforestation near monitored areas in North Cameroon

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 01 February 2020 at 09:31:19 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 27 March 2020 at 09:30:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Deforestation, wildfire, agriculture, urban, biodiversity, Cameroon
Fig. 1 - S2 (01.02.2020) - Zoom in within a monitored area in north Cameroon before the detection of deforestation.
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While many trees of tropical forests are destroyed by wildfires or cut legally, many others are deforested illegally, even in protected areas.
Fig. 2 - S2 (27.03.2020) - The detection of deforestation via remote sensing allows authorities to react and limit the destruction.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (01.02.2020) - With projects such as FlegtWatch, operators on the field can protect forests and biodiversity of tropical countries.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (27.03.2020) - The 10m resolution combined with automatic acquisitions of both S1 & S2 allows a cost-efficient system.
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The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency or the European Union.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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