The green wall between Haiti and Dominican Republic

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 09 March 2021 from 22:53:01 to 22:53:30 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 21 March 2021 from 22:53:01 to 22:53:30 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 02 April 2021 from 22:53:01 to 22:53:30 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 April 2021 at 15:26:39 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 19 April 2021 from 14:50:07 to 14:53:07 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Forestry, border, deforestation, Haiti, Dominican Republic
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (19.04.2021) - There is a large disparity in forest cover between Haiti (west) & Dominican Republic (east), on Hispaniola island.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (18.04.2021) - This "green wall" delineates bare soil at west on the Haitian side contrasting with a higher forest cover at east.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (09 & 21.03.2021, 02.04.2021) - The forest cover in Dominican Republic indicates how much deforestation has occurred on the Haitian side.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (18.04.2021) - In Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond identified deforestation as one of the reasons of difference of success between both countries.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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