Endangered indigenous reserve in Brazil

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 September 2018 at 14:27:51 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 November 2018 at 22:15:28 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 November 2018 at 22:15:53 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, forestry, deforestation, mine, natural resources exploitation, reserve, indigenous people, biodiversity
Fig. 1 - S1 (18.11.2018) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - North of Brazil, Raposa Serra do Sol reserve borders Guyana & Venezuela.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (18.11.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - In 2005, it became a 17000km² reserve where live 17000 indigenous people.
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Fig. 3 - 4,3,2 natural colour - This diverse landscape likely holds major resources of niobium, uranium, gold, tin, copper & diamonds.
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Fig. 4 - Brazilian president J. Bolsonaro wishes to exploit theses resources, which would endanger indigenous people & biodiversity.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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