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

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

Dry Tropical Forest

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

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

Agricultural settlementSoybean farms Virtual Ground Truthing

15-cluster Isoclust 3 x 3 Mean Filter Vegetation Index (NDVI) Google Earth MethodologyMethodology

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

1987 Forest/Scrub/Water: km² Agriculture:2381 km² 2000 Forest/Scrub/Water: km² Agriculture:11686 km² Change Forest/Scrub/Water: km² Agriculture: km ² Results The poster child for Amazonian deforestation