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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.

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

2 Dry Tropical Forest

3 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

4 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

5 Agricultural settlementSoybean farms Virtual Ground Truthing

6 15-cluster Isoclust 3 x 3 Mean Filter Vegetation Index (NDVI) Google Earth MethodologyMethodology

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

8 1987 Forest/Scrub/Water: 30560 km² Agriculture:2381 km² 2000 Forest/Scrub/Water: 21226 km² Agriculture:11686 km² Change Forest/Scrub/Water:- 9334 km² Agriculture:+ 9305 km ² Results The poster child for Amazonian deforestation

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