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SHADES OF GREEN SHADES OF GREEN

ItaubaCounty,stateofMatoGrosso,Brazil.Itauba
Countycoversabout4,500squarekilometers,just
southoftheAmazon,withapopulationofless
than5,000people.Agriculturallandsnowextend
wellintoformerforests,primarilyforcattleranching
andsoybeanfarming.

Plantationsareestimatedtohavegrownfrom
106,000hectaresin1960to18millionhectaresin
2006.PicturedhereareloggingroadsinWest
Kalimantanin2009,makingoneofthefew
remainingpristinetropicalforestsinIndonesia
vulnerabletodeforestation.

Acquired:June28,2008,21:12:49 GMT
Upperleftcoordinates:
11°9'25.92”W,55°31'6.24”S
Lowerrightcoordinates:
11°9'17.64”W,55°24'41.76”S
Ikonossatellite,1mperpixel

Acquired:February16,2009,03:08:00 GMT
Upperleftcoordinates:
1°39'1.67”S,110°43'0.75”W
Lowerrightcoordinates:
1°38 '57.79”N,110°51'55.18”W
GeoEye-1satellite,0.5mperpixel

INCLUDES MATERIAL © 2008 GEOEYE.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

INCLUDES MATERIAL © 2009 GEOEYE.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED