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| The images on the right show the progress of the deforester in Sumatra island, revealing that the tropical rain forest are vanishing rapidly as plantations increasingly cover the land using optical and SAR sensors. (Processed : HIT, MOS-1 image : NASDA : JERS-1 image : MITI/NASDA, SPOT image : (C)CNES1997) |
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| Monitoring of deforestation in tropical rain forest |