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Satellite image of the San Francisco valley in Ecuador. The area below the road is protected native forest. The area above the road has been cleared and turned into pastures (light green). The brown areas are land overgrown with bracken.
2014
The scientists use this weather station to measure the microclimate of the pastures and afforested areas. The weather data is used to calculate the impact of the different land use concepts on water and climate.
2014
Most of the cleared land is used as pasture as is the case here in the valley of Los Gabos in Ecuador
2014
Slash-and-burn is a widespread practice used in rainforests to create space for agricultural development.
2014
Slash-and-burn is a widespread practice used in rainforests to create space for agricultural development.
2014
This ridge of mountains (front right) has been afforested with pine trees. It was previously used as pasture
2014
The land in the middle of the photograph is pasture. To the left of this is one large afforested area and several small areas planted with pine trees. The hills in the background are covered with native forest.
2014