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UNEP Releases Atlas of Africa's Lakes That Relies Heavily on Landsat Imagery

Cover of UNEP atlas
Sep. 1, 2006 • The United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Global Resource Information Database (GRID), located in Sioux Falls, SD, has released an atlas showing landscape-scale environmental changes that have affected Africa's lakes over the past 30 years. The atlas is titled: "Africa's Lakes: Atlas of Our Changing Environment." The imagery found in the atlas is predominately from the Landsat satellites.

+ A look at Lake Djoudj
+ Read the UNEP Press Release (external link)

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