UNEP Releases Atlas of Africa's
Lakes That Relies Heavily on Landsat Imagery
- 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
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UNEP Press Release (external link)
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