Satellites spot deforestation in almost-approved Peruvian national park

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisDec 4, 2001, 7:00 pm54 pts
This article is the first in a two-part series on Sierra del Divisor, a proposed national park in one of the most remote corners of the Peruvian Amazon that is experiencing deforestation as it waits for final approval from the government. Read the second part here. Satellite images less than a month old…

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