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Forestry

RADARSAT provides valuable data to help map and monitor the world's forests. Using these data, accurate maps of clear cuts in boreal and tropical forests can be created to assess environmental impacts and measure the success of replanting operations.

This RADARSAT image of Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada shows the extensive clearcutting of boreal forest that has occurred in this region. Recent clearcuts are quite visible as dark areas, while regenerating clearcuts, seen as grey tones, are harder to distinguish from the light tones of the remaining boreal forest.

For more information on agriculture applications for RADARSAT imagery, please see the MDA website.