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| Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change: Mozambique |
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From the U.S. Geological Survey. 1973-1995 Landsat and SPOT images showing environmental change caused by civil war and drought in Mozambique. Remote sensing is used by USAID's Famine Early Warning System (FEWS), which monitors drought-prone countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, to quickly detect droughts and crop failures which could lead to mass hunger and starvation.
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| URL: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/Mozambique/Mozambique |
| Languages: English |
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Added 12-Mar-2002 Last updated 12-Mar-2002 Last checked 25-Jun-2005 |
