By March 25, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had already crossed much of the world, leaving a trail of death and despair in its wake. Argentina was no exception: Five days earlier, the country’s government had declared a mandatory social isolation period to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The public health crisis, however, did not stop loggers from continuing to cut down trees in the Argentine Gran Chaco.
Images captured by the Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 satellites leave little room for doubt. In northern Argentina’s Formosa province, which borders Paraguay, a bulldozer operated in violation of the quarantine order took advantage of the solitude of the forest to open picadas, or shortcut trails, of 10 meters (33 feet) wide.
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Images captured by the Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 satellites leave little room for doubt. In northern Argentina’s Formosa province, which borders Paraguay, a bulldozer operated in violation of the quarantine order took advantage of the solitude of the forest to open picadas, or shortcut trails, of 10 meters (33 feet) wide.
https://news-mongabay-com.cdn.amppr...lost-forests-of-the-argentine-gran-chaco/amp/
