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268 Addis Ababa Urban Sprawl in Addis Ababa: Ethiopia 172-173 Addis_Aster_26Dec05_An.tif
Addis_ETM_05Dec00_An.tif
Addis_MSS_31Jan73_An.tif
Addis_TM_21Jan86_An.tif
Addis_Aster_26Dec05_An.jpg
Addis_ETM_05Dec00_An.jpg
Addis_MSS_31Jan73_An.jpg
Addis_TM_21Jan86_An.jpg
275 Akagera National Park Fire Scars: Akagera National Park, Rwanda 276-278 Akagera_20Jul1980_An.tif
Akagera_20Jun1984_An.tif
Akagera_21Jul2004_An.tif
Akagera_31Dec1999_An.tif
akagera_20jul1980_an.jpg
akagera_20jun1984_an.jpg
akagera_21jul2004_an.jpg
akagera_31dec1999_an.jpg
255 Al Wahda Dam The Sustainability of Al Wahda Dam: Morocco 246-247 AlWahda_06June2001_An.tif
AlWahda_07May1987_An.tif
alwahda_06june2001_an.jpg
alwahda_07may1987_an.jpg
363 Amatole Mistbelt Forests Indigenous Forests: Amatole Mistbelt, South Africa 302-303 AmatoleMistbelt_05Feb2001_An.tif
AmatoleMistbelt_21Nov1972_An.tif
amatolemistbelt_05feb2001_an.jpg
amatolemistbelt_21nov1972_an.jpg
373 Anjouan Island Agriculture and Erosion: Anjouan Island, Comoros 129-0 Anjouan_24May06_An.tif
Comoros_3d_fromNE_An.tif
Comoros_3d_fromNW_An.tif
anjouan_24may06_an.jpg
comoros_3d_fromne_an.jpg
comoros_3d_fromnw_an.jpg
355 Baban Rafi Forest Forest Degradation: Baban Rafi Forest, Niger 264-265 BabanRafi_02Feb2007_An.tif
BabanRafi_12Jan1976_An.tif
babanrafi_02feb2007_an.jpg
babanrafi_12jan1976_an.jpg
374 Balanta Rice Farming Balanta Rice Farming: Gˆba Estuary, Guinea-Bissau 196-197 BalantaRice_08March07_An.tif
BalantaRice_Q-bird_08Dec05_An.tif
balantarice_08march07_an.jpg
balantarice_q-bird_08dec05_an.jpg
332 Bangassou Forest Biodiversity of Bangassou: Central African Republic 120-121 BangassouForest_12Dec1975_An.tif
BangassouForest_18Dec2006_An.tif
bangassouforest_12dec1975_an.jpg
bangassouforest_18dec2006_an.jpg
90 Banjul Urban Sprawl: Greater Banjul Area, the Gambia 180-181 Banjul_21Feb1973_An.tif
Banjul_25Dec2006_An.tif
banjul_21feb1973_an.jpg
banjul_25dec2006_an.jpg
289 Beira Fire Scars Fire Scars: Beira, Mozambique 254-255 Beira_09Aug06_An.tif
Beira_21May06_An.tif
beira_09aug06_an.jpg
beira_21may06_an.jpg
337 Beki Forest Reserve The Loss of Beki Forest Reserve: C“te d?Ivoire 144-145 BekiForest_14Mar03_An.tif
BekiForest_18Jan86_An.tif
bekiforest_14mar03_an.jpg
bekiforest_18jan86_an.jpg
369 Bou Craa Phosphate Mining: Bou Craa, Western Sahara 340-341 Boucraa_1987_1970s_An.tif
Boucraa_2000&2007_An.tif
Boucraa_1987_1970s_an.jpg
Boucraa_2000&2007_an.jpg
boucraa_1987_1970s_an.jpg
boucraa_2000&2007_an.jpg
284 Bujumbura Agriculture and Urban Expansion: Bujumbura, Burundi 106-107 Bujumbura_06Jun1979_An.tif
Bujumbura_15Jun2000_An.tif
bujumbura_06jun1979_an.jpg
bujumbura_15jun2000_an.jpg
336 Bumba Deforestation Surrounding Bumba: Congo-Kinshasa 138-139 Bumba_03Feb2003_An.tif
Bumba_12Dec1975_An.tif
bumba_03feb2003_an.jpg
bumba_12dec1975_an.jpg
178 Cairo Megacity Growing in the Desert: Cairo, Egypt 156-157 Cairo_02Dec05_an.tif
Cairo_31Aug72_an.tif
cairo_02dec05_an.jpg
cairo_31aug72_an.jpg
283 Campo-Ma’an Forest Plantations in Campo-Ma?an: Cameroon 112-113 CampoMa'an_1Feb1973_An.tif
CampoMa'an_26Apr2001_An.tif
campoma'an_1feb1973_an.jpg
campoma'an_26apr2001_an.jpg
324 Catoca Diamond Mine Catoca Diamond Mine: Angola 84-85 Catoca_14May1990_An.tif
Catoca_23Sep2006_An.tif
catoca_14may1990_an.jpg
catoca_23sep2006_an.jpg
162 Challawa Dam Impacts of Challawa Dam: Nigeria 270-271 ChallawaDam_27Nov1990_An.tif
ChallawaDam_7Nov2006_An.tif
ChallawaDam_27Nov1990_An.jpg
ChallawaDam_7Nov2006_An.jpg
345 Conakry A City Between the Mangroves: Conakry, Guinea 190-191 Conakry_22Feb2007_An.tif
Conakry_25Mar75_An.tif
conakry_22feb2007_an.jpg
conakry_25mar75_an.jpg
295 Congo Roads Logging Roads in the Rain Forest: Congo-Brazzaville 132-133 CongoRoads_18Feb-16May2001_An.tif
CongoRoads_25Feb20Apr1976_An.tif
congoroads_18feb-16may2001_an.jpg
congoroads_25feb20apr1976_an.jpg
278 Copperbelt Copper Mines: Copperbelt Province, Zambia 346-347 Copperbelt_12Jul2006_An.tif
Copperbelt_13Sep72-30Sep72_An.tif
copperbelt_12jul2006_an.jpg
copperbelt_13sep72-30sep72_an.jpg
375 Coral Reefs of Mauritius Threatened Coral Reefs, Mauritius 243-0 Mauritius-E_25May2007_An.tif
Mauritius-So_28May2006_An.tif
mauritius-e_25may2007_an.jpg
mauritius-so_28may2006_an.jpg
357 Dakar Urbanisation of Cap Vert Peninsula: Dakar, Senegal 284-285 Dakar_1942-AirPhotoMosaic_An.tif
Dakar_21Dec06-26Mar07_An.tif
dakar_1942-airphotomosaic_an.jpg
dakar_21dec06-26mar07_an.jpg
339 Damietta Promontory The Disappearing Damietta Promontory: Egypt 154-155 Damietta_01May2005_An.tif
Damietta_31Aug1972_An.tif
damietta_01may2005_an.jpg
damietta_31aug1972_an.jpg
352 Diawling National Park Wetlands around Diawling National Park: Mauritania 238-239 Diawling_06Oct2006_An.tif
Diawling_30Sept1979_An.tif
diawling_06oct2006_an.jpg
diawling_30sept1979_an.jpg
338 Djibouti City Rapid Population Growth: Djibouti, Djibouti 150-151 DjiboutiCity_12April2006_An.tif
DjiboutiCity_13June1985_An.tif
djibouticity_12april2006_an.jpg
djibouticity_13june1985_an.jpg
333 Doba Oil Fields Massive Oil Development: Doba, Chad 124-125 DobaOilFields_04Jan76_An.tif
DobaOilFields_16Jan07_An.tif
DobaOilFields_04Jan76_An.jpg
DobaOilFields_16Jan07_An.jpg
343 Forest Resources Forestry in the Guineo-Congolese Forest: Gabon 176-177 Gabon_10May1988_An.tif
Gabon_8March2000_An.tif
gabon_10may1988_an.jpg
gabon_8march2000_an.jpg
360 Freetown Western Area Forest Reserve: Freetown, Sierra Leone 294-295 Freetown_03Jan86_An.tif
Freetown_27Feb03_An.tif
freetown_03jan86_an.jpg
freetown_27feb03_an.jpg
364 Fynbos Natural Area Loss: Cape Floristic Region, South Africa 304-305 Fynbos_01June2007_An.tif
Fynbos_22June1978_An.tif
fynbos_01june2007_an.jpg
fynbos_22june1978_an.jpg
294 Ghana’s Tropical Forest Zone Forest Reserves Under Pressure: Ghana 184-185 GhanaForest_24dec02&19feb03_An.tif
GhanaForest_25Nov73_An.tif
GhanaForests_2Feb00-15Jan02-20Mar02_An.tif
ghanaforest_24dec02&19feb03_an.jpg
ghanaforest_25nov73_an.jpg
ghanaforests_2feb00-15jan02-20mar02_an.jpg
280 Gishwati Forest Dramatic Deforestation: Gishwati Forest, Rwanda 278-279 Gishwati_06Feb1978_An.tif
Gishwati_16Jun06-3Nov06_An.tif
gishwati_06feb1978_an.jpg
gishwati_16jun06-3nov06_an.jpg
377 Great Man-made River Project Great Man-made River Project: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 216-217
296 Harbel Rubber Plantation The Harbel Rubber Plantation: Liberia 210-211 Harbel_04Jan2006_An.tif
Harbel_23Jan74-05Mar75_An.tif
harbel_04jan2006_an.jpg
harbel_23jan74-05mar75_an.jpg
322 Hassi R'Mel Oil Fields Gas Fields Across the Desert: Hassi R? Mel, Algeria 78-79 HassiR'Mel_06Apr2000_An.tif
HassiR'Mel_13Nov1972_An.tif
hassir'mel_06apr2000_an.jpg
hassir'mel_13nov1972_an.jpg
325 Huambo Province Land Degradation: Huambo Province , Angola 86-87 Huambo_29Aug1973_An.tif
Huambo_5Sept2006_An.tif
huambo_29aug1973_an.jpg
huambo_5sept2006_an.jpg
365 Jebel Marra Foothills Tree Loss in the Foothills: Jebel Marra, Sudan 308-309 JebelMara_01Nov2006_An.tif
JebelMara_12Nov1972_An.tif
jebelmara_01nov2006_an.jpg
jebelmara_12nov1972_an.jpg
362 Juba River Flooding El Ni¤o Flooding: Juba River, Somalia 298-299 JubaH_23Dec2006_An.tif
JubaH_6Sep2006_An.tif
JubaRiverV_23Dec2006_An.tif
JubaRiverV_6Sep2006_An.tif
jubah_23dec2006_an.jpg
jubah_6sep2006_an.jpg
jubariverv_23dec2006_an.jpg
jubariverv_6sep2006_an.jpg
271 Jwaneng Jwaneng Diamond Mine: Botswana 94-95 Jwaneng_17Jan1973_An.tif
Jwaneng_17May2001_An.tif
Jwaneng_22April2006_An.tif
Jwaneng_27May1990_An.tif
Jwaneng_17Jan1973_An.jpg
Jwaneng_17May2001_An.jpg
Jwaneng_22April2006_An.jpg
Jwaneng_27May1990_An.jpg
370 Kafue Wetlands Natural and Managed Flooding: Kafue Flats, Zambia 344-345 KafueFlats_25Ap07_15Mar07_An.tif
KafueFlats_29Jun73-26Sep73-30Sep72_An.tif
kafueflats_25ap07_15mar07_an.jpg
kafueflats_29jun73-26sep73-30sep72_an.jpg
383 Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier 0-0 Kangerdlugssuaq_21June1991_An.tif
Kangerdlugssuaq_29July2007_An.tif
Kangerdlugssuaq_21June1991_An.jpg
Kangerdlugssuaq_29July2007_An.jpg
354 Kavango Region Kavango Region: Namibia 258-259 Kavango_12April2007_An.tif
Kavango_22Jan1973_An.tif
kavango_12april2007_an.jpg
kavango_22jan1973_an.jpg
285 Kibira Forest An Island of Biodiversity: Kibira Forest, Burundi 108-109 Inset_top-left_19July1986_An.tif
Inset_top-right_16June2006_An.tif
Kibira_05July2004_13June2006_An.tif
QuickBird_Kibira_25Jul2002_Map_Inset1.tif
QuickBird_Kibira_25Jul2002_Map_Inset2_smallest.tif
kibira_05july2004_13june2006_an.jpg
kibira_inset_top-left_19july1986_an.jpg
kibira_inset_top-right_16june2006_an.jpg
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quickbird_kibira_25jul2002_map_inset2_smallest.jpg
342 Lake Alemaya Shrinking Water Resources: Lake Alemaya, Ethiopia 170-171 Alemaya_23Jan1986_An.tif
Alemaya_28Dec2005_An.tif
Alemaya_23Jan1986_An.jpg
Alemaya_28Dec2005_An.jpg
247 Lake Cahora Basa Cahora Bassa Dam: Zambezi River, Mozambique 252-253 CahoraBassa_26Oct06-2Nov06_An.tif
CahoraBassa_9Oct-21Nov72_An.tif
cahorabassa_26oct06-2nov06_an.jpg
cahorabassa_9oct-21nov72_an.jpg
58 Lake Chad Declining Water Levels in Lake Chad 53-55 Lake_chad_1963.tif
Lake_chad_1972.tif
Lake_chad_1987.tif
Lake_chad_2001.tif
Lake_chad_2004.tif
Lake_chad_2007.tif
Lake_chad_1963.jpg
Lake_chad_1972.jpg
Lake_chad_1987.jpg
Lake_chad_2001.jpg
Lake_chad_2004.jpg
Lake_chad_2007.jpg
248 Lake Chivero Invasive Plants: Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe 350-351 LakeChivero_19May1989_An.tif
LakeChivero_30April2000_An.tif
lakechivero_19may1989_an.jpg
lakechivero_30april2000_an.jpg
273 Lake Faguibine The Drying Up of Lake Faguibine: Mali 232-233 Faguibine_03Jan&02Oct87_An.tif
Faguibine_03Jan74&26Dec78_An.tif
Faguibine_16Oct01_An.tif
Faguibine_30oct06_An.tif
Faguibine_03Jan&02Oct87_An.jpg
Faguibine_03Jan74&26Dec78_An.jpg
Faguibine_16Oct01_An.jpg
faguibine_30oct06_an.jpg
250 Lake Ichkeul Changes in Lake Ichkeul: Tunisia 328-329 Ichkeul_03July2007_An.tif
Ichkeul_03May2000_An.tif
Ichkeul_05June1987_An.tif
Ichkeul_29July2005_An.tif
ichkeul_03july2007_an.jpg
ichkeul_03may2000_an.jpg
ichkeul_05june1987_an.jpg
ichkeul_29july2005_an.jpg
277 Lake Jipe Invasive Plants: Lake Jipe, United Republic of Tanzania 318-319 Jipe_11Feb2005_An.tif
Jipe_27July1975_An.tif
Jipe_11Feb2005_An.jpg
Jipe_27July1975_An.jpg
286 Lake Malawi Algae Blooms: Lake Malawi (Nyasa), Malawi 228-0 LakeMalawi_08Nov2001_an.tif
LakeMalawi_22Nov2006_an.tif
LakeMalawi_08Nov2001_an.jpg
LakeMalawi_22Nov2006_an.jpg
251 Lake Manantali Consequences of Manantali Dam: Mali 234-235 Manantali_21Jan1978_An.tif
Manantali_31Jan2004_An.tif
manantali_21jan1978_an.jpg
manantali_31jan2004_an.jpg
16 Lake Victoria Water Hyacinth in Lake Victoria 50-51 19jan1995.tif
27nov2001.tif
19jan1995.jpg
27nov2001.jpg
358 Leboudou Doue Riverine Forest Degradation: Leboudou Doue, Senegal 286-287 LeboudouDoue_26Dec1966_An.tif
LeboudouDoue_8Mar2006_An.tif
leboudoudoue_26dec1966_an.jpg
leboudoudoue_8mar2006_an.jpg
142 Lesotho Highlands The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Lesotho 206-207 LesothoHWP_23Apr1991_An.tif
LesothoHWP_7Mar2007_An.tif
lesothohwp_23apr1991_an.jpg
lesothohwp_7mar2007_an.jpg
269 Mabira Forest Reserve Secondary Forest Growth: Mabira Forest, Uganda 336-337 Mabira_25Jan2006_An.tif
Mabira_27Nov2001_An.tif
mabira_25jan2006_an.jpg
mabira_27nov2001_an.jpg
359 Mahe Island Land Reclamation: Mahe Island, Seychelles 289-0 Mahe_13Sep2007_An.tif
Mahe_1999_An.tif
mahe_13sep2007_an.jpg
mahe_1999_an.jpg
341 Manzanar Mangrove Project Cultivating Mangroves: Hagigo, Eritrea 166-167 ManzanarProject_15Dec01_An.tif
ManzanarProject_23May07 _An.tif
manzanarproject_15dec01_an.jpg
manzanarproject_23may07 _an.jpg
279 Mashonaland Central Province Agriculture Changes: Mashonaland, Zimbabwe 352-353 Mashonaland_11Aug05_An.tif
Mashonaland_25Aug2001_An.tif
mashonaland_11aug05_an.jpg
mashonaland_25aug2001_an.jpg
382 Mendenhall Glacier 0-0 Mendenhall_15Sept1986_An.tif
Mendenhall_16Aug2007_An.tif
Mendenhall_15Sept1986_An.jpg
Mendenhall_16Aug2007_An.jpg
350 Mikea Forest Deforestation in Mikea Forest: Madagascar 222-223 MikeaForest_15Jun1973_An.tif
MikeaForest_30Apr02-16Mar03_An.tif
mikeaforest_15jun1973_an.jpg
mikeaforest_30apr02-16mar03_an.jpg
351 Morondava Centre Pivot Irrigation: Morondava, Madagascar 224-225 Morondava_12Jun2006_An.tif
Morondava_15Jun1973_An.tif
Morondava_27Jun2000_An.tif
morondava_12jun2006_an.jpg
morondava_15jun1973_an.jpg
morondava_27jun2000_an.jpg
282 Mt. Cameroon Recent Eruptions: Mount Cameroon, Cameroon 114-115 Mt Cameroon_2Jan79_An.tif
MtCameroon_10Dec2000_An.tif
MtCameroon_12Dec1986_An.tif
mt-cameroon_2jan79_an.jpg
mtcameroon_10dec2000_an.jpg
mtcameroon_12dec1986_an.jpg
347 Mt. Kenya Protection and Management: Mount Kenya, Kenya 200-201 MtKenyaQB1_12June05_An.tif
MtKenya_08Feb07_An.tif
MtKenya_24Jan1976_An.tif
mtkenya_08feb07_an.jpg
mtkenya_24jan1976_an.jpg
mtkenyaqb1_12june05_an.jpg
22 Mt. Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro: United Republic of Tanzania 320-321 Kilimanjaro_24Jan1976_An.tif
Kilimanjaro_29Jan06-5Feb06_An.tif
kilimanjaro_24jan1976_an.jpg
kilimanjaro_29jan06-5feb06_an.jpg
287 Mulanje Massif Mountain Deforestation: Mount Mulanje, Malawi 229-0 etm_Mulanje3D_09Aug2006_crop.tif
mss_Mulanje3D_08Oct1973_crop.tif
mulanje3d_etm_09aug2006_crop.jpg
mulanje3d_mss_08oct1973_crop.jpg
367 Nangbeto Reservoir Nangb‚to Hydroelectric Dam: Togolese Republic 324-325 NangbetoRes_13Dec2001_An.tif
NangbetoRes_13Jan1986_An.tif
nangbetores_13dec2001_an.jpg
nangbetores_13jan1986_an.jpg
290 Niger Delta Oil Oil Development: Niger River Delta, Nigeria 272-273 NigerDelta_13Dec84_An.tif
NigerDelta_8Jan03_An.tif
nigerdelta_13dec84_an.jpg
nigerdelta_8jan03_an.jpg
184 Novovolynsk 0-0 10jun2000.tif
27jul1988.tif
10jun2000.jpg
27jul1988.jpg
327 Okavango Delta & Lake Ngami Threatened Waters: Okavango Delta, Botswana 96-97 Ngami_3Sept2003_An.tif
Ngami_8June1979_An.tif
Okavango_1Jan&10Apr2000_28Mar01-3Jan02_An.tif
ngami_3sept2003_an.jpg
ngami_8june1979_an.jpg
okavango_1jan&10apr2000_28mar01-3jan02_an.jpg
328 Ouagadougou Unplanned Settlements: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 100-101 Ouagadougou_18Nov1986_An.tif
Ouagadougou_20Jun2004_An.tif
ouagadougou_18nov1986_an.jpg
ouagadougou_20jun2004_an.jpg
323 Ouargla Oasis Modern Irrigation: Ouargla Oasis, Algeria 80-81 Ouargla_08March2006_An.tif
Ouargla_16Jan1976_An.tif
ouargla_08march2006_an.jpg
ouargla_16jan1976_an.jpg
326 Ouemé Flood Plain Deforestation: Ouem‚ Floodplain, Benin 90-91 Oueme_06Feb2000_An.tif
Oueme_22Jan86_An.tif
Oueme_06Feb2000_An.jpg