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Digital Elevation Model -- 3-D View

Module by: John Janovec

Summary: A 3d digital elevation model of the los amigos conservation area.

Figure 1: At higher magifications, the DEM-Landsat combination instill a sense of realism. Here you are viewing down the valley of the Los Amigos River (2) and across the dissected landscape on either side. The Amiguillos River is a smaller, more shallow river that is difficult to navigate in the dry season. In the far distance of the headwaters of these river systems, voluntarily uncontacted indigenous people live from the land while illegal loggers encroach on their existence, survival, and well-being, and the pristine nature of this landscape. With the offical status of the Los Amigos Conservation Area as a government- approved, private concession, the Los Amigos River now becomes a barrier to the entrance of illegal loggers and hunters, which provides protection to the uncontacted peoples upriver. Leaders at the Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) and La Associacion para la Conservacion de la Cuenca Amazonica (ACCA) have made the conservation concession a reality, which now provides the infrastructure for the protection of a tropical wilderness and long-term research and conservation activities.
Figure 1 (gis12_Elevation_15.jpg)

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