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Google's mapping power harnessed to tackle global deforestation

2014-02-21 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: A major initiative has been launched this week under the banner Global Forest Watch, promising to use advanced satellite and analytics technology to lead a new crackdown on illegal deforestation. The project, orchestrated by the World Resources Institute (WRI), Google and a group of 40 businesses and NGOs, aims to harness the latest satellite tracking technology and "open data" models to provide "near-real time" information on tree cover loss. The group hopes that providing free access to monthly...

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