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Adobe PDF Map of Affected Area
2013-11-20 00:38:38| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 402kbCategory: Maps of Affected Area for Precautionary Boil Water Notice in SW Portland
NW BikeWalk Map ForestPark face
2013-11-19 21:53:41| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 8,537kbCategory: Bike + Walk Maps
Map shows deforestation in Indonesia is worlds fastest
2013-11-16 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: Indonesia has the fastest rate of deforestation in the past 12 years, according to a new global map on deforestation. A team of researchers from 15 universities -- led by the University of Maryland and assisted by Google and NASA -- has created the first high-resolution global map on Google Earth that maps forest cover. In a study that was published in the journal Science on Thursday, the researchers reported a global loss of 2.3 million square kilometers of forest between 2000 and 2012 and...
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Malaysia has the world's highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest map
2013-11-16 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Malaysia had the world's highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012, according to a new global forest map developed in partnership with Google. Malaysia's total forest loss during the period amounted to 14.4 percent of its year 2000 forest cover. The loss translates to 47,278 square kilometers (18,244 square miles), an area larger than Denmark. Malaysia's forest loss was partly offset by a 25,978 sq km gain in vegetation cover resulting from natural recovery, reforestation, and establishment...
This map shows why the Philippines is so vulnerable to climate change
2013-11-12 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Philippines is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change for two main reasons: geography and development. As my colleague Brad Plumer points out in an excellent piece on what the Philippines' experience with Typhoon Haiyan tells us about global efforts to adapt to climate change, a recent United Nations report identified the country as the third-most at-risk from climate change in the world, ranked behind the South Pacific island nations of Vanuatu and Tonga. But the Philippines...
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