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16 Feb 2021
Community-based forestry in Indonesia needs stronger focus on location, study finds
Conservation and rural livelihoods depend on site-specific technical support
Video Q&A
- 28 Nov 2016
Matt Hansen: ‘With satellites, you don’t look at a single pixel. It only makes sense on a landscape scale.’
Why remote sensing is a key tool for climate change, especially when it comes to the land use component
News
- 26 Sep 2016
Delving into drivers of deforestation
New study analyzes four decades of satellite images – overturning assumptions about the role of industrial plantations in Borneo forest loss
News
- 14 Sep 2016
Using remote sensing to empower local communities in forestry management
A new monitoring system in Ethiopia makes satellite data available at the local level to promote participatory forest management
News
- 28 Jun 2016
On land and in space, understanding the impacts of fires
To measure greenhouse gas emissions from the fires in maritime Southeast Asia in 2015, a variety of methods and expertise coalesced
News
- 28 Jun 2016
On land and in space, understanding the impacts of fires
News
- 11 Feb 2016
Forest monitoring skills on the rise
Efforts to beat climate change have helped boost tropical countries’ capacity to measure their forest carbon.
News
- 11 Feb 2016
Forest monitoring skills on the rise
Feature
- 29 Dec 2015
What came before the fire
Avoiding further devastation from land fires in Indonesia means unraveling the complex causes fueling them.
Feature
- 29 Dec 2015
What came before the fire
Video Q&A
- 12 Dec 2015
To invest in data is to invest in our forests
Without data, we can’t measure the success of forest conservation efforts.
Video Q&A
- 12 Dec 2015
To invest in data is to invest in our forests
Event Coverage
- 11 Dec 2015
When are satellite images most useful? When someone explains them
Monitoring data provide an unparalleled window onto the state of ecosystems, but only if they’re reliable and the meaning is clear.
Fact File
- 25 Aug 2015
Q&A on fires and haze in Southeast Asia
As El Niño stirs up more fires in Indonesia, we look at the facts from last year's haze crisis in Singapore.
Fact File
- 25 Aug 2015
Q&A on fires and haze in Southeast Asia
DG’s Column
- 7 Apr 2015
Watchers of forests – what news from above?
The Global Forest Watch releases fresh data on the world's forests.
DG’s Column
- 7 Apr 2015
Watchers of forests – what news from above?
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