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Sunday, February 23, 2014

New online tool tracks tree loss in 'near real time'

A new global monitoring system has been launched that promises "near real time" information on deforestation around the world.forest loss

Highlighted in red, the new tool can show the scale of tree cover loss between 2000 and 2012

Global Forest Watch (GFW) is backed by Google and over 40 business and campaigning groups.
It uses information from hundreds of millions of satellite images as well as data from people on the ground.
Businesses have welcomed the new database as it could help them prove that their products are sustainable.
Despite greater awareness around of the world of the impacts of deforestation, the scale of forest loss since 2000 has been significant - Data from Google and the University of Maryland says the world lost 230 million hectares of trees between 2000 and 2012.
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is backed by Google and over 40 business and campaigning groups.
It uses information from hundreds of millions of satellite images as well as data from people on the ground.
Businesses have welcomed the new database as it could help them prove that their products are sustainable.
Despite greater awareness around of the world of the impacts of deforestation, the scale of forest loss since 2000 has been significant - Data from Google and the University of Maryland says the world lost 230 million hectares of trees between 2000 and 2012.
forest loss
An image from Brazil shows the deforestation, highlighted in pink, taking place next to the lands of the Surui tribe

Global forest loss

Global map of forest change
  • The Earth lost 2.3m sq km of tree cover in 2000-12, because of logging, fire, disease or storms
  • But the planet also gained 800,000 sq km of new forest, meaning a net loss of 1.5m sq km
  • Brazil showed the best improvement of any country, cutting annual forest loss in half between 2003-04 and 2010-11



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