Satellites Present a Better Picture of DeforestationScientific American
Satellites Present a Better Picture of DeforestationDina Fine Maron, ClimateWire
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In Brazil, for example, thevast majorityof deforestation is illegal. America is aleading buyerof processed hides (leather) from the country. One commodities expert called the Brazilian rainforest a "free for all" where no one is stopping miners, loggers and ranchers from destroying legally prote...
If you are interested in the future of planet Earth and want to learn to see the bigger picture, this is the book for you. This is no light bedtime reading and will probably leave you feeling uneasy. However, it’s important for people living in the 21st century to think about how we...
The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6), which provides information on land use changes, uses the Harmonisation of Global Land-use Change and Management for the period 850–2100 (LUH2)7 to present a consistent and comprehensive picture of land-use changes, particularly when deal...
Part 2 – the causes : 50 years of unsustainable forest ressources management So the legitimate question at this point is : what happened to the forests ? Indonesia’s population has exploded but the country was also very large. Individual farmers took their share in the deforestation process bu...
Here is one of the main causes of deforestation in Haiti: Look at this picture of a horse loaded with charcoal from the countryside going to market.By the end of the day, these 3 bags of charcoal will make it to a Haitian kitchen. by the end of the week it's gone... Burned to ...
The biggest threat to the western gorilla is habitat loss caused by deforestation and also being hunted by humans. Parts of the western gorilla’s territory have also been taken over by civil unrest in recent years, which, along with poaching, has had a truly devastating effect on wild ...
In this process, China has traded off economic development and improvements in human well-being, at the expenses of environmental impacts45, such as CO2 emissions and land-use conversions. In addition, to get a clear picture of China’s social progress and ecological degradation over time and ...