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Forest Watch

The Guyana Forestry Commission's mission is to prevent deforestation, which protects the rainforests. GIS technology helps achieve this goal.

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Dashboards Help Monitor and Abate Forest Loss in Guyana

By implementing new GIS technology, the South American country can track land-cover change more frequently and with greater accuracy.

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What’s the Science behind That Carbon Credit?

A geographic approach is helping business leaders lay the groundwork for the fast-growing carbon credit business.

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Helping Cambodia Find Its Way

The nonprofit Winrock International designed GIS-based tool to evaluate deforesting in Cambodia.

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Tracking a Minor Ingredient with a Major Impact on Business

Inside the battle for sustainable production of an ingredient in many foods and beauty products.

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Eyes over the Amazon Unravel a Deforestation Mystery

Satellite imagery analysis helped watchdogs see what happened to 5,000 acres of rain forest. The same tech could keep supply chains transparent.

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GeoAI, Corporate Responsibility, and the Vigilance of a Climate Watchdog

Matt Finer of Amazon Conservation is ever vigilant, empowered by technology, and dedicated to the planet's recovery.

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Global Demand for Nickel Soars—Will Biodiversity Suffer?

Can the practice of offsets protect biodiversity around mining sites? Location analysis indicates it can.

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Tacare: How a Global Conservation Movement Started with Community-Created Maps

How Tacare, a Jane Goodall Institute program, is helping regenerate the fraught relationship between wildlife and humans.

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Earth Observation Platform Benefits Planet

Sensors, satellites, radar, and other earth observation technologies are used to monitor typhoons, oil spills, deforestation, and more.

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How Geography Can Make Climate Science More Just

Bridging the gap between physical and human geography will better address climate justice—and improve climate science.

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