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December 6, 2011
Cash-strapped countries hope to earn carbon credits for saving their rainforests, but many fear their gains will be wiped out by the high cost of documenting the carbon they capture in trees. Ghana hopes to change that by blending satellite technology with ground-truthing in a way that they say is both cheap and effective.
May 31, 2011
Wildfires in the US are growing larger and more severe — a trend expected to worsen with climate change. Top forest managers see getting ahead of the wildfire curve as the best solution, deploying preventative treatments to remove potential fuels before a fire occurs. Doing so isn’t cheap, however, and many policymakers and forest managers have been highlighting the greenhouse gas emissions caused by wildfires. But can carbon money really come to the rescue?
September 7, 2009
The author presents an integrated satellite–airborne mapping approach that supports high-resolution carbon stock assessment and monitoring in tropical forest regions.
August 6, 2009
The use of remote sensing technology will be instrumental in effectively measuring and monitoring changes in emissions from land use and forestry. The following is an update of the latest remote sensing technologies that can be used to track and monitor terrestrial carbon today.
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