Terra-i, a real-time deforestation tracking system that combines satellite coverage with on-the-ground processing and mapping has launched in advance of the United Nation's environmental conference in Brazil.
An international team has designed the system to track logging and other activities that strips trees and vegetation from the land in Latin America. Deforestation is having a significant effect on the ecology of Central and South America, as well as on its culture, finances and health, due to its effect on the availability of clean water.
The team is led by Louis Reymondin, a doctoral student in Geography from King's College London, and is supervised by Dr. Mark Mulligan. Columbia's International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Switzerland's Vaud School of Engineering and Management and the Nature Conservancy are also taking part.
via Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/terra-i-the-most-precise-real-time-deforestation-tracker-yet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29
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