Satellite forest map given by Norway for free
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Norway is freely giving the world a satellite forest map of the planet’s tropical forests.
The map is composed of high-resolution images of 64 countries that have tropical forests. The images are continually updated every month.
Tropical forests are those found in hot and humid regions (like the Amazon rainforest). These forests are extremely important in supporting nature and humans. Unfortunately, every day, many trees are being cut down and deforestation (cutting of trees) is a huge problem.
So, this satellite forest map can help anyone keep a check on how many trees are being cut down every single day.
Norway says that there are many parts of the world where high-resolution images aren’t available, or they are too expensive to use. This is why they have decided to fund this project. That way, any person or organisation can have the required information to fight deforestation.
The Norwegian government has an International Climate and Forests Initiative (NICFI). The NICFI has contracted three Earth-observation satellite companies for providing pictures and expertise. They are Airbus, Planet and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT).
Planet operates the largest number of satellites taking photos of Earth from space today. It will provide a complete picture of the Earth’s land surface daily. It will also provide most of the data for the monthly satellite forest map going forward.
Airbus will give access to its satellite records from 2002 and KSAT will provide technical support for users.
Here is a video of tropical rainforests:
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