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In Laos, forest loss and carbon emissions escalate as agriculture intensifies

Carolyn Cowan 12 Dec 2023
A biodiversity index created by Bioverse using machine learning to detect species and then spatially categorize them. Image courtesy of Bioverse.

Can digital twins help save the Amazon? (commentary)

Carlo Ratti, Robert Muggah 2 Nov 2023
This photo of logged old-growth forest outside Olympia National Park, shows what can happen when mature forests aren’t given full protection.

New study identifies mature forests on U.S. federal lands ripe for protection

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2022

Lasers find forest gaps to aid tree mortality studies in Brazilian Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 26 Jan 2021

Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2020

Bubbles, lasers and robo-bees: The blossoming industry of artificial pollination

Liz Kimbrough 24 Jul 2020

Success of Microsoft’s ‘moonshot’ climate pledge hinges on forest conservation

Justin Catanoso 3 Feb 2020

LIDAR technology leads Brazilian team to 30 story tall Amazon tree

Jenny Gonzales 11 Nov 2019

Climb confirms that the world’s tallest tropical tree tops 100 meters

John Cannon 7 Apr 2019

New space lasers offer best 3D look at global forests yet

David Klinges 18 Jan 2019

Fire, more than logging, drives Amazon forest degradation, study finds

David Klinges 6 Aug 2018

Combining aerial imagery and field data estimates timber harvest and carbon emissions

Neha Jain 27 Jul 2018

City forests store rainforest-levels of carbon, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Jun 2018

Borneo’s elephants prefer degraded forests, a new study finds

John Cannon 27 Mar 2018

New carbon maps of Sabah’s forests guide conservation in Borneo

John Cannon 29 Nov 2017

New resource for planning camera trapping, acoustic monitoring, and LiDAR projects

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Nov 2017

Orangutans find home in degraded forests

John Cannon 24 Jul 2017

A bird’s-eye view of forest restoration

Caleb O'Brien 26 Oct 2015

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