Conservation: Citizens add to satellite forest maps

Conservation: Citizens add to satellite forest maps

Authors:   van der Velde M, See L, Fritz S

Publication Year:   2012

Reference:  Nature, 490(7420):342 (18 October 2012) (Published online 17 October 2012)

(Correspondence)

Abstract

Satellite data are invaluable for mapping India's remaining forests, but their coarse resolution limits the information they can provide for protection purposes (Nature 489, 14.15; 2012).
KEYWORDS: Environmental sciences; Society; Developing world

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