Leeds scientist calls for world forest observatory
By | Published: November 30, 2009
Bioscience Technology: A new scientific organisation is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at Copenhagen to cut their deforestation rates, according new research at Leeds. Existing government agencies and research groups have failed to make full use of the thousands of satellite images of the Earth’s surface collected each week to monitor tropical forests. Now, a paper published by Dr Alan Grainger in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences …
Leeds scientist calls for world forest observatory
Bioscience Technology: A new scientific organisation is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at Copenhagen to cut their deforestation rates, according new research at Leeds. Existing government agencies and research groups have failed to make full use of the thousands of satellite images of the Earth’s surface collected each week to monitor tropical forests. Now, a paper published by Dr Alan Grainger in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences …
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