Today is the launch of World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch, there is a launch in two hours and this can be followed with the hashtag #gfwlaunch
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is according to the website 'a dynamic online forest monitoring and alert system that empowers people everywhere to better manage forests'. The mapping application unites satellite technology, open data, and crowdsourcing to guarantee access to timely and reliable information about forests, providing near-real time, reliable, and actionable data about what is happening in forests worldwide.
The GFW application helps by informing a range of people from concerned citizens, government leaders, buyers and suppliers of sustainable forest products about when and where are forests cleared and who is responsible.
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is according to the website 'a dynamic online forest monitoring and alert system that empowers people everywhere to better manage forests'. The mapping application unites satellite technology, open data, and crowdsourcing to guarantee access to timely and reliable information about forests, providing near-real time, reliable, and actionable data about what is happening in forests worldwide.
The GFW application helps by informing a range of people from concerned citizens, government leaders, buyers and suppliers of sustainable forest products about when and where are forests cleared and who is responsible.
Below is an image of hillside deforestation in Rio de Janeiro. Image via Wikimedia Commons (Alex)