Tree Cover Loss Spikes In Russia and Canada, Remains High Globally
New, high-resolution satellite-based maps released today by the University of Maryland and Google on Global Forest Watch, a partnership of over 60 organizationsconvened by the World Resources Institute, reveal a significant recent surge in tree cover loss largely in Russia and Canada during 2013. There is also some good news, with a slowing of tree cover loss in Indonesia, though rates of loss continue a troubling rise across the tropics as a whole. These 2013 data are the first annual update to the influential “High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change” published in Science, and are the latest globally consistent estimates of tree cover loss available.
So what do the data say? Much analysis remains to be done, but here are five immediate highlights: Read More.
So what do the data say? Much analysis remains to be done, but here are five immediate highlights: Read More.
North Pole Is Scrambling To Work With World Powers For Solution
