| Tracking Natural Resources - Forests |
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an interactive online forest monitoring and alert system designed to empower people everywhere with the information they need to better manage and conserve forest landscapes. Global Forest Watch uses cutting edge technology and science to provide the timeliest and most precise information about the status of forest landscapes worldwide, including near-real-time alerts showing suspected locations of recent tree cover loss. Users can also contribute to GFW by sharing data and stories from the ground via GFW’s crowdsourcing tools, blogs, and discussion groups. Special “apps” provide detailed information for companies that wish to reduce the risk of deforestation in their supply chains, users who want to monitor fires across Southeast Asia, and more. GFW serves a variety of users including governments, the private sector, NGOs, journalists, universities, and the general public.
Maps like these help promote awareness and forces people to sit up and take notes on how they are promoting destruction to the natural resources of our planet. People, once faced with the facts on a visual and global medium prompts to start to take action to reverse the consequences of their doings.
GFW is a growing partnership of organizations contributing data, technology, funding, and expertise. The GFW partnership is convened by the World Resources Institute.
http://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/3/15.00/27.00/ALL/grayscale/loss,forestgain?tab=analysis-tab&begin=2001-01-01&end=2015-01-01&threshold=30&dont_analyze=true
UNI : jmj2196 (Jesfae John)
