New technologies allow real-time monitoring of rampant forest destruction
Bill LauranceMAAP, Peru, Matt Finer, Amazon Conservation Association, Global Forest Watch, Terra-i, CLASlite, Landsat, Madre de Dios, Tambopata National Reserve, cacao, oil palm, illegal gold mining, satellite monitoring, Sierra del Divisor National Park
Rate of tropical rainforest destruction leaps by 62 percent
Bill Laurancetropical deforestation, tropical rainforests, deforestation, Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Neotropics, African tropics, University of Maryland, Landsat, satellite monitoring, FAO, biodiversity loss, extinctions