Data capturing hot spots and burned acres show #Canada #wildfire off to wild start
Twice a day #NASA #satellite sends datad, giving real-time view of where #fires are burning. Especially useful for remote areas where no sensors are stationed.
As of Tuesday satellite picked up 4x as many fire hot spots across Canada than typical for early June. That’s more than any year since the satellite began transmitting in 2012, except 2023, according to data from #GlobalForestWatch.
https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-smoke-us-europe-pollution-df3f46365f58a31447497f837d66f066

India Lost 2.33 Million Hectares Of Tree Cover Since 2000: Global Forest Watch

An average of 51.0 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year was released into the atmosphere as a result of tree cover loss in India.

#deforestation #ForestFires #ForestConservation #TreeCover #environment #GlobalForestWatch #ClimateChange #india

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-lost-2-33-million-hectares-of-tree-cover-since-2000-global-forest-watch-5428639

"Tropischer #Urwald auf Fläche so groß wie die Schweiz zerstört

2022 sind mehr als 4,1 Millionen Hektar Urwald niedergebrannt oder gerodet worden. Das zeigen #Satellitenbilder der Plattform #GlobalForestWatch."

#KlimaschutzJetzt #Klimaschutz #Wassermangel #AmazonasRegenwald #deforestation #Waldrodung #Abholzung

https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2023-06/urwald-zerstoert-world-resources-institute-studie

🌿 "Cómo usar #GlobalForestWatch para investigar crímenes ambientales": Artículo sobre el herramienta para el #monitoreo de los #bosques y delitos ambientales alrededor del mundo: https://gijn.org/2022/07/19/espanol-global-forest-watch/ #periodismo #mapassatelitales #justiciaclimática 🌐 #GIJN @mongabay