Google has partnered with more than 40 other organisation to create a sobering disforestation - supervise tool . CalledGlobal Forest Watch , the cock enable visitors to witness general disforestation as it happens , in near - realtime .
Via the Global Forest Watch website :
Global Forest Watch ( GFW ) is a dynamic online forest monitoring and alarum organization that empowers masses everywhere to well manage forest . For the first meter , Global Forest Watch unites satellite engineering , open information , and crowdsourcing to guarantee access to well-timed and honest information about forests . GFW is free and follows an open data approach in putting conclusion - relevant information in the handwriting of governments , society , NGOs , and the world .
The creature is very straightforward to use , with pinkish representing forest loss and grim represent woods gain ( a global view illustrates that the former far exceeds the latter ):
When statistic like “ 50 association football fields ’ Charles Frederick Worth of timber are lost every second ” start to sense meaningless , spend a few minutes over at GFW . The impact it has , watch swaths of the major planet disappear before your center , is enough to give even the most desensitized visitor pause .
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