Freely available deforestation alerts can reduce emissions from land-use change

Fanny Moffette (), Jennifer Alix-Garcia, Katherine Shea and Amy H. Pickens
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Fanny Moffette: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jennifer Alix-Garcia: Oregon State University
Katherine Shea: Forests Team, World Resources Institute
Amy H. Pickens: University of Maryland

Nature Climate Change, 2021, vol. 11, issue 11, 913-914

Abstract: Subscriptions to a free, weekly deforestation alert system available on the simple interface Global Forest Watch reduced deforestation in the protected areas and logging concessions of tropical African forests. This suggests that freely available near-real-time forest monitoring systems can help reduce emissions from deforestation if they are integrated with forest policies.

Date: 2021
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