Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Highest-resolution Global Forest Cover Dataset

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

A team of Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a 30-meter resolution forest cover data set that could boost our  efforts to track deforestation and forest degradation. The dataset, which is published in the International Journal of Digital … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Informatics:Bolivia Digitises its Biodiversity

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Bolivia has taken a giant step ,its more than 50,000 recently digitised records on the vertebrate fauna of Bolivia are now available to the public and specialists at the first Geospatial Center for Biodiversity of Bolivia (CGB). The record is … Continue reading →

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New Hope for Real Time Forest Monitoring System

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Now Global Forest Watch 2.0 (GFW 2.0) is a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system  that combines satellite technology, new algorithms, cloud computing, mobile phone technologies, maps and human networks around the world to fight illegal logging and deforestation. GFW … Continue reading →

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Neanderthals and Humans may have Coexisted

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

A trove of Neanderthal fossils including bones of children and adults, discovered in a cave in Greece suggests that the area may have been a key crossroad for ancient humans. The fossils suggests Neanderthals and humans may have at least had … Continue reading →

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