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Agriculture and Livestock Top Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2010 , an increase of 13 percent over 1990 emissions. Global CO2 emissions from transport totaled 6.76 billion tons that year, and … Continue reading →

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New Hope for Real Time Forest Monitoring System

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

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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