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How accurate are existing land cover maps for agriculture in Africa? 🌍 We evaluated crop class accuracy in 11 public land cover maps in 8 countries. Some do better than others, but all are quite low (mean F1 < 0.6) revealing large global performance gaps. arxiv.org/abs/2307.02575

La minería ilegal de oro no solo está destruyendo la #Amazonía, también está fracturando las relaciones al interior de las organizaciones indígenas, que con tanto esfuerzo han construido. Acorraladas por la pobreza, muchas comunidades han comenzado a apoyar la extracción.

The swings between El Niño and La Niña have been bigger in recent decades than earlier ones. Our guest blogger at the ENSO Blog covers new research pointing the finger at human-caused climate change. climate.gov/news-features/…

Check our web application to visualize and explore at the country level the datasets created across all the tropics "Spatial and Temporal Availability of Cloud-free Optical Observations in the Tropics to Monitor Deforestation" 👇 africa-uah.users.earthengine.app/view/spatialte… nature.com/articles/s4159…

#coastal #wetlands and #oasis in Peru face strong pressures. It was great to share some CITA UTEC research at Pantanos de Villa - Prohvilla #Lima with the development of a perceptual #hydrological #model for the evaluation of lagoons and drastic #water #level reductions.

Updated NASA Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density datasets available at NASA's #ORNLDAAC. To learn more about the new Version 2.1 products: doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDA…

🔥Cycle of Deforestation followed by Fire continues to impact Brazilian Amazon Here is a good example (Pará): Primary forest in 2022, Deforestation in 2023, Burned in Sept 2023 We have documented over 550 major fires in Brazilian Amazon so far in 2023 Global Forest Watch,Amazon Conservation

Retorno de la #mineriailegal a La Pampa en #MadredeDios. En solo 2 años las infraestructuras mineras de oro crecieron en más de 400% en la zona de amortiguamiento de la Reserva Nacional de #Tambopata Conservación Amazónica - ACCA Sidney Novoa Matt Finer OjoPúblico Mongabay Latam

It's been a long time coming, but if you're interested in a method for evaluating the quality of SAR products produced with different methods and tested over different terrains, this paper is for you!

Get ready to see our birds fly! The first Pelican tech demo, Pelican-1, and 36 SuperDoves are set to launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission on Saturday, November 11. Follow along for updates as we near the launch window, which opens at 10:49am PT 🕊️🚀 investors.planet.com/news/news-deta…

Let's be honest about error and uncertainty in #EO and #LULC mapping. Here we show how the common practice of pixel counting in #SEEA ecosystem accounting community lead to biased extent accounts: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… UNStats AI for Environment & Sustainability Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Natural Capital Ireland

#URGENTE Imágenes aéreas del 27 de febrero evidencian tala de árboles en cuenca del #Nanay, nuevo foco de #MineríaIlegal. Dirigentes denuncian que las dragas ya no solo extraen oro del río, sino avanzan hacia la vegetación. Piden urgente patrullaje de Marina de Guerra en zonas altas🧵

🇮🇷🇮🇱BREAKING: IRAN TO ATTACK ISRAEL IN NEXT 48-HOURS? In response to Israel’s bombing near Iran’s consulate in Syria that killed numerous high-ranking IRGC members, the CIA has allegedly informed Israel that Iran will attack within the next 48 hours. Iran is reportedly planning

The Amazon rainforest doesn't just remove ~2 billions tons of CO2 every year. It also moves ~20 billions tons of water through evotranspiration, the so-called "flying rivers", critical for planetary balance. I wish more people knew this.

📍“Después de sobrevolar un rato en Madre de Dios, los bosques se acaban, y dan paso a un cementerio de árboles: es la tierra despedazada por la codicia global que empuja la fiebre del oro”. ojo-publico.com/5264/sobrevuel… ✍️ Una #ColumnaOP de @Nellylun

🆕 Date for the launch of Copernicus EU #Sentinel2 C: tomorrow morning at 3:50 CEST - live on #ESAWebTV.

Mark your calendars! 🗓️ Google's Geo for Good '25 dates & locations: Aug 25-28: NYC, USA 🗽 Sep 8-11: Singapore 🇸🇬 Stay tuned for application details in a few weeks! We'll explore the latest in sustainability science & Google's geospatial solutions. #GeoForGood25

¡El Papa es chiclayano de corazón! León XIV, #RobertPrevost, vivió más de 40 años en Perú y, tras nacionalizarse, obtuvo su primer DNI en 2015 y tramitó su DNI electrónico en 2016, el cual ya no caduca. Desde Reniec saludamos su elección como Sumo Pontífice. #papaperuano

En el año del bicentenario de relaciones diplomáticas entre Estados Unidos y Perú, nos alegra ver este nuevo ejemplo de conexión entre nuestros pueblos.