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Satellites Track Vanishing Forests, But Protection Lags
Original: Satellites can see a disappearing forest. Someone still has to protect it.
Satellite monitoring now reveals deforestation in near real time, making the destruction of forests highly visible. Yet detection alone does not stop it: enforcement, funding and on-the-ground protection remain the missing links. Commentators are highlighting the gap between knowing where forests are being lost and actually having the means to save them.
Why now: Ongoing concern over deforestation and debate about whether monitoring technology translates into real conservation action
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- Satellites can see a disappearing forest. Someone still has to protect it. · butlernature.com
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