A new report released by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) used Carnegie Airborne Observatory data to expose a chocolate (cacao) producer linked to the deforestation of primary Amazonian rainforest. United Cacao denied any illegal forest clearing, saying that the forests in question were degraded prior to agricultural expansion; however, the map of carbon density generated by the CAO proved otherwise.
We’re working around the clock getting ready for the launch of the new CAO-3 and the word is getting out. We’ve had some great press coverage in the past week that we wanted to share with you.
African savanna vegetation is highly dynamic in high-resolution laser imaging data
CAO is featured in the December 19 2014 issue of Newsweek, with extensive coverage of CAO’s role in advancing international efforts to reduce greenhouse gases from tropical deforestation. The story focuses on CAO’s laser technology, and the team’s approach to creating high-resolution maps of how much carbon (biomass) is locked up in tropical forests of Peru. This country contains more than 70 million hectares, or 175 million acres, of tropical forests in the lowland Amazon as well as the Andes Mountains.
RADAR and LiDAR combine to map vegetation structure in African savannas
A new LiDAR-based metric shows effect of forest fragmentation in Hawaii
Airborne LiDAR revolutionizes international carbon policy for climate change mitigation
Peru’s national carbon geography mapped with airborne LiDAR
Peru’s national carbon geography mapped with airborne LiDAR
Environment and prior land-use dominate California’s vegetation patterns
