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Global Forest Watch-Fires using High-Resolution Imagery to better respond to Fires

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Megan Gottfried | Environment, Nonprofit/NGO

Fires across Indonesia are one of the largest threats to the life, environment, and people who rely on Indonesian land. To address these risks, Blue Raster partnered with the World Resources Institute (WRI), Esri, DigitalGlobe, Google and others to launch the Global Forest Watch-Fires (GFW-Fires) online platform. GFW-Fires was built using Esri’s ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS API for… Read More

GFW Commodities – Tools for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Megan Gottfried | Environment, Nonprofit/NGO

A new initiative from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) aims to shed light on how individual oil palm concessions affect forest information that can empower companies to manage their forests and supply chains more sustainably. Global Forest Watch-Commodities (GFW-Commodities), a new platform produced by Blue Raster combines the RSPO’s… Read More