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Satellite Mapping of Tropical Forest Cover and Deforestation HandoutSatellite Mapping of Tropical Forest Cover and Deforestation Handout
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
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9th - 10th
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Science
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1530L
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Satellite Mapping of Tropical Forest Cover and Deforestation

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This review was formulated to offer recommendations to the United States Agency on International Development concerning global development practices with regard to deforestation activities. It suggests that satellite mapping of tropical forests, deforestation, and forest biomass is the most accurate method of measuring deforestation rates, thus enabling the data to be correlated to the global effects of deforestation.

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deforestation, ecology

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rain forests

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