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World's rainforests could be mapped in 3D at high resolution by 2020 for under $250M

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-09-08

Mapping the world's tropical forests with a fleet of airplanes outfitted with advanced LiDAR could rapidly and accurately assess global forest carbon stocks for a fraction of the cost of a typical Earth observation satellite mission — and far less than field-based sampling — argues a new paper published in Carbon Balance and Management.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0905-lidar-mapping-global-rainforests.html