News Archive
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Road networks stretch into Congo Basin forests: Satellites and AI help to monitor
September 16, 2024 - News - The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of... -
RADD forest disturbance alerts now available for Continental Southeast Asia
July 8, 2024 - News - We expanded the RADD forest disturbance alerts to Continental Southeast Asia (5 countries added). -
ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 ScanSAR and Sentinel-1 data for timely tropical forest disturbance mapping: A case study for Sumatra, Indonesia
July 8, 2024 - News - An article of Johannes Balling, Bart Slagter, Sietse van der Woude, Martin Herold, Johannes Reiche: ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 ScanSAR and Sentinel-1 data for... -
Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 Backscatter to Management-Related Disturbances in Temperate Forests
April 30, 2024 - News - A paper of Sietse van der Woude, Johannes Reiche, Frank Sterck, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Marleen Vos, Martin Herold: Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 Backscatter to... -
Integrating satellite-based forest disturbance alerts improves detection timeliness and confidence
April 18, 2024 - News - A paper of Johannes Reiche, Johannes Balling, Amy Hudson Pickens, Robert Masolele, Anika Berger, Mikaela Weisse, Daniel Mannarino, Yaqing Gou, Bart... -
International Community on Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural Modelling Launched in Wageningen
February 14, 2024 - News - In a groundbreaking gathering in late January in Wageningen, experts and researchers from around the world celebrated the launch of the first-ever... -
Chameleon AI programme classifies objects in satellite images faster
January 16, 2024 - News - A programme can train neural networks, using just a handful of images, to rapidly characterise in satellite and drone data new objects like ocean... -
Analysing changes in landscapes to answer big questions
December 8, 2023 - News - Kirsten de Beurs, the new Professor of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, wants to help her chair group answer big questions, develop... -
AI system predicts illegal deforestation: Already prevented the clearing of 30 hectares near a gold mine'
December 5, 2023 - News - Deforestation is one of the major threats to the climate and vital habitats for humans and animals. Forest Foresight, the new intelligent system... -
Best Geo-information thesis award for WUR student Ellis van de Laak
November 27, 2023 - News - On Wednesday November 22, 2023, our student Ellis van de Laak received the GIN/NCG award for best MSc thesis. The award was handed out during the 20...