Scientists from the University of Leicester have won a ‘Space Oscar’ for their research into combatting deforestation
Deforestation is a huge threat to the world’s forests: an estimated land area equivalent to 48 football fields is lost every minute.
Researchers from the National Centre for Earth Observation at the University of Leicester have won the international Copernicus Masters Award for their work on a potential solution.
Their research led to a mobile app, Forest Sentinel, that helps combat illegal logging. The technology enables rapid deforestation alerts to be sent to a mobile app, allowing communication with thousands of app users working out in the field via a…The post Scientists awarded for their ‘pioneering’ mobile app to combat illegal logging appeared first on FeedBox.