Revolutionary Google-backed system unlocks power of 'big data' to save forests

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By Rhett ButlerFeb 20, 2014, 9:36 am558 ptsHotTop
World Resources Institute (WRI) today announced the release of a tool that promises to revolutionize forest monitoring. The platform, called Global Forest Watch and developed over several years with more than 40 partners, draws from a rich array of big data related to the word's forests and translates it into…

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