New artificial intelligence tool helps forecast Amazon deforestation

Mongabay
Aug 9, 2021, 7:48 pm145 pts
Nearly 10,000 square kilometers of the Brazilian Amazon, an area the size of Lebanon, is at high risk of being cleared, according to a new tool using artificial intelligence technology to help forecast deforestation before it actually happens. Named PrevisIA (from the Portuguese previsão for “forecast” and…

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