Tree-Tracking Platforms

'CTrees' is a company with an open-source data platform aiming to track the world's trees by leveraging several smart technologies. The company tracks forests and trees through a combination of artificial intelligence (AI), satellite imagery, and LiDAR scanners. This data is then collected, stored in a database, and monitored for changes over time.

This can help identify key areas of change in tree-dense areas that raise cause for concern. The company notes that, while large areas are consistently monitored, such as dense regions of the rainforest, this focus often causes a lack of attention paid to other groups of trees, which are equally important.

CTrees has augmented its platform with data from the early 2000s to start as a baseline. This data acts as a comparative for its future data collections, showing the deterioration in tree density over time.

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