Global Forest Watch Satellite Monitoring
World Resources Institute platform providing near-real-time satellite-based forest monitoring including deforestation alerts from Landsat, Sentinel, and VIIRS relevant to watershed protection and water quality
globalforestwatch.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global forests, near-real-time alerts
- Access
- Free
- Category
- International
What's inside
- Deforestation Alerts
- Forest Cover Change
- Fire Alerts
- Watershed Monitoring
- Land Use Change
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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