The Woods Hole Research Center has developed a methodology for mapping carbon in tropical forests using satellite imagery. This study encompassed the Budongo Forest in Uganda and is supported by Planet Action.
Ninety percent of the shoreline in the Mekong delta is shifting as a result of climate change. This is the result of a study by the CESBIO biosphere research centre using satellite imagery from 1973 to 2008.
The Everglades Foundation has engaged in a number of actions to preserve and restore the environment in Florida’s Everglades. This ecosystem, which has already undergone profound human-induced shifts, is now having to cope with the effects of climate change.
The Green Belt Movement has established a programme to restore degraded forest ecosystems around Mount Kenya using satellite imagery.
The Cachet 2 glacial lake in Patagonia emptied after an outburst flood on 9 October 2008. A study by the CECS in Chile employing geoinformation technologies showed that the water bored through a sub-glacial drainage tunnel.
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