Such is the greed of those decimating our nation's forest cover that we must regard the task of preserving what is left of our nation's natural heritage as a national security matter.
For the information of the minister in charge of the inter-ministerial team coordinating the implementation of Ghana's commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), Hon. Professor Gyan Baffuor, and his colleague ministers, today, we have culled and posted a page from the website of the Starling team of experts, which leverages the Airbus earth monitoring satellite that focuses on forests amongst other things.
Closer collaboration between Ghana and global environmental NGOs, such as The Forest Trust and Mighty Earth, will enable Ghana to utiluse what might prove to be a very useful high-tech tool to enable us monitor our nation's forests much more effectively.
Please read on:
"Starling
Verify your forest
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Companies using palm oil can now rely on highly accurate satellite imagery to monitor their No-Deforestation commitments
Our vision
Why Starling?
Because forests are essential ecosystems, more and more companies are committing to cutting deforestation from their supply chains. But defining deforestation can be complicated, and there is a lack of tools to measure company progress in protecting forests. Traditional compliance monitoring relies on ground-based audits, limited in their capacity to access remote areas, see the overall picture and to regularly assess the situation.
our mission
We aim to empower companies using palm oil to precisely and regularly self-monitor their practices and compliance in forest conservation.
We transform satellite imagery into simple, reliable and evidence-based information that can be understood by everyone.
who we are
The Starling team shares the same vision and combines complementary capabilities to deliver this unique deforestation monitoring service. It is a partnership in which sophisticated technology is applied through a filter of agricultural and forestry expertise.
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Airbus is a pioneer in the space industry. They are responsible for tasking their imaging satellites, pre-processing the imagery and distributing the service worldwide.
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The Forest Trust (TFT) is a global non-profit organization. Their experts work between the boardroom and the field, helping to bring transformation in commodity supply chains, from the biggest brands to smaller producers.
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SarVision is a spin-off from Wageningen University (WUR) based in the Netherlands. They excel in the operational application of radar imagery for environmental and natural resource management.
Our service
Starling offers unprecedented detail in forest cover change across commodity production landscapes like palm oil.
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DEEP IN THE FORESTS
Starling utilises Airbus’s SPOT constellation of satellites which combine large coverage capabilities with 1.5m resolution. Their high-level detail helps companies easily distinguish forest from plantations, and identify even small changes in tree coverage.
SPOT 6 and 7 are complemented by other satellites, including radar, to overcome the persistent cloud cover in key palm oil landscapes and get the regular surveillance that a No-Deforestation policy requires.
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End of culled web page from the Starling website.
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