Category: Forest Monitoring

The Arhuaco Sacred Forests project
December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
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The Arhuaco Sacred Forests project

Wageningen, 6th December 2023 SarVision has signed a 5-year partnership with Sacred Forests, the Amsterdam-based nature conservation enterprise that empowers leader brands to partner with indigenous peoples in protecting and reclaiming their forests for all, forever. SarVision will support Sacred Forests in implementing their innovative conservation as a service forest-financing model with advanced forest change...

SarVision at GFOI 2023 conference in Rome
May 16, 2023June 5, 2023
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SarVision at GFOI 2023 conference in Rome

SarVision was present at the GFOI conference that was held from 9-12 May 2023 in Rome.The main topic of the conference was the role of forest information in addressing climate change, including information for REDD+, Nationally Determined Contributions, Restoration and Blue Carbon. During the conference it became apparent that forest degradation is one of the...

EOSAT 4 Sustainable Amazon project
April 26, 2022April 26, 2022
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EOSAT 4 Sustainable Amazon project

SarVision has implemented in 2020 and 2021 The EOSAT 4 Sustainable Amazon project’s goal is to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Colombian Amazon. Advanced Earth Observation (EO) radar satellite technology (i.e., Sentinel 1, ALOS PALSAR) is used for near real-time monitoring, which is crucial for creating a response system suited to successfully...

SarSentry in Pará, Brazil
April 19, 2022June 5, 2023
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SarSentry in Pará, Brazil

Currently SarVision is implementing its innovative SarSentry forest monitoring system in the state of Para in Brazil. The system is implemented in collaboration with the Secretariat for Environment and Sustainability of the State Pará in Brazil (SEMAS). The SarSentry_Pará project demonstrates the complementary value of the SarSentry system to the existing forest monitoring system of...

Article: Near-Real-Time monitoring of Tropical Forest degradation and deforestation
October 8, 2020August 23, 2021
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Article: Near-Real-Time monitoring of Tropical Forest degradation and deforestation

The article “Wide-Area Near-Real-Time Monitoring of Tropical Forest Degradation and Deforestation Using Sentinel-1” has been published in Remote Sensing as part of the Special Issue Advances in Remote Sensing for Global Forest Monitoring. First author is Dirk Hoekman, senior radar specialist at SarVision, and one of the founders. The article is available online at: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/19/3263

SarVision and WWF
September 21, 2020December 7, 2023
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SarVision and WWF

SarVision helps WWF with monitoring the deforestation of the rainforests.We process satellite images to track the changes in the rainforests in Indonesia, Surinam and Guiana. The Congo Basin and the rest of Asia and the Amazon are next.With every orbit of the satellite we track changes in forests, plantations, other vegetation and land usage, thus assisting the...