Deforestation Archives

Aerial view of pilot site — wooded central area and residential surrounds, with red and green graphic overlay to indicate source of fire alert.

December 20, 2023 Jim McClelland

Ultra-early wildfire detection raises pilot-site alarm

News: Wildfire detection happened within minutes at a site in Lebanon, thanks to a solar-powered mesh network, plus AI and machine learning.

Looking downhill into forest of woodland trees from ground level, with black trunks standing out against green backdrop, with light coming from behind the leaves.

October 26, 2022 Jim McClelland

Not just carbon: Policymakers undervalue forests

News: Report challenges assumptions of policymakers who too often see forests as being just carbon, when climate benefits go far beyond that.

April 20, 2022 Jim McClelland

Reforestation grows towards goal of 100M trees

News: Reforestation initiative adds 15 new projects worldwide to help accelerate progress towards global goal of restoring 100 million trees.

June 3, 2020 Jim McClelland

Football pitch of rainforest lost every 6 seconds

News: In 2019, the Earth lost 3.8 million hectares of primary forest — equivalent to one football pitch of rainforest gone every six seconds.

April 22, 2020 Jim McClelland

News: Crowdsourcing AI to fight deforestation

News: Innovative project launched to crowdsource knowledge from citizen scientists and harness power of AI to help fight deforestation in Amazon rainforest.

July 25, 2017 Jim McClelland

Susty Procurement: From Responsible Sourcing to… Star Wars

New writing… Pleased to say I have another piece published in The Times newspaper today, as part of a special report

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