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Detecting gold mining impacts on insect biodiversity in a tropical mining frontier with SmallSat imagery

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Published in 2022 at "Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation"

DOI: 10.1002/rse2.250

Abstract: Gold mining is a major driver of Amazonian forest loss and degradation. As mining activity encroaches on primary forest in remote and inaccessible areas, satellite imagery provides crucial data for monitoring mining‐related deforestation. High‐resolution imagery,… read more here.

Keywords: gold mining; imagery; mining; biodiversity tropical ... See more keywords