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University of Maryland Global Land Analysis and Discovery (UMD GLAD)team is focused on global land cover change mapping using satellite imagery.
College Park, MD linktr.ee/umd_glad Joined September 2015
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DIST-ALERT by @UMD_GLAD is helping organizations detect unauthorized land clearing in New England, support sustainable forestry and supply chain transparency across North America and Europe, and protect critical chimpanzee habitat in East Africa:
science.nasa.gov/missions/lands…
science.nasa.gov Three Ways that a New Land Monitoring System is Transforming How We Manage Forests - NASA Science DIST-ALERT, a global land change monitoring system, is revolutionizing forest management.
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“Generally speaking, a good year is a good year,” said Matt Hansen, ... director of @UMD_GLAD, which contributed forest-loss data to the report. “But you need good years forever if you’re going to conserve the tropical rainforest.”
nytimes.com/2026/04/29/cli…
www.nytimes.com Global Deforestation Slows, Analysis Finds. But Fires Remain a Major Threat. In 2025, the world razed less forest than any other year in the last decade. The bad news: global warming is making wildfires more frequent and intense.