Creating near real-time alerts of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon using Synthetic Aperture Radar

Creating near real-time alerts of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon using Synthetic Aperture Radar

Peru’s Southeastern Amazon deforestation trends can be attributed to alluvial gold mining. Illegal mining occurring in forestry concessions, national parks, and the territories of Indigenous People Organizations is of particular concern. We present a methodology to create near real-time alerts of de...

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Main Authors: Milagros Becerra, Lucio Villa, Andréa Puzzi Nicolau, Kelsey E Herndon, Sidney Novoa, Vanesa Martín-Arias, Karen Dyson, Kaitlin Walker, Karis Tenneson, David Saah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Communications
Subjects:
mining
deforestation
change detection
algorithm
timely alert
enforcement agencies
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad937e
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