Google DeepMind 发布 10 米分辨率全球森林类型地图
原标题：Beyond tree cover: mapping the world’s forest types
AI 摘要
Google DeepMind 与 Google Research 联合世界资源研究所（WRI）和国际应用系统分析研究所（IIASA）发布 Forest Typology（ForTy）2020 全球地图，以 10 米分辨率将全球每一块土地划分为六类森林与土地利用类型，并提供 2017 至 2025 年的逐年变化时间序列。该地图可区分原始林、自然再生林、人工种植林、种植园、树木作物与农林业等类型，并显示自然林被种植园或农田替代的情况，为欧盟《无毁林产品法规》（EUDR）提供关键基线。相比仅反映树木覆盖的旧地图，ForTy 首次让用户在全球范围内按年、按 10 米精度看到森林消失后由什么替代。
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A new 10-meter resolution map shows which of the world's forests are natural, planted, or farmed, and how they are changing over time Protecting the planet's forests starts with a simple question: what type of forest are we looking at? From space, an old-growth rainforest, a eucalyptus plantation, and an oil palm estate can look like the same patch of green. But they hold very different amounts of carbon and biodiversity. Telling them apart, and knowing how each patch has changed over time, show