Satellite Images Reveal Burmese Atrocities

I guess they're not just looking for lost hikers anymore..... Cheers, Josh By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee ScienceNOW Daily News 29 September 2007 The military dictatorship of Myanmar--also known as Burma--has consistently dismissed allegations of human-rights violations against ethnic minorities and other citizens. But new satellite images that show the charred remains of villages in east Myanmar and a buildup of refugees across the country's border with Thailand provide silent confirmation of those atrocities. Read more...

Google Earth and Darfur

Google Earth has begun mapping the Darfur crisis.

Reforestation in Niger!!!

I am not sure why the last post came out empty...very strange. This article is great "In Niger, trees and crops turn back to desert" NY Times: 2/11/07 This community planted trees to combat desertification and have shown success... It has a nice figure showing (reforestation) land use and land cover change using aerial photographs and a cool video! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/world/africa/11niger.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Mapping two-headed invisible jaguars with Google Earth

I thought that you might enjoy this ... http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1114-google_earth-act.html