High-tech mapping and mobile phone apps are being used to combat dengue fever in Honduras as the Central American nation struggles to fight the worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease on record, medical charity MSF said on Thursday. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MorePeru’s primary forest, where you find the lofty hardwoods so prized by commercial timber traders, is shrinking at an alarming rate: Global Forest Watch reported that Peru lost 140,185 hectares (346,405 acres) of primary forest in 2018. Alarmed by the impact of logging, indigenous Peruvians are using satellite mapping to manage their land. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe importance of “natural capital”—resources such as healthy soil, clean water, and resilient ecosystems—is literally mapped out in a study published on Thursday in Science. A team led by Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, lead scientist for the Natural Capital Project at Stanford University, unveiled an interactive global map that demonstrates nature’s effects on crop pollination, water quality, and coastal hazard risks. VICE
Read MoreA project to produce detailed maps of all the land on Earth through laser scanning has been revealed by researchers who say action is needed now to preserve a record of the world’s cultural, environmental and geological treasures. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreCountries will be assessed on successes and failures in bid to identify effective treatments and improve sketchy data on depression and anxiety. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreAn online project aims to map all of the world's indigenous lands to secure legal rights and alert communities to the threats of illegal logging and mining. PLACE
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