Berlin-based Ecosia, best known as the tree-planting search engine, has teamed up with French startup Kanop to monitor its reforestation efforts from space.
With around 20 million users, Ecosia is the world’s largest not-for-profit search engine. It is also one of the biggest tree-planters in the world. The company claims to have planted 200 million trees since its inception in 2009.
To date, Ecosia has monitored its tree-planting efforts using ground-based observations. But with the help of Kanop, it is about to take things up a notch.
Based in Paris, Kanop uses optical, radar, and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) satellite imagery from NASA, ESA, and the Japanese Space Agency. It uses this data to train AI algorithms and create “digital twins” of the forest.
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