Google DeepMind maps global forests using AI and satellite data
In brief
- ForTy uses AI and satellite imagery to classify global forests into six categories.
- The tool could help enforce EU anti-deforestation rules.
- It covers only half of planted forests and 60% of plantations.
Google DeepMind and the World Resources Institute have released ForTy, a global map classifying forests and other land into six categories, including primary forest, plantations, and tree crops. The tool could assist in monitoring deforestation under EU regulations, but it identifies only about half of planted forests and tree-crop areas, and 60% of plantations.
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