Encroachment

The cocoa price hike, its impact on smallholder farmers and EUDR

The cocoa industry is grappling with an unprecedented crisis as cocoa prices skyrocket, doubling since the beginning of the year, as key producing countries in Africa are hard-hit by extreme climate change events, outbreaks of disease impacting crops and financial uncertainty. How have smallholder cocoa farmers been impacted and what can be done to help them? How does the EU Deforestation Regulation factor into this, given that cocoa is listed as one of the high-risk deforestation commodities?

2024-05-29T16:13:58+00:00Agriculture, Encroachment, EUDR, Forestry Monitoring, Innovation|
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The Importance of Monitoring Change

Because more and more people are living in cities, this means that cities are growing and changing all the time. To manage this growth, we need to monitor change detection in cities to see what’s happening and what we need to do. Change detection monitoring means comparing pictures of cities taken from satellites or planes at different times to see what has changed, like new buildings, land use changes, or changes in green areas.

2023-08-29T07:25:00+00:00Change Detection, Conservation, Encroachment, Forestry Monitoring, Innovation, Mining, Sustainable|
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Infrastructure Servitude Encroachment Monitoring

Using daily high resolution satellite imagery, we are able to monitor illegal dwelling encroachment into areas around power lines, pipelines, roads and servitude areas regarding municipal infrastructure. Aside from the illegal use of land and encroachment on servitudes being a violation of property rights, illegal encroachment into areas such as power lines and pipelines can pose a serious safety risk to individuals living in those areas as well as the surrounding communities.

2023-04-21T08:21:12+00:00Change Detection, Encroachment, Innovation, Swift News|
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