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Countries like Brazil are using data from NASA satellites to track and measure their forests in advance of a United Nations effort to reduce climate change by providing "carbon credits" for protected land. The concept is known as REDD+, which stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. It includes monitoring forest degradation and efforts in conservation and sustainable management. REDD+ aims to make forests more valuable standing than they would be cut down, by creating a financial value for the carbon stored in trees. [Source: NASA]
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