More information:
+ Forest Cover Report, Leuser International Foundation
+ Leuser International Foundation [external link]
+ NPR: The Green Heart of Sumatra [external link]
+ The Jakarta Globe: 36,000 Hectares of Aceh’s Leuser Ecosystem Lost [external link]

Above the Earth, Below the Surface: Landsat’s Role in Monitoring Water Quality
Safeguarding freshwater resources is crucial, and while scientists use a variety of ground-based techniques to gauge water quality, the Landsat program has provided water quality data from orbit for decades.