Coffee Companies Launch Satellite-Based Program to Track Deforestation ...

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Several major coffee companies and commodity traders have launched a new system to track deforestation related to coffee cultivation around the world, JDE Peet’s announced Wednesday. The initiative, called the Coffee Canopy Partnership, will use satellite imagery from Airbus combined with artificial intelligence models to map coffee farms and identify forest loss near them. The companies say the goal is to pinpoint problem areas and work with lo…

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The industry is thus responding to an EU regulation that obliges manufacturers and importers to prove the origin of their coffee. Who are the actors of the initiative and what is planned.

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This satellite mapping project is intended to target forests that appear to be demolished to plant coffee and to serve as a tool for national authorities to enforce their rules against deforestation.