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Applied sciences and engineering/Agriculture/Forestry/Deforestation

Ecologist Jos Barlow Integrates Science and People in Amazon Restoration Solutions
Defense of Amazon Deforestation Data Earns 2021 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award

Ricardo Galvão lost his position as director of a Brazilian science agency after defending its data on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

Satellite Images Show Disappearance of Armenian Artifacts in Azerbaijan
Speaking interdisciplinarily -- a parable
Climate Change and Other Problems Urgently Need Attention, Says Top Public Funder of Global Environmental Protection Projects

Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environmental Facility, speaking at the eighth Hitachi lecture. [AAAS/Carla Schaffer]

Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environmental Facility, speaking at the eighth Hitachi lecture.
[AAAS/Carla Schaffer]

Satellite Images Show Disappearance of Armenian Artifacts in Azerbaijan

A high-resolution satellite image of a medieval Armenian cemetery in Azerbaijan taken in September 2003 shows hundreds of khachkars, intricate 15th and 16th century burial monuments. In a satellite image from May 2009, however, the khachkars are missing, suggesting that they were either destroyed or removed.