China, Brazil launch jointly developed satellite to monitor Amazon rainforest

An earth observation satellite, jointly developed by China and Brazil, has been launched in which will monitor Amazon rainforest. According to China’s news ncy, China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite-4A (CBERS-4A) was launched on a Long March-4B rocket under a bilateral programme.

CBERS-4A is sixth series of satellites developed by China and Brazil under techlogical cooperation which first began in 1988. CBERS-4A has been developed to observe earth for n-military use and will monitor Amazon rainforest and or environmental changes. CBERS-1, first of series, was launched on October 14, 1999, using same rocket Long March 4B and remained functional until August 2003.

second satellite, CBERS-2, was launched in 2003 and was retired from service in January 2009, after launch of CBERS-2B. multilateral group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, kwn as BRICS, is looking to chalk a framework to create remote-sensing satellites to observe Earth and share data among m. In 2018, China National ministration said that each country will provide two satellites and CBERS will also be included. 

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Amazon fires in Brazil

observation of Amazon rainforest is of utmost significance since re has been rampant deforestation due to fires. deforestation in Amazon rainforest has surpassed 10,000 square kilometres within a year, highest in more than a dece. As per data generated by Satellite Legal Amazon Deforestation Monitoring Project (PRODES), total deforestation, between August 2017 and July 2018, in world's largest rainforest was at 7,033 square kilometres. mapping used Landsat or similar satellite ims to record and quantify deforested areas larger than 6.25 hectares. 

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PRODES considers deforestation complete removal of primary forest cover by clearcut, regardless of future use of se areas. annual PRODES deforestation rate has been used as an indicator for proposing public policies and for evaluating effectiveness of ir implementations. PRODES spatial data are used for certification of agribusiness production chains, intergovernmental agreements such as United Nations Conference on Climate Change.

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(With inputs from ncies)