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| parentItem | Exploding demand for cashmere wool is ruining Mongolia's grasslands _ Science _ AAAS.pdf |
| annotationAuthorName | Ananda Thrift |
| annotationPageLabel | 2 |
| dateAdded | 2022-06-28T08:16:38Z |
| key | LKCN3D6E |
| dateModified | 2022-06-28T08:16:38Z |
| annotationText | But a consortium of researchers is hoping data from space could help herders on the ground lighten their impact. The collective here of a little more than 100 families is at the center of an unusual effort, run by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), to turn space-based maps of the grasslands into a tool for making grazing more sustainable. Supported by the world's largest mining company and a luxury apparel giant, the pilot effort uses data gathered by NASA and Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, to help herders |
| version | 1218 |