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SarVision is a spin-off from Wageningen University (WUR) based in the Netherlands. SarVision pioneers the operational application of systematic satellite and airborne monitoring and mapping systems for environmental and natural resource management.
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Update from the UN climate conference Bali: ESA Press Release CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY AND DOWNLOAD MAPS
LATEST NEWS:
> 2007-12-16 :: New forest maps for Google™ Earth!
> 2007-11-29 :: Research on improved biomass mapping
> 2007-11-24 :: New PALSAR provides amazing images
> 2007-06-20 :: WorldBank governance seminar
> 2007-06-15 :: TerraSAR-X launched successfully!
Monitoring Systems Application Fields
Regional scale tropical forest monitoring (details of 50-1000m)

Legal and sustainable timber, pulp and paper and palm oil production monitoring
Biodiversity conservation (e.g. mapping and monitoring wildlife habitat)
High resolution tropical forest monitoring (details of 20-30m): fast detection of suspected illegal logging, detection of adverse conditions (fire risk), monitoring forest state and land cover change.

Carbon storage, sequestration and emission monitoring
Fire risk, active fire detection and fire damage assessment
Local surveillance with TerraSAR-X radar or low-cost aircraft systems (details up to 1 m). Very high resolution monitoring. Ecosystem services monitoring
Background: download brochures, articles, radar background Peat swamp hydrology monitoring