Satellite image analysis shows 329 hectares of forest cleared during development of factory in Germany
Satellite images show 329 hectares of forest were cut down at the site between March 2020 and May 2023, according to the environmental intelligence company Kayrros. That is equivalent to approximately 500,000 trees.
Since May, climate activists have protested against the planned expansion of the gigafactory, occupying tree houses in a nearby camp and. One group set fire to an electricity pylon and stopped the factory’s production for a few days in March.Karolina Drzewo, from the campaign alliance Turn Off Tesla’s Tap, said the analysis showed the company’s production of electric vehicles had caused local destruction of nature as well as global damage through.
Kayrros measures deforestation using optical images from the satellite Sentinel-2, which have a resolution of 10 metres and are publicly available. This data is automatically processed but checked for quality by remote-sensing experts., which from the start of 2025 will ban the import of goods linked to forest destruction. The tool could also be used to independently monitor forests being used as carbon offsets in the voluntary carbon market, the company said.
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