Geospatial analytics startup PlanetWatchers worked with Airbus Defense and Space Intelligence and a large pulp and paper company to produce a report on early detection of drought and disease in Eucalyptus forests. In the image (right) areas of growth are green. Areas of leaf loss are red.

PlanetWatchers, a geospatial analytics startup focused to date on forestry, is preparing to expand its focus from forestry to sugar cane and energy, said Ariel Smoliar, PlanetWatchers chief executive and co-founder.

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