forestwatchers
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ForestWatchers Presentation: building a global network of volunteers to monitor forests across the world with limited means of self monitoring using a web application: PyBossaTRANSCRIPT
ForestWatchersa citizen project for forest monitoring
Tropical forests
Provide habitat for most of the world's terrestrial plant and animal species. Photo by Leonardo F. Freitas
http://flic.kr/p/2cJCTzLicense: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
These ecosystems are under increasing threat!
Photo by Leonardo F. Freitashttp://flic.kr/p/3eQWSkLicense: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Deforestation is responsible for almost 20%of all global greenhouse gas (GHG).
Photo by Leonardo F. Freitashttp://flic.kr/p/3eQWSkLicense: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The goal: build a global network of volunteers to monitor forests across the world with limited means of self monitoring using a web application
Photo by Kevin McGarrhttp://flic.kr/p/aNVshLicense: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Hackfest, Conferences, Workshops, Summits...
Our starting pointA collaboration with Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE):
● Leader in deforestation monitoring,
● Responsible for the DETER program (Real Time Deforestation Detection System),
● Trains monitoring teams from other developing countries, and
● Supports open data policies. And UNOSAT, experts in delivering imagery analysis and satellite solutions.
Ask volunteers to check for deforested areas in satellite images
Short-term goalGet an alpha version before the Rio+20 summit on global sustainability at the end of June!
Thank You!
If you are interested to get involved, contact us!Daniel Lombraña @teleyinex
[email protected] @CyberSciCentre
LicenseIcons by Gnome project except Logos