Environmental News Innovation Lab

Gustavo Faleiros - Knight International Journalism Fellow

Media Dialog Buenos AiresPublic data goes social

What is the ((o))eco NewsLab?

Project by Brazilian non-profit news agency O Eco

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International Center for Journalists viaKnight International Journalism Fellowship

Data, maps, news apps….

Pushing for applying new technology on sourcing and producing environmental journalism ….

Main project

Data Mining Platform

Deforestation - Brazil: data since 1976 / 8 countries - since 2004, including Cattle Ranching and Timber Clusters

Data Mining Platform

Oil and Mining Concessions: 9 countries - who owns blocks

Data Mining platform = 10,5 GB

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● Hydroeletric power plants

● Protected Areas and Indigenous territories

● Roads

● Forest Fire

Geojournalism

- Aggregating stories to add contextual/journalistic layer to data

1000 and counting geotagged stories

- Generating an API (geojson) of stories to be used on other application

WordPress Platform for georeferenced content

http://cardume.github.io/jeo/

JEO WP Theme Features

● Publishes map layers (MapBox, CartoDB) and allow settings direct via WordPress

● Every post can be geolocated and filtered on interactive timeline

● Distribution widget generating embed code and maps on social media

Partnerships with independent media outlets

Data and Stories about illegal poaching in South Africa and its links with international ivory trafficking

http://oxpeckers.org

Oxpeckers.org main map

Community and knowledge

● Launched in September 2013

● 12 tutorials published and more to come

● Experts on 4 different continents

● Content on Creative Commons, incentive to share

Next Projects

Indonesia

EKUATORIAL Environmental News Syndication

Kenya

Investigations on European development investments and use of natural resources

Thank you

Linkshttp://ecolab.oeco.org.br/

My emailgfaleiros@icfj.org

Twitter@gufalei