ForestWatchers Presentation: building a global network of volunteers to monitor forests across the world with limited means of self monitoring using a web application: PyBossa

1. ForestWatchers
a citizen project for forest monitoring

2. Tropical forests
Provide habitat for most of the world's terrestrial
plant and animal species.
Photo by Leonardo F. Freitas
http://flic.kr/p/2cJCTz
License: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

3. These ecosystems are under increasing threat!
Photo by Leonardo F. Freitas
http://flic.kr/p/3eQWSk
License: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

4. Deforestation is responsible for almost 20%
of all global greenhouse gas (GHG).
Photo by Leonardo F. Freitas
http://flic.kr/p/3eQWSk
License: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

5. Photo by Kevin McGarr
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The goal: build a global network of volunteers to monitor forests across
the world with limited means of self monitoring using a web application

6. Hackfest, Conferences, Workshops, Summits...

7. Our starting point
A 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

13. Short-term goal
Get an alpha version before the Rio+20 summit
on global sustainability at the end of June!

14. Thank You!
If you are interested to get involved, contact us!
Daniel Lombraña teleyinex@gmail.com @teleyinex
CCC project-citizencyberscience-coordinators@cern.ch @CyberSciCentre
License
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