This is how local people are helping to map the trees that tech cannot
Current technology cannot map trees across dry forests and areas with sparse tree cover. Collect Earth is using the power of the human eye to fill the gap.
Katie Reytar is a Research Associate in the Forests Program. Her expertise focuses on GIS spatial analysis, modeling, and data management to inform environmental policy and management decisions. She provides GIS support to projects across the Institute--primarily the Forest Program’s Global Restoration Initiative and the Governance Center’s Land and Resource Rights project. Additional areas of project work include Water Quality, Coastal Ecosystems (Reefs at Risk Revisited), and Agricultural Sustainability.
Current technology cannot map trees across dry forests and areas with sparse tree cover. Collect Earth is using the power of the human eye to fill the gap.
In 2014, governments, companies, NGOs and Indigenous groups committed to a series of goals to protect forests, but in 2020, we're further from meeting them than we were six years ago.
Malawi's government recently announced a US$7 million programme for forest restoration.
Increasing tree cover naturally stabilizes soil erosion and helps increase nutrient availability.