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💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2026-08-14 · 03:20 UTC

Geospatial Analysis of Carbon Offset Projects - A Broader Scientific Outlook
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https://www.eldhollow.com/blogs/geospatial-analysis-of-carbon-offset-projects <-- shared technical blog
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation, rather scrutinising the spatial use case & technical approach]
H/T @kyle Arvisais | Forest Carbon Scientist
“Geospatial analysis is at the core of [the H/T’s company’s] project quality assessments, and [the author is] constantly finding ways to make the pipeline better and ways to use it. [They are] obviously not the only one who uses these types of tools, but to be perfectly honest, the quality of models [they have] seen over the years has been all over the place.
This blog makes a casual introduction to [their] pipeline while talking about the field at large…”
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“The world has committed to protecting and restoring nature at an unprecedented scale. Whether that commitment delivers what it promises comes down project execution on the ground. Local socioeconomics and forest ecology intertwine to create complex challenges for projects to overcome during implementation, and at the end of the day, projects boil all of these complexities down to one single unit: the carbon credit. So the question becomes: can we actually measure what is happening to a forest, accurately and honestly, and everywhere at once?
For a long time, the honest answer has been no. Historically, many forest carbon projects overstated their impact. Usually it was because the baseline was too generous, or because the measurements underneath were flawed. For anyone with a stake in nature markets, that uncertainty is one of the core risks.
Robust geospatial analysis can help mitigate that risk. If you treat a carbon credit as what it really is, a scientific claim, then we can hold it to that standard and assess it objectively. [Their] geospatial pipeline turns satellite data and ground truth data into models about how much forest is standing, how it is changing, and what might put it at risk in the future. The pipeline does this anywhere on Earth…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #usecase #carbonoffset #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #qualityassessment #objectivity #projectpipeline #model #modeling #application #nature #environment #ecosystems #ecology #local #regional #factors #socioeconomics #forestecology #vegetation #forest #tree #carboncredit #climatechange #climatecrisis #forestcarbonprojects #global

#gis #spatial #mapping #usecase #carbonoffset #spatialanalysis

The-14 Media @[email protected] · 2025-04-29 · 17:47 UTC

Old growth forests in eastern Canada show that the climate started changing almost 100 years ago
#Canada #ClimateChange #OldGrowthForests #TreeRings #Environment #SnowPack #RiverFlow #Caribou #Hydropower #DroughtHistory #Forests #ForestEcology #ClimateData
https://the-14.com/old-growth-forests-in-eastern-canada-show-that-the-climate-started-changing-almost-100-years-ago/

#canada #climatechange #oldgrowthforests #treerings #environment #snowpack

Planetary Ecologist @[email protected] · 2024-05-13 · 19:03 UTC

Understory (Habitat 🌄)

In forestry and ecology, understory, or understorey, also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above the forest floor. Only a small percentage of light penetrates the canopy so understory vegetation is generally shade-tolerant. The understory typically consi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understory

#Understory #Plants #Forests #Habitat #ForestEcology #PlantsByHabitat

#understory #plants #forests #habitat #forestecology #plantsbyhabitat

BellingenNSW @[email protected] · 2024-03-18 · 01:51 UTC

The Forest Wars: The ugly truth about what's happening in our tall forests, David Lindenmayer

The book
"lifts the lid on destruction of native forests by government corporations and logging industry that is making bushfires worse, killing wildlife and costing taxpayers millions, for the sake of woodchips for export."

"Since colonisation, Australians have been frantically logging our native forests as if our lives depended on it. Our lives do depend on the forests—but on keeping them, not destroying them."

"Despite what we are told, logging makes bushfires worse for decades after the chainsaws stop, and kills iconic animals and birds each year in droves, driving many species closer to extinction. The trees that are logged mostly end up as paper and cardboard. And it's not profitable: taxpayers are funding it."

"Lindenmayer reveals an unholy alliance between state forestry, the timber industry and unions. Loggers routinely breach regulations, and industry intimidates anyone who questions what they are doing. Worse still, even where native forest logging is supposedly ending, efforts are being made to continue it under a different name."

'In the face of all the lies and industry spin, an evidence-based account that's clear, humane, and trustworthy.' - Tim Winton

Professor David Lindenmayer is a world-leading expert in forest ecology and resource management, conservation science, and biodiversity conservation.
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https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/David-Lindenmayer-Forest-Wars-9781761470752
#NativeForests #destruction #FCNSW #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #book #biodiversity #conservation #governance #PR #failure #wildlife #koalas #bushfires #extractivism #BreachWatch #Australia #climate #ForestEcology