Remote Sensing, Real Impact - Technology-Driven Conservation At The Jane Goodall Institute
(How the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] is using satellite imagery and spatial technology to help people and animals thrive.)
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https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/conservation-at-the-jane-goodall-institute <-- shared technical article
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https://www.iceye.com/blog/government/solutions/how-the-jane-goodall-institute-uses-iceye-sar-to-protect-ecosystems <-- shared technical article
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[this post should not be seen as endorsement of a particular provider and/or approach]
“Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research at Gombe National Park in Tanzania began in 1960, and transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the relationship between humans and animals. Dr. Goodall dedicated her life to conservation and community empowerment. Her recent passing marks the end of an extraordinary career in ethology and conservation science. Yet her legacy lives on powerfully through the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] and the countless individuals and communities she inspired worldwide. Her pioneering work revealed that chimpanzees make and use tools, have complex social structures, and possess individual personalities; discoveries that fundamentally challenged our understanding of what it means to be human, for the better…
The institute's current work embodies Dr. Goodall's profound philosophy: that humanity can only reach its full potential "when our clever brains and our compassionate hearts are connected."
This principle guides every aspect of JGI's conservation science strategy, from analyzing satellite data to providing local communities with the tools they need to strengthen their environment. Dr. Goodall's vision that conservation must be rooted in compassion, scientific rigor, and respect for local communities continues to shape the institute's innovative approach to using technology for conservation action.
As time has gone on, geospatial technologies have become increasingly indispensable to this mission, enabling JGI to monitor forest health in real-time, map critical chimpanzee habitats and migration corridors, and measure the tangible impact of community-led conservation initiatives. But perhaps most importantly, these technologies help the communities understand that the lives of people, animals and their shared environment are all interconnected…”
#ConservationTechnology #illegal #Deforestation #hunting #mining #GombeNationalPark #remotesensing #radar #earthobservation #chimpanzee #conservation #communityempowerment #JaneGoodallInstitute #JGI #satellite #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #habitat #destruction #migration #corridors #monitoring #conservationscience #strategy #resource #cloudcover #alerts #foresthealth #protection #SAR #vegetation #ecosystems #rainforest #greatape #disease #foodsecurity #DRC #Tanzania #CongoBasin #nationalpark #ranger #parkranger #security #safety #alerts #wildlifetrafficking
@JaneGoodallInstitute @iceeye
#foresthealth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #foresthealth, aggregated by home.social.
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Larger Forest Patches Have Greater Per-Area Productivity
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03075-5 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08688-7 <-- shared related paper
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https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0411:FFOTCU]2.0.CO;2 <-- shared related paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #habitat #ecosystems #fragmented #forests #vegetation #carbonstorage #trees #logging #forestry #naturalresources #canopy #soil #moisture #foresthealth #metrics #productivity #carboncapture #contiguous #USA #CONUS #environment #sustainability #model #modeling #AI #machinelearning #geoai #carbonsequestration #forestcover -
Challenges In Comparing National Forest Statistics - Canada As A Case Study
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📑 https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/abs/10.5558/tfc2026-006 <-- shared paper
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H/T Michael Wulder |Senior Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada
“Canada is a forest nation. Its forests are spatially extensive, ecologically diverse, and of global importance. While national level forest statistics are used for international reporting and comparison, they often fail to reflect the distinctive structure and stewardship context of Canada’s forest estate, which includes millions of hectares of remote, unmanaged forests alongside actively managed zones governed by provincial and territorial stewardship frameworks...”
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#forest #Canada #national #geostatistics #forestestate #remote #unmanaged #contrast #managed #harvesting #naturalresources #resource #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #assessment #value #metrics #stewardship #management #monitoring #statistics #health #foresthealth #science
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Forest dieback, often related to #ClimateChange, is increasing in many parts of the world, and there is an urgent need to develop an efficient large-scale monitoring system of forest health, to improve forest management.
This study by Carletti et al 2025, based on a combination of satellite and ground level observations, will allow to improve detection of forest dieback, with a species specific calibration, and can therefore be used to produce high-resolution dieback maps at species levels and thus monitor dieback trends over time.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22797254.2025.2547386#d1e1030
#AcademicChatter #BioDiversity
#ForestManagement #Forests #Forestry
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**Micro-sensores** adheridos a las hojas de los árboles monitorizan su salud y estrés hídrico, optimizando la gestión forestal.
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Cyclomoose Forest Management Project – comment deadline is October 16th
Cyclomoose Forest Management Project MapThe Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is asking for public moment on the proposed Cyclomoose Forest Management Project. Most of the work would be located in the Coal Creek State Forest near Polebridge. (See the map.)
Comments should be sent to:
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Attn: Cullen O’Brien
Stillwater Unit
P.O. BOX 164, Olney, MT 59927
Cullen.O’[email protected]The comment deadline is October 16, 2025 so, realistically, comments should be sent via email.
For more detail, including project objectives, here’s the meat of the original press release . . .
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Stillwater Unit is proposing to harvest timber on the following state-owned parcels:
T34N R21W S 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15
T36N R22W S36The proposed Cyclomoose forest management project is located near Polebridge, Montana in Flathead County. Portions of the project area within T34N R21W and within T36N R22W are located approximately 7 miles northwest and 5 miles southwest of Polebridge, MT, respectively. The primary objectives of the Cyclomoose forest management project are:
- Generate revenue for the Common Schools, Montana Tech, MSU 2nd Grant, Public Buildings, and State Normal School trusts.
- Enhance the vigor of regenerated timber stands.
- Regenerate new stands of timber.
- Promote biodiversity on State ownership by managing for appropriate or desired stand structures and species composition based on ecological characteristics such as topography, habitat type, disturbance regimes, and unique characteristics.
- Reduce fire hazard and associated risks of loss to the State of Montana and privately-owned land in the Flathead County wildland urban interface.
The project would harvest approximately 2.5-5 million board feet (MMbf) within a 5,500 acre project area. Harvest prescriptions would vary unit by unit and may include: commercial thinning, seed tree, shelterwood, individual tree selection and overstory removal. The proposed harvest would contribute to the DNRC’s sustained yield as mandated by state statute 77-5-222.
Road maintenance, dust abatement, improvements and reconstruction may be needed on existing roads to improve function and drainage of the haul route. Approximately 5 miles of temporary road construction may also be necessary. No permanent roads would be built as part of this project.
Other activities associated with this forest management project may include noxious weed management, pre-commercial thinning, tree planting, mechanical scarification, and slash pile burning.
The DNRC is in the scoping phase of the project environmental assessment, so all volumes, acreages and road distances are preliminary estimates. In preparation for this project, specialists such as wildlife biologists, hydrologists, soil scientists, and archeologists will be consulted.
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Restoring Predators, Restoring Ecosystems: Yellowstone Wolves And Other Carnivores Drive Strong Trophic Cascade
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-predators-ecosystems-yellowstone-wolves-carnivores.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03428 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #YellowstoneNationalPark #Largecarnivores #Willows #Crownvolume #Chronosequencephotographs #Trophiccascade #strength #ecosystem #ecology #biology #biodiversity #vegetation #wolf #elk #willows #riparian #stream #water #hydrology #tree #health #foresthealth #herbivore #carnivore #reintroduction #plants #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #biomass #foodweb #predictivemodel #model #modeling #response #predators #yellowstone -
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Heat
These maps compare the rising climate heat risk in the Amazon with forest health🌡️🌳. The results show how increasing temperatures and wildfire risks are closing in, rapidly degrading this vital ecosystem.
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🌳 Funded by the German #Science Foundation (#DFG), the #ECOSENSE project will develop, implement & test a 👍 distributed, 👍 autonomous, 👍 intelligent sensor network, based on novel microsensors designed for remote & harsh forest environments.
👉 Learn more from the Grant Proposal openly published with us at: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e129357.
@unifreiburg @KIT_Karlsruhe #remotesensing #climatechange #ecosystem #monitoring #foresthealth #ForestManagement
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Forest Fragmentation Is Changing The Shape Of Amazonian Trees, Finds Study [remotesensing]
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-forest-fragmentation-amazonian-trees.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44004-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #amazonia #amazon #amazonrainforest #brazil #remotesensing #LiDAR #terrestrial #terrestriallaser #forestry #lossofhabitat #clearing #trees #vegetation #harvesting #model #modeling #canopy #tree #treecanopy #deforested #tropicalrainforest #tropical #rainforest #forestedge #treeshape #light #sunlight #biomass #ecosystem #treehealth #fragmentedforest #model #survey #habitatfragmentation #treearchitecture #allometry #forestconservation #foresthealth #CentralAmazonia #edgeeffects #carbonsequestration #climatechange -
Hi Fosstodon. I'm a #forestecologist and #DataScientist working on #foresthealth with VR Conservation Collective
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Read now on @Nature: The first full host plant dataset of Curculionidae Scolytinae of the world: tribe Xyleborini.
Project Funded by @EFSA_EU and @UniPadova
#BarkBeetles
#ForestHealth🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1641406152788303876
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Cultural burning is key to fighting severe wildfires, Indigenous practitioners say https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/11/22/cultural-burning-is-key-to-fighting-severe-wildfires-indigenous-practitioners-say/ #goodfire #forests #foresthealth #naturalresources #indigenous #landmanagment #culture #culturalpractices #foodforests #agroforestry #wildfire #firesafety #stewardship #culturalburning