from bows & arrows to laptops
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Vasco Van RoosmalenEquipe de Conservaçao de AmazôñiaTRANSCRIPT
III Encuentro Internacional de TIC en la Cooperación el DesarrolloIII International Meeting of ICT for Development Cooperation
From Bows & Arrows to Laptops
Limitaciones y capacidades: Mision y Vision
“The mission of the Amazon Conservation Team is to work in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health and culture in tropical America by combining traditional knowledge with the latest science and technology.”
Mission
Ethnomapping
Ethnomapping
MappingSuriname 1999-2010 10 million hectares
Xingu Park 2001-2004 2.7 million hectares
Tumucumaque Park 2002 4.2 million hectares
Surui 2006 & 2009 242,000 hectares
Diahui 2009 40,000 hectares
Kaxuyana 2009 1.2 million hectares
Wai Wai 2009-2010 9.6 million hectares
III Encuentro Internacional de TIC en la Cooperación el DesarrolloIII International Meeting of ICT for Development Cooperation
III Encuentro Internacional de TIC en la Cooperación el DesarrolloIII International Meeting of ICT for Development Cooperation
III Encuentro Internacional de TIC en la Cooperación el DesarrolloIII International Meeting of ICT for Development Cooperation
• Combine with scientific survey and diagnostic techniques.• Use of methodologies as a basis for Ethno-zoning, REDD/PES
projects, management/protection plans, education and health programs, etc.
• Training of others in how to implement this methodology.• Develop additional technological tools to increase the efficiency
and reach of mapping work (Example: Google partnership).
Next Steps
Technology Partnerships
http://www.visuamundo.com http://www.rhizalabs.com/
http://earth.google.com/outreach
Community Use
• Load point features from a GPX-file • Display the features in Google Earth Plug-In• Edit the Name, Icon and Description of the points
o Choose from 12 predefined Iconso Use a WYSIWYG-editor to style the HTML-
CSS-balloon • Save the information as KML
Visualization
Components:• Reforestation• REDD – “Avoided Deforestation”
If the Surui forests burned today (over 600,000 acres) they would release the equivalent of ten years of Chicago’s annual carbon emissions.
Surui Carbon Project
Partners for Surui Projects
Partners for Surui ProjectsCarbon Credit Payments, Avoided Deforestation and
REDDPartners: Metareila, Forest Trends, Kaninde, ACT, Aguaverde, IDESAM, Google Earth
Coordination: Forest TrendsREDD: IDESAM/ECODECISIONSTechnical/Mapping: ACT and Google EarthReforestation: Metareila, Aguaverde, Kaninde
Partial results: Legal Framework, Governance, Technical reportNext Steps: …
Partners for Surui ProjectsCarbon Credit Payments, Avoided Deforestation and
REDDPartners: Metareila, Forest Trends, Kaninde, ACT, Aguaverde, IDESAM, Google Earth
Coordination: Forest TrendsREDD: IDESAM/ECODECISIONSTechnical/Mapping: ACT and Google EarthReforestation: Metareila, Aguaverde, Kaninde
Partial results: Legal Framework, Governance, Technical reportNext Steps: …
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Surui Carbon Project
Data Collection Challenges
• accuracy• ease of use• speed• transparency of process/data• accessibility of results
Surui Carbon Project
Surui Carbon Project
Surui Carbon Project
Surui Carbon Project
Surui Carbon Project
Surui Carbon Project
Surui Carbon Project
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Google Earth, other GIS Apps
Many other common formats