Alta De Vos

During this session, you'll hear 10 lightning talks featuring topics around advancing nature conservation and the protection, management and restoration of Earth’s natural resources through engaging communities. Rachel Fletcher, Wilderness Society (Australia), “Watch on Nature - using citizen science to monitor deforestation and create training data for better auto change detection” Sophia Linn, Colorado State University, “Remote Island, Remote Work, Remote Sensing and more: Supporting Conservation in the Inner Ionian Sea (Greece) from Afar ” William Cinea, Cayes Botanical Garden, “Utilizing M

Earth Engine apps are dynamic, shareable user interfaces that allow non-experts to interact with powerful, technical Earth Engine analyses. There are now hundreds of publicly available Apps, from local to global scales, allowing users to explore large global datasets, understand global environmental patterns and changes from tidal flats to urban inequality, or even run analyses with their own data.

No matter if you are experienced with working with local and Indigenous communities communities, or have recently begun to do so, this breakout session will be a great conversation about best practices and innovative work flows and Google Geo in community-centred contexts. We will share a range of expert experiences, from field mapping the stories of significant places, to safely sharing innovative maps online, to grappling with the dynamics of managing information in collaborative projects and more , all using Google mapping tools like Google Earth, MyMaps, and more!