Jennifer Ross

During this session, you'll hear 9 lightning talks featuring topics around monitoring and analyzing environmental changes, including deforestation monitoring and prevention, environmental impact assessment, and community empowerment and territorial rights. Gabriel Antunes Daldegan, Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, “Latest developments of Trends.Earth” Yanina Martínez, National Forest Institute, “Mapping forest cover and land use change in Paraguay” Ricardo Abad Meireles de Mendonça, Instituto Socioambiental, “Proteção territorial no corredor de áreas indígenas no xingu” La

During this session, you'll hear 9 lightning talks featuring topics around the use of Google Earth Engine (GEE) and other Google Cloud tools for geospatial data processing, analysis, and visualization, showcasing technical tools and workflows that tackle diverse geospatial challenges across various domains. Ian Housman, RedCastle Resources Inc.

During this session, you'll hear from 3 organizations that are leveraging mapping tools for social and environmental impact: Talk 1: "Bottom up approach for large scale wall to wall land cover & use change" - Tasso Azevedo, MapBiomas Talk 2: "Tracking Arctic permafrost thaw with geoAI to inform climate action" - Brendan Rogers, Woodwell Climate Research Center and Wenwen Li, Arizona State University Talk 3: "Landscape Change Monitoring System (LCMS) Stories" - Jennifer Ross, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service