BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:node-1684@www.geog.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20190118T203000Z DTSTART:20190118T203000Z DTEND:20190118T203000Z SUMMARY:Coffee Hour: Mapping Forests and Spirits to Secure a Future for People and Chimpanzees DESCRIPTION:
There is a growing torrent of geospatial data on ecosystems, species and threats from a variety of remote sensing, GIS, mobile and cloud platforms. However, we need a standard framework for converting these big data into meaningful, useful and actionable information for decision makers. In this presentation I will use more than twenty years of conservation action planning, village land use planning and participatory action research efforts by the Jane Goodall Institute in Tanzania and Uganda, to discuss how geospatial technologies interact with traditional knowledge and local decision making processes to support people livelihoods and protect chimpanzees. This will include a Decision Support System (DSS) developed with the University of Maryland, Esri and NASA to... LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR