Global Forest Watch offering mapping and data visualization fellowships

Global Forest Watch and the World Resources Institute have launched a new fellowship for individuals working to reduce deforestation within 23 countries in South America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. Global Forest Watch (GFW)’s online forest mapping platform provides anyone with an internet connection access to frequently updated satellite imagery, enabling users to monitor forest change in a particular country, nature reserve, or other area. GFW’s interactive map and other spatial data products allow the user to view and assess forest change over different time periods and at scales ranging from a 30m x 30m pixel to the whole globe. Epiphytes decorate the branch of a canopy emergent tree in the tropical broadleaf forest of Madre de Dios, Peru. Photo credit: Sue Palminteri Through the fellowship program, the GFW team aims to bring its online forest change monitoring technology to scientists, journalists, conservationists, law enforcement officers, lawyers, and indigenous leaders willing to train and share their knowledge with others. The fellowship consists of a five-month series of online training sessions and peer-to-peer interactions from July through December 2018 and provides a US $6,000 stipend. It aims to help participants build their technical skills, network with both their peers and GFW staff, and begin implementing a data-focused project. The five fellows selected in this first round will also attend a fully-funded, intensive three-day tech “camp” to be held in September 2018 in Washington, D.C., where they can sharpen their skills in using GFW and other open-source mapping tools. The camp will…

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