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Category: Mapping
Ready, Set, Report! Five forest communities are showcasing a new style of conservation
We’re often told that we shouldn’t trust first impressions. In the case of Baka forest hunter-gatherer communities in Cameroon, … More
Forest People, Forest Elephants, and Forest Citizen Science in Cameroon
Since its initial development, Sapelli has been closely interlinked with conservation aims, ranging from resource monitoring in the Congo and CAR to … More
New project: WeGovNow! – citizen engagement in local government
Today, we’re starting a new research project, in which we will work closely with our social enterprise ‘Mapping for Change‘. … More
Skydiving, LEGO and my PhD: how I applied Extreme Citizen Science in the Pantanal, Brazil
Guest post by Rafael Chiaravalotti, PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at UCL I never liked extreme things. When … More
Mapping Accessibility with Sapelli
On 19th June the ExCiteS research group and Mapping for Change, teamed up with Dr Catherine Holloway and Sarah Nicholson, … More
Back to the Field – interdisciplinary research in the Congo
Take one computer scientist, one geographer, one anthropologist, two quadcopter drones and eight Android smartphones to the Congo for a … More
Complex Systems: YRNCS Workshop 2014
This September the Young Researchers Network on Complex Systems (YRNCS) held their first workshop in Lucca (Italy) which featured a … More
The Amazon in focus: development challenges and participatory monitoring tools for the rainforest
The past two weeks were extremely busy. Between August 22nd and 24th I attended the Brazilian Studies Association Conference, which … More
A taste of possibilities – Extreme Citizen Science on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
As I write this blog update I am sat at a junction on the forest road, where the Moabi project … More
