Nature Map Earth
Crowd-sourcing data to develop a global map of biodiversity, carbon storage and other nature services.
Nature Map EarthThe Spatial Analysis and Data Science team researches and develops geospatial techniques on biodiversity for conservation and to improve people’s livelihoods.
Below are some examples of our activities:
Below are some examples of our activities:
Senior research leader
Dr Justin Moat
Research leaders
Dr Samuel Pironon
Dr Carolina Tovar
Tarciso C C Leão
Spatial analysts
Jenny Williams
Tim Wilkinson
Research fellows and post-doctoral researchers
Nicola Kühn
Joseph White
Dr Gary Egan
Amanda Cooper
Felix Lim
Research assistants
Ian Ondo
Guilherme Castro
Isabel Price
PhD Students
Zeren Yang
Hannah O'Sullivan
Interns
Mathilda Digby
Ruben Douglas
Elloise Budd
Visiting researchers and HRAs
Susana Baena
Buntaro Kusumoto
Oliver Whaley
Crowd-sourcing data to develop a global map of biodiversity, carbon storage and other nature services.
Nature Map EarthUsing new remote sensing technologies and methodologies to support conservation and sustainable use of dry tropical forests in Brazil.
Remote sensing for the CaatingaIdentifying Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) of Guinea-Conakry, West Africa.
TIPAs in Guinea-ConakryIdentifying and promoting the long-term conservation and sustainable management of Mozambique’s most important sites for plant diversity.
TIPAs in MozambiqueAssessing the impact of climate change on important plants for the ecosystem services of the páramos of Boyacá, one of 32 regions in Colombia.
Páramo Plants for LifeTo provide a climate-resilient strategy for coffee production in Ethiopia.
Coffee economy for EthiopiaGeoCAT is a web tool that harnesses primary biological data for semi-automated IUCN Red List assessment and analysis.
GeoCATAccelerating the identification of plants threatened with extinction.
Plant Assessment UnitPreserving biodiversity and improving livelihoods through the development of high quality coffee and climate resilient farming practices.
Mainstreaming biodiversity conservationUsing paramotors and technology to understand more about the understudied and fragile fog oases in Peru
Peru fog oasesUnderstanding the effects of dry forest degradation and fires on biodiversity to inform accelerated forest restoration by local communities in Ankarafantsika National Park.
Regeneration and alternative livelihoods in Madagascar