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Austin StonePlaneteer 🌎

posted in Education & Research

Education & Research Homepage

Greetings! Did you know that Planet has a dedicated homepage for our Education & Research community? Here you will find resources, guides, useful links, upcoming webinars and more! We hope this centralized repository of information aids in your academic journey. Check out the Education & Research Homepage now!

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idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

published in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI Data Program Partners And Users Continue To Deliver Conservation & Climate Solutions

In its fourth year, NICFI Satellite Data Program continues to provide access to Planet’s high-resolution satellite monitoring to help reduce tropical forest loss. Check out this Planet Pulse article written by Tara O’Shea (Senior Global Director of Forests and Land Use at Planet) to read about recent user stories and events! Some highlights: “The Bolivian Association for the Research and Conservation of Andean-Amazonian Ecosystems (ACEAA) is incorporating the data into monitoring systems that strengthen indigenous territory surveillance and sustainable forest management. The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is advancing our understanding of how land cover land use changes affect water quality and provision services in Ethiopia. The Global Forest Observations Initiative at UN-FAO, where representatives from the governments of Ecuador, Lao PDR, and Uganda demonstrated how the data is supporting their Ministries of Environment in meeting Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest

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Gijs‎‎ 🌱

published in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Using NICFI Satellite Data to Help Monitor Tree Health and Stress in Reforestation Projects

For reforestation projects, it is vital to monitor the impact of environmental parameters on plant health and stress and to assist with the forest maintenance of the sites. To help monitor the sites, we built time series models for temperature, precipitation, and several vegetation indices to create a baseline for site-specific growing conditions.We compute the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from the high-resolution image data provided by Planet (through the NICFI Basemaps for Tropical Forest Monitoring program) and use this as the primary indicator for site development. The spectral bands in the NICFI dataset allow us to calculate other indexes, as shown in the following image, and we use the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) and Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (MSAVI2) to enforce the predictions.The Modified Triangular Vegetation Index (MTVI2) could also be a good regressor in the prediction of NDVI in the reforested plot, but as the figure shows, the M

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elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Sentinel Hub Landing Page in Planet University

Check out the new Sentinel Hub Enablement Resources landing page in Planet University! Access the following resources:Technical Documentation Customer Education Resources Sentinel Hub Blog Sentinel Hub Community Forum & Support Help

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idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Mangrove Restoration using NICFI data

INVEMAR has benefited from Planet data in various projects, including mangrove restoration, disaster assessment (post-hurricane Julia) in mangroves and seabeds, and mapping mangrove cover in specific areas of the country. As for the viewer tools they created, daily images and monthly Planet mosaics have been used to analyze the temporal dynamics of coastal marine ecosystems such as mangroves. The products have been collected in ArcGIS Pro and QGIS and processed in GEE to improve the scale of some current developments. Among the projects for which the NICFI Satellite Data Program continues to contribute are mangrove restoration monitoring with the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS), ecosystem-based adaptation for protection against coastal erosion in a changing climate of MADS and the German Development Bank (KfW), mangrove map of Colombia 2020, and Vida Manglar (Cispatá Blue Carbon Project). Besides, NICFI provides input for reports on the state of mar

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andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Indigenous Peoples moving power climate action

Indigenous peoples and local communities are essential to preserving and protecting the world's lands and ecosystems. Because of their reliance on and intimate contact with the environment and its resources, they are among the first to experience the direct effects of climate change (UN, 2007). The importance and potential of including their knowledge and expertise are vital to developing and implementing national policies and agendas to support the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (IPCC AR6). This week, we’re focusing on the organizations that work with indigenous people using the NICFI Data Program, demonstrating their active roles in helping to safeguard the ecosystems that inhabit their lands and territories.As a Level 2 user, the Nature Conservancy utilizes NICFI basemaps and daily imagery to correlate Sentinel-1 SAR data and detect/verify logging roads in Central Africa: this data and the corresponding tool support indigenous communities that are logging and sustainably uti

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idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

published in Education & Research

#ArtOfThePossible Story Challenge!

Imagine sharing impactful stories from your community to drive positive change. Join the #ArtOfThePossible Story Challenge and make a difference! Calling all students, faculty, and university researchers! Stand a chance to win up to $15,000 in Planet data, professional services, and get featured in Planet Pulse.Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity! Submit your entry now.

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andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Affected Ethiopian Agro-Pastoralists' Crisis Mapping

In recent years, the effects of droughts, aggravated by climate change, have increased in frequency and magnitude, affecting people's livelihoods and food security. Therefore, the "Crowdmapping for Food Security in the Horn of Africa" program aims to address this issue by using cutting-edge technology and community mapping to create an early warning system in Ethiopia’s Lowe Omo Valley. Marcos Moreu, a researcher at UCL, explained the science behind FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) in a blogpost. The tool's main goal is to assist land users in producing terrestrial data so that maps combining satellite and user-generated data from the ground can be more locally relevant. This concept incorporates NICFI Basemaps, allowing participants to localize, on and off-site, the state of resources and map the natural resources to which they have access in an effort to better manage their resources and offer information to assess the severity of the disaster. The researcher highlight

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shelley7247‎‎ 🌱

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VISIBLE BANDS FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS

Does anyone know of the spectral indices that can be generated using only visible bands(Red,Blue and Green) that I can use for image analysis particularly for land use land cover.

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idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Monitoring of protected areas: Central African Republic and Mozambique

African Parks is an NGO that helps in the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities. They manage national parks and protected areas in 12 countries, including Angola, Benin, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe. You can check out the organization’s website. In the NICFI Survey carried out in November 2022, they noted they use NICFI Basemaps in GEE to monitor the protected area landscapes they manage in the Central African Republic and Mozambique. More specifically, NICFI basemaps are central to developing a detailed map of the Chinko landscape in the Central African Republic in GEE by combining them with Sentinel-2 data. This data fusion enhanced the resulting vegetation map allowing them to better distinguish between wet and dry forests, woodlands and wet and dry grasslands.

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Sabrina Beninato‎‎ 🌱

asked in Education & Research

Planetary Variables access with basic account

Hi forum, I have created a basic account to access two Planetary Variables: SM and VOD. Although Planetary Variables are not listed among the products available to basic users in the E&R program, it is not clear whether they are included in other products. Can I access these products with my basic account for educational and research purposes?Thanks!Regards, Sabrina

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andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Deforestation Early Warning System in Mexico

CONAFOR, a NICFI level 2 user, uses NICFI Basemaps through QGIS and GEE. They adjusted their workflow so that calibration processes of change detection are performed in PS images. Additionally, they evaluate deforestation alerts for monitoring specific change processes such as settlements and illegal airstrips. Another use of individual Planet imagery is to conduct tests to understand possible underestimates of forest cover loss due to the spatial resolution of Sentinel 2 imagery. For this purpose, they have run change detection algorithms in different images to check the best performance. Finally, they mentioned they have also consumed planet images through the Google Earth Engine tool to generate exploratory change analysis.Here you can see one of their Early Warning Reports on Deforestation. In this one, they focus on Montes Azules and Calakmul.If you like to know more about their work, please follow this link.Taken from CONAFOR - General Partner Reporting to NICFI, November 2022

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idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Analyzing Deforestation in Brazil through Planet-NICFI Basemaps

This week, we’re going to Brazil! Since 2019, deforestation in Brazil has reached record levels. Even only in 2021, more than 13,000 sq km of the Brazilian Amazon were cleared. This was the highest total in 15 years. According to projections, total deforestation will reach almost 15,000 sq km by 2022.InfoAmazonia and PlenaMata examined Planet-NICFI basemaps from 2018 to 2022 and focused on critical areas that helped illustrate how the previous government had a destructive effect on the Amazon.You can check out this link for more information and see how NICFI data is used to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

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andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Vegetation loss detection - Earth Day Month

Next, for Earth Day this month , we will go to Ethiopia, where a NICFI user is using data to pursue NICFI Strategic Objectives 3 "Effective international incentive structures to reduce deforestation in tropical forest countries" and 4. "Increased transparency in land management, land use, value chains and finance". The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) reported on their work in the November 2022 survey. With NICFI program data products, including Planet Scope mosaics and Planet Daily images, they conduct visual validation of deforestation alerts, land use/land cover analysis and report on potential drivers of deforestation (e.g., agricultural, illegal logging, mining or natural causes) in Ethiopia.They stream and use the data in Google Earth Engine, QGIS plugin, Collect Earth Online, and Global Forest Change to carry out this.In their response, they mentioned, "Our institute appreciates the continued availability of these images and plans to support nati

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andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Mangrove ecosystem assessment - Earth Day Month

For this month's earth day we will report on user stories from around the world and how they use NICFI maps in their workflow.In this first story, we’re going to Indonesia, where Astraea in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy are developing pond and mangrove analyses. They are studying mangrove distribution and canopy cover under the Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration Alliance (MERA) program and other programs that require analysis of this critical ecosystem.Being part of user level 2, the experts explain that they use single images (for small areas) and create mosaics themselves if they need a large area containing a lot of scene data. However, for the use of base maps, these are downloaded for quick validation and evaluation of the study area.If you like to know more about their work, please follow this link Taken from Indonesia Oceans Program team - Astraea - General Partner Reporting November 2022 to NICFI.

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Luisa TeixeiraPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI Satellite Data Program 4th year extension confirmed!

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idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

NICFI Satellite Data Program - 2022 Q4 Update

You can read the NICFI Satellite Data Program Quarterly Reports here. Go to the page and scroll down to see all available reports! 😊

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andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

MAAP Project & Deforestation in mining corridor of Peruvian Amazon

The Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), run by Amazon Conservation Association, was launched in 2015. The project delivers actionable data from multiple satellite sources for local governments and people to detect deforestation. It currently covers 83% of the Amazon in Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. This week’s user story is about deforestation in the southern Peruvian Amazon, where gold mining is one of the critical reasons for deforestation in the region. The last status of deforestation in the Mining Corridor of Madre de Dios was highlighted in the MAAP article published in December 2022. As agriculture is another reason for deforestation in the area, the researchers distinguished mining deforestation. Using NICFI-Planet monthly mosaics, they detect total deforestation of 16,000 hectares in the Mining Corridor over the past two years (2021 - 2022). Besides, the area of direct mining deforestation is 11,2000 hectares. Click here to check out the report and

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andrea.cardenasPlaneteer 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Forest Assessment in Guatemala using NICFI Data

Guatemala's National Forest Institute (INAB) uses Planet NICFI data to complement its forest assessment and offer Forest Incentives. This system reinforces the National Forestry Incentives System that has existed for over 20 years.Their activities include the use of NICFI Basemaps in GEE for mapping forest cover of Pinabet (Abies guatemalensis) coniferous and broadleaf species in Western Guatemala for the year 2020 and to map the dry forest in Guatemala in 2020 and analyze the areas of change (losses and gains) in 8 municipalities for the period 2018-2020-2022. You can have a look at their results at the following link.Additionally, they use Planet images to monitor hotspots in Guatemalan territory. This analysis is carried out to have a quantity of burned area during the reports of fires attended by INAB.If you like to know more about their work, please follow these links (1 & 2).

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Paolo Di Martino‎‎ 🌱

asked in Education & Research

Change about my plan

Hello,I would like to know if my plan is currently active.(University account)I cannot download scenes and single AOI.Please let me know if I must upgrade my plan or if I must submitted another project reserach topics .Thank you so muche,Paolo

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idilgumusCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in NICFI Satellite Data Program

Online Course: Forest Land Monitoring for Climate Action - SEPAL

If you are interested in learning digital tools for more effective forest and land monitoring, FAO organizes an online course to provide knowledge and skills for application of high resolution satellite imagery in tropical forest countries. The main focuses will be the SEPAL platform, its functions and applications as well as processes and systems for forest and land monitoring. The course will be simultaneously delivered in English, French and Spanish. Click here to register the course.

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elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in Planet Orbit Partner Ecosystem

Planet Partner: Woolpert

What is Woolpert?Woolpert is a leading provider of state-of-the-art geospatial services. The company applies a big-picture approach to some of the largest regional and continental-scale geospatial projects in North America and around the globe. Leveraging their deep bench of in-house engineers, architects and consultants, Woolpert brings a geospatial advantage to any project. Woolpert as a Planet PartnerAs part of the Planet Orbit Certification Program, Woolpert will be delivering Cloud Solutions for Planet customers, employing their expertise in cloud deployments and optimization to help Planet’s customers successfully transition to the cloud. ...If you are interested in connecting with a Planet partner who has deep expertise in building last-mile solutions using satellite imagery. Click here to find a partner. If you want to build and scale your geospatial business by leveraging high cadence global satellite imagery. Click here to learn more about becoming a partner.If you are a Plan

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elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in Planet Orbit Partner Ecosystem

Planet Orbit Certification Program

Planet is excited to share that we have certified three partners through the new Planet Orbit Certification Program. The program will officially launch and be open to qualified partners in Spring 2023. The companies that have completed our certified program offer robust applications and services that are ready to scale globally. From helping customers get up to speed on Planet’s APIs to deploying high-performing solutions based on Planet’s data, Planet Orbit Certified Partners follow best practices to support customers’ unique use cases. … to learn more check this Planet Pulse article out!

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elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in Planet Orbit Partner Ecosystem

Resources

Planet has over 200+ partners and for every Friday during the month of February we will highlight a few of them, check back to hear stories about the amazing work done by Planet partners!If you are interested in connecting with a Planet partner who has deep expertise in building last-mile solutions using satellite imagery. Click here to find a partner. If you want to get the resources you need to grow as a Planet partner by increasing your Planet expertise, get more benefits, including a dedicated Partner Business Manager and strategic collaboration opportunities click here.For more overall information on Planet partners click here!

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elyhienrichCommunity Manager 🌎

posted in Planet Orbit Partner Ecosystem

Planet Partner: Sinergise

The first partner highlighted during partner month is Sinergise! What is Sinergise?Sinergise has extensive expertise in developing advanced geospatial information systems based on cloud and web technology, focusing on markets where it can create the greatest impact.Sinergise is best known for its Sentinel Hub, an award-winning satellite imagery archiving, processing and distribution service, which powers earth observation applications world-wide. Sentinel Hub processes hundreds of millions of requests every month, providing timely visualization and analysis of multiple remote sensing data products, and supports the rapid development of new earth-observation products, such as vegetation indices. Sinergise as a Planet PartnerAs part of the Planet Orbit Certification Program, Sinergise will continue to provide Planet customers with solutions for monitoring agricultural activities across broad geographic scales.Sinergise provides “markers” on a field-by-field basis that include detection

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