Hi dear Planeteers,
At the Impact team, we believe that every single Planeteer is a vital part of our mission. Your expertise has the power to supercharge real-world conservation and restoration efforts on the ground.
Therefore, we want to invite you to connect directly with our Project Centinela users in our upcoming technical sessions: Ask an Expert.
Our users are tackling a wide array of environmental challenges. To ensure they get the best guidance possible, we are looking for volunteers with expertise in the following key domains:
🛰️ Core Remote Sensing & Mapping
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Deforestation & Logging: Deforestation monitoring and logging concession compliance.
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Land Cover & Ecosystems: Land cover mapping, ecosystem extent mapping, and grassland management/health.
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Forest & Vegetation Health: Tree species/forest type detection and quantifying drought stress.
🔥 Risk Modeling & Threat Monitoring
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Wildfires & Climate Risks: Identifying, tracking, and modeling fire risks, plus disease risk modeling.
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Illicit Activity & Infrastructure Tracking: Monitoring illegal mining, tracking road building, and vessel tracking.
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Invasive Species: Estimating the spread of invasive species.
🌱 Restoration & Climate Action
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Biomass & Carbon: Quantifying carbon stocks and evaluating terrestrial/mangrove forest restoration and conservation.
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Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring agricultural conversion/encroachment and supporting smallholder production (agroforestry).
🐾 Biodiversity & Human-Nature Intersections
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Wildlife & Habitat: Designing wildlife corridors, assessing species movement, and habitat/forage quality assessment.
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Protected Areas: Protected area monitoring, no-take zone delineation, and monitoring uncontacted peoples.
If you have experience in any of these workflows, processing techniques, or planetary variables, we want you! Whether you can spare an hour to answer deep technical questions or want to help a user optimize their pipeline, your knowledge is invaluable.
👉 Reply to this thread or email us with your areas of expertise, and we will match you with an upcoming technical session!
Let’s use space to help life on Earth, together.
Best,
The Impact Team
Emilia (emilia@planet.com)
Amy (amy.rosenthal@planet.com)
Seamus (seamus.lombardo@planet.com)
