Locals using technology to help monitor and protect nature
Apps are now helping locals and indigenous people
Live drawing from Citizen Science conference – Illustration and text by Frits Ahlefeldt
Digital apps are now helping locals and indigenous people protect their places and local biodiversity and resources from being raided
By using a phone with GPS tagged photos there are new and fast ways to document and share knowledge of both good and bad
Sources:
Read more on Mongabay.com story about the Forest link app (from the Rainforestfoundationuk.org)
Another app is ForestWatcher from GlobalForestWatch.org / WorldResourceInstitute Wri.org
In Prey Lang ( Cambodia ) Locals use another app by Swiss Web-essentials
Keywords: CitizenScience, participatoryscience, citsci2022dk, citizenscience conference aarhus Citizen science, civic science, deforestation, timber, resources, app, crowd science, deforestation, illegal logging, rainforest, tropical forest, deforestation
Drawn Journalism by Frits Ahlefeldt 