Reduced Emissions from Megafires
Wildfires in California are a serious and growing threat. SIG and the Climate and Wildfire Institute were chosen by the CA Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Taskforce to work in the Million Acres Strategy
Neural Network Crop Mapping in Cambodia
Under the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), Cambodia, like all other nations, is required to create high-resolution land use maps to monitor their agricultural practices.
Scenario Modeling for the Million Acres Strategy
Wildfires in California are a serious and growing threat. SIG and the Climate and Wildfire Institute were chosen by the CA Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Taskforce to work in the Million Acres Strategy
Vermont Land Trust Aggregation
In order to promote sustainable forest management despite fragmented ownership, SIG teamed with academic and advocacy organizations in Vermont. The project we developed together allows landowners to pool resources and split transaction costs. With SIG taking on performance risk and covering project development costs, small landowners were able to enter the market without upfront out-of-pocket costs.
Developing Land Cover Mapping Technology for the KAZA Region
Spatial Informatics Group developed a toolset for the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) that uses a Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS) to map land cover classifications in the area. KAZA, the second largest terrestrial conservation area in the world…
California’s Fourth Climate Assessment
Since 2006, when California published its first climate assessment, the state has been leading the nation in climate change preparation. In 2018, when the State of California was looking to prepare its Fourth Climate Assessment, the California Natural Resources Agency tapped Spatial Informatics Group to serve as author and coauthor of two of the reports that went into the assessment
Coconut Suitability Mapping
In collaboration with SERVIR-SEA, Spatial Informatics Group co-developed a program that uses geospatial data to determine the viability of Nam Hom coconut cultivation in different areas.
The True Cost of Wildfire
SIG’s scientists conducted an extensive literature review and collaborated with a large working group of wildfire professionals to highlight and document major categories of costs associated with wildfires
Ecosystem Services Valuation for Hawaii’s Largest Private Landowner
SIG collaborated with Hawaii’s largest private landowner to integrate an ecosystem services framework into land management planning. We developed a custom ecosystem service typology, conducted extensive literature reviews, held stakeholder workshops, mapped key landscapes, modeled connections between landscapes and beneficiaries, reviewed strategies for ecosystem markets, identified high-priority management strategies, and created indicators for landscape health and interventions.
Identifying Key Watershed Stewards in the American West
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) approached SIG to support their work on ensuring forests on private lands in the American West continue to provide clean water, even in the face of increasing wildfire activity. In particular, they wanted to find out the role played by family forest owners in ensuring watershed health.
