Greenhouse Gas Accounting in Indonesia
As part of the USAID funded Millennium Challenge Corporation, Spatial Informatics Group teamed up with project lead ICF International to develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission accounting framework.
Helping American Forests Help Underserved Landowners
Spatial Informatics Group is partnering with American Forests to help them make resilient reforestation more affordable and accessible for underserved landowners.
Carbon Credits with the White Mountain Apache Tribe
SIG serves as the forest carbon technical advisor to the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) for the Tribe’s Improved Forest Management California carbon projects.
Mapping the Off-Site Benefits from Protected Areas Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services include natural resources like fresh water and intangible benefits like scenic views and cultural significance. In analyzing Ontario’s provincial parks system, SIG examined two methodologies for quantifying and assessing these services to develop a better framework for evaluation
Sustainable Working Forests
CAL FIRE, California’s wildfire response agency, is required by law to produce assessments of the forests and rangelands in the state every seven years. Spatial Informatics Group was contracted to create a chapter of the 2017 assessment relating to modeling the effects of climate change on California’s 32 million acres of forest.
California’s Urban Heat Island Index
CAL FIRE, California’s wildfire response agency, is required by law to produce assessments of the forests and rangelands in the state every seven years. Spatial Informatics Group was contracted to create a chapter of the 2017 assessment relating to modeling the effects of climate change on California’s 32 million acres of forest.
Improving Nepal’s Forest Change Estimation
SIG’s Environmental Mapping team partnered with SilvaCarbon to bring a suite of user-friendly tools to the Nepalese Forest Research and Training Center in Nepal.
Washington Rainforest Renewal Project
The Nature Conservancy hired Spatial Informatics Group to develop a carbon credit program on coastal rainforest on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. The Washington Rainforest Renewal Project seeks to leverage carbon financing to fund restoration efforts aimed at mimicking the characteristics of late-successional forests.
Life Cycle Assessment Report
West Forest LLC, has undertaken the development of a composite wood panel production facility in northern California. As part of this initiative, and in collaboration with TSS Consultants, SIG joined the project to conduct a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis for specific wood products
