Web maps as a connecting element
The beauty of web maps is that they allow us like no other medium to tell the story of a forest landscape project in multi-dimensions. Only during the last few years has web technology enabled us to use maps more...
Carbon Credits and Certifications are not enough
Nature is more than a simple carbon sinking machine! Carbon credits are valuable but conceptual. A story that showcases the transformation of a degraded landscape into a green oasis is much more tangible than purely aligning success with the number...
Images in Trees
How imagination connects us with our environment. After 23 years of searching and discovering, my curiosity has only increased. Now I want to know everything! Paul Rolans As ecologists, natural resources managers, foresters and conservationists we are working in, and...
The 3 principles of how to share your landscape story with the world
Authenticity, context, and transparency. Image of the image gallery of the REDD + Tambopata — Bahuaja Project. Click the image to visit the project presentation. (© Asociación para la Investigación y Desarrollo Integral — AIDER). Explore the project. Discovering a good landscape story is...
Let your project story grow
There is no project success without a good story Every project story is like a little seedling. You need to find a suitable site to plant it and a community that provides shelter. With the help of a continuous supply of...
Failure as opportunity to think broad and deep
How OpenForests poked the box and developed innovative Forest Information Services. Becoming a professional How do we become professionals? A general opinion is that we become professionals by gaining special skills through higher education and further training. My experience, however,...
Bamboo detection through Remote Sensing in Ethiopia
Land Cover detection through Remote Sensing The goal of this work was to determine the current land cover of a concession in Ethiopia. The sustainable management of forest concessions requires detailed information about the current land cover and the distribution...
The Core Concept of Sustainability
No concept is more inflationary, misused and at the same time so important. This article outlines the importance of the initial sustainability concept and how it describes our relationship with the world and the nature over time. Today’s inflationary and...
6 principles that help to design a robust Forest Information System
Costly missteps can be avoided by gaining a basic understanding of application development processes and design principles. Why are information systems needed? Thousands of forest operations and forest landscape projects run successfully using Excel files and Word documents. But there is...
Remote Sensing for Forest Landscapes.
What you need to know to get it right! Introduction to remote sensing For whom? This article addresses professionals like foresters, ecologists, project developers, certifiers, and environmentalists (in the following called natural resources managers) who are new to the field of remote sensing...