Monitoring and Forecasting Chimpanzee Habitat Health in Africa

In partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), NASA scientists have provided assistance in the monitoring, forecasting and conservation of natural resources in regions surrounding the Gombe National Forest in Tanzania. Between 1972 and 1999, significant deforestation had occurred in the regions outside the boundary of the Gombe National Forest to the detriment of the park's chimpanzee population as well as to the that of the villagers living in the region. In 2005, JGI initiated a forest monitoring program training and equipping community members with GPS-enabled Android smart phones and tablets for capturing observances of forest use. Combining NASA remote sensing data with citizen science observations facititated villages to develop land use plans, leading to improved decision making and facilitating the establishment of conservation areas. In 2016, the Metropolitan Group developed a 3-minute video detailing the motivation of this cooperative project between NASA and JGI. The viedo shows footage of project activities in Tanzania along with planning meetings using NASA satellite data. The animations shown here were developed to support this production.

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