NASA Joins Jane Goodall to ConserveChimpanzee Habitats

Earth-observing satellites like Landsat have
documented the shrinking of chimpanzee habitat,
Africa's equatorial forest belt. The Jane Goodall
Institute uses Landsat and other satellite data to
empower local communities to drive conservation on
their own land by creating habitat suitability maps for
chimpanzees.
Mobile apps also bring in data in real-time so
communities can protect their village forest reserves,
and create land use plans for watersheds, people, and
chimpanzees. After years of forest loss, the last few
decades have seen habitats recovering.
Credits:
Conservation dashboards created with support from
NASA, The University of Maryland, Esri, Maxar, and the
US Agency for International Development
Video footage Courtesy of Jane Goodall Institute/
Lilian Pintea
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