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ICT Solutions for Development Challenges
Table of Contents
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Introduction to E-Book
Introduction
Uses of Forests
Challenges Facing Forests
ICT Tools to Address Challenges within the Forest Sector
Module 1: Data to Decision Making
Introduction to Module
Data Collection & Telemetry
Introduction
Bottom-up data collection
ICT Tool: CyberTracker
ICT Tool: ArcGIS Collector
Sapelli Collector
POI Mapper
Open Tree Map
Case Study: Rainforest Connection
Top-down data collection
Remote Sensing
Note on Satellites
Drone Mapping
Carnegie Airborne Observatory
Case Study: Congo Basin: Use of French Satellite to help forest management
Publicly Available Datasets
Deep Dive: Congo Basin CARPE
Deep Dive: Forest Europe
Data Analysis & Visualization
Introduction
Types of analytical and visualization tools
Decision Support Systems (DSS) for Forestry
Google Earth Engine
IDRISI Earth Trends
CLASLite
Ushahidi
Moabi
Canopy/Plot Reduce/Plot Hound
Open Street Map
Knowledge Products
Introduction
Types of knowledge products
Canada’s National Forest Information System
Malawi Spatial Data Portal (MASDAP)
Decision Support Use
Module 2: Governance & Institutions
Governance and Institutions
Types of Institutional Infrastructure
Videoconferencing
Capacity Building
E-Learning
Hackatons
Collaborative Tools
Knowledge Products
Decision Support Use
Module 3: Community Empowerment
Introduction to Module
Transparency
Case Study: Mexico
Resource Management
Community M&E
Case Study: Measuring and Assessing Forest Degradation. Community Measurement of Carbon Stock Change for REDD
Case Study: Mobile GIS to record and monitor carbon stored in forests by communities in India, Senegal and Tanzania
Case Study: Smartphone Tree Tagging in Guatemala
Case Study: Paiter Surui Tribe, Brazil
ICT Tool: Freedom Fone
Michigan – ICT tools and applications for forest inventory
Livelihoods
PRA-ICT
Operational Considerations
Case Study Forestry in Indonesia