NRStories
Learn how the Natural Resources Department develops research and projects across the globe. Our mission is the sustainable management of the biosphere by using Earth observation data and spatial information (such as satellite images and remote sensing).
Bringing GIS to the canopies: The internship of two GEM students to protect sloths in Costa Rica
📍Costa Rica #Biodiversity
How do UAVs help precision agriculture?
📍Enschede, the Netherlands #FoodSecurity
↗️ Story hosted on Geoversity.io
Drought peril insurance for smallholder farmers
📍Ethiopia #FoodSecurity
↗️ Story hosted on Geoversity.io
An army of egg-sized sensors to hatch a sustainable movement in Paramaribo
📍 Paramaribo, Suriname #Sustainability
↗️ Story hosted on Geoversity.io
Three GEM MSc students ideate a creative GIS solution for oyster farms
📍Noordwijk, the Netherlands #Biodiversity
A conversation with Claudia Paris, teacher of the year 2021-2022 at the ITC Faculty
📍Enschede, the Netherlands #NaturalResourcesManagement
Spatial Finance, the new field that is now available for ITC Students
📍Enschede, the Netherlands #NaturalResourcesManagement
A global approach to monitoring biodiversity
📍Enschede, the Netherlands #Biodiversity
An international "effort" to investigate ecological and socio-economic effects of cultivating oil palms in Indonesia
📍Indonesia #Forestry
From Enschede to Ethiopia for an agent-based model to alleviate food insecurity
📍Addis Ababa, Ethiopia #FoodSecurity
Putting single-use plastics to an end
📍Amsterdam and Enschede, the Netherlands #Sustainability
Seeing the unseen with environmental DNA
📍Enschede, the Netherlands #Biodiversity
Reviving el Bruc with a new methodology to assess post-fire interventions
📍Barcelona, Spain #Forestry
Predicting droughts in the hyperspectral satellite renaissance
📍Machakos County, Kenya #Agriculture
Using satellite imagery and deep learning to detect and count African elephants
📍Addo, South Africa #Biodiversity
Why mangrove restoration is key to sustainable shrimp production
📍Mekong, Vietnam #Sustainability
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H. García (Héctor) Impact and Communications Officer
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