How CropLens uses remote sensing and geographic information system technology to drive pest control in smart rice farming Partnering with like-minded entities to build damage-resilient crops Space4Good, in collaboration with Cropin, is working on ‘CropLens’, a prototype early warning model for pests and diseases in a transplanted rice paddy that…

At Space4Good you often see us talking about impactful projects on Earth such as the agroforestry project in Indonesia with Dr Willie Smits, the removal of explosives in Syria with Halo Trust and Carter Centre, or the assessment of biomass and carbon for smallholder farmers with Rabobank. We are huge…

Satellite-based Illegal logging Detection with Amnesty International New research from Amnesty International conducted in 2021 reveals how illegal logging of protected forests is destabilizing human rights and destroying the traditions of indigenous peoples in Cambodia. The report revealed insights into how pervasive deforestation combined with corruption and government restrictions of…

Space4Good joins the SNI Winter Hackathon 2022 & succeeds with a gamified data collection application Space4Good is a big fan and follower of open innovation (see the previous blog post: LINK) which frequently makes us participate in cooperative hackathons the Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI) 2022 Hackathon. …

Remote Sensing Methods for the detection of UXOs in Urban Environments Earlier this month, Space4Good participated in the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)’s 8th Mine Action Technology Workshop in Geneva. Attended by mine action practitioners, researchers and policy makers, the workshop facilitated the…

Space4Good and Louis Bolk Institute devise CarboCatch, a remote sensing based carbon estimation tool for Dutch Agroforestry The integration of trees in agricultural and livestock systems brings many benefits in favour of climate mitigation/adaptation. This is globally recognized and exploited, but so far hardly any agroforestry is present in the…

In the 17th century, one in five ships would get lost between Portugal and India. Captains navigated their ships by “dead wrecking”, essentially listening to their gut. They weren’t able to identify longitude. In efforts to find a solution, sea captains, merchants, and scientists assembled in Great Britain and brought…

Integrating hazard, exposure and vulnerability into a risk analysis In the last decades, a paradigm shift took place within the disaster risk research community. Scientists, as well as practitioners, realized that there is no such thing as a natural disaster. A hazardous event alone, like a flood or a drought…

Flood monitoring using radar remote sensing Based on the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), floods are the most frequent natural disasters. While there are many negative socio-economic impacts of floods such as; loss of properties and livelihoods, mass migration and hindering economic growth and development, and even loss of life. In…