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Equipo Geoprocesamiento
May 04, 2016|People|2 minutes

GFW User Profile: Alberto Yanosky

For this installment of GFW User Profiles, we spoke with Alberto Yanosky, Executive Director of Asociación Guyra Paraguay, a GFW Small Grants Fund recipient. Alberto Yanosky. How did you become interested in forests? I have always had an interest in forests. My father was a hunter and so I grew up around the forest. He too grew up […]

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Feb 29, 2016|Uncategorized|2 minutes

Introducing “My GFW” – A Customized Forest Monitoring Experience

By Karla Renschler An environmental protection officer in Brazil’s Amazonia region is responsible for enforcing forest conservation laws. Her team uses the Deforestation Alert System (Sistema de Alerta de Desmatamento or SAD) to investigate recent forest loss. She checks the Global Forest Watch website regularly for updates, but her job would be much easier if […]

Betsingita
Oct 20, 2015|People|4 minutes

GFW User Profile: Sébastien Desbureaux

For this installment of GFW User Profiles, we spoke with Sébastien Desbureaux, PhD student at Université d’Auvergne. What organization do you work with and what do you do? I am a PhD student at Université d’Auvergne in France, working both with CERDI – a research center specialized in development economics, and CIRAD – a research center working […]

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Jul 28, 2015|People|4 minutes

GFW User Profile: Andrew Heald

For this installment of GFW User Profiles, we spoke with Andrew Heald, forestry consultant; technical director, UK Confederation of Forest Industries. What do you do? I am a sustainability and forestry consultant. I’ve worked in this sector for more than 20 years, and with a range of organizations from forest product companies like UPM and Mondi to the […]

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Jun 22, 2015|People|3 minutes

GFW User Profile: Lisa Kelley

For this installment of GFW User Profiles, we spoke with Lisa Kelley, Ph.D. Candidate at UC Berkeley What organization do you work with? I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. I research how land cover, land use and livelihoods are changing in relation to one another. I have been looking for instance at […]

Ashlangreatfalls
May 18, 2015|People|2 minutes

GFW User Profile: Ashlan Bonnell

For this installment of GFW User Profiles, we spoke with Ashlan Bonnell, writer and editor at MarketResearch.com What organization do you work with? I work for MarketResearch.com, a business intelligence solutions provider. I am currently the Managing Editor for our corporate blog. I also handle marketing materials and campaign management. How did you become interested […]