On 9 February 2021 at 15:30-16:30 EST, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are co-hosting a webinar - "Mapping Together: How local leaders use Collect Earth to monitor restoration".

Collect Earth is an open-source data-collection tool that uses satellite imagery to track change in rural landscapes which can make monitoring forest and landscape restoration easier for local experts.

Join WRI and FAO for the launch of a new guidebook, Mapping Together, that helps people use this program to produce locally relevant, actionable data on land use/land cover, tree cover and count, tree spatial pattern, and the added value that restoration can bring people and the environment.

Collect Earth experts from El Salvador, Ethiopia, and India will present how they have brought local people together through mapathons, or collaborative mapping sessions. These mapathons present an opportunity to involve local stakeholders and people familiar with the landscape as data collectors and interpreters, which increases the data’s accuracy and helps local experts own the findings and the resulting products. The event will conclude with a panel discussion on the importance of locally produced and owned data for measuring the impact of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030).