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Taylor Energy Oil Spill Global Fishing Watch Mountain Top Removal BP Oil Spill Previous Next 1 2 3 4 SkyTruth’s Project Inambari Wins at Artisanal Mining Challenge for Rainforest Conservation October 8, 2020 / in Biodiversity , Conservation Vision , Mining , See it, Change it , Wildlife Conservation / by Bjorn Bergman SkyTruth and partners at Wake Forest University and the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation win funding for a public map platform to track mining in the Amazon. On September 30, SkyTruth, along with its partners at Wake Forest University and the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation, were selected as a winner at the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge for our proposal to develop a public map that tracks mining in the Amazon using satellite radar imagery. We call this effort Project Inambari after one of the rivers in the region that has been particularly devastated by illegal and unregulated gold mining. Read more https://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DJI_0378_resized.jpg 423 640 Bjorn Bergman /wp-content/uploads/2016/08/test_logo.png Bjorn Bergman 2020-10-08 10:59:37 2020-10-08 11:12:00 SkyTruth’s Project Inambari Wins at Artisanal Mining Challenge for Rainforest Conservation Matthew Ibarra’s Final Project Was His Favorite September 16, 2020 / in Bilge Dumping , Biodiversity , Climate , FrackFinder , Hydraulic Fracturing , Internship , SkyTruth Spotlight / by Matthew Ibarra As a SkyTruth Intern, Matthew Ibarra learned new skills and helped protect Native lands. As I finish up my internship at SkyTruth, I can honestly say that the experience has been everything I imagined it would be and more. My time here was a perfect amalgamation of what I love: namely, an organization that applies technology and gathers and analyzes data to protect the environment. Read more https://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FrackFeaturedImage.png 423 640 Matthew Ibarra /wp-content/uploads/2016/08/test_logo.png Matthew Ibarra 2020-09-16 10:58:34 2020-09-17 12:32:06 Matthew Ibarra’s Final Project Was His Favorite Drilling Detection with Machine Learning Part 3: Making and mapping predictions September 9, 2020 / in Biodiversity , Climate , Conservation Vision , Hydraulic Fracturing , Oil & Gas , Tech Tools / by Ry Covington SkyTruth Technical Program Director Ry Covington, PhD explains challenges to generating meaningful predictions from the machine learning model, and outlines solutions. This is the final post in a 3-part blog series describing SkyTruth’s effort to automate the detection of oil and gas well pads around the world using machine learning. We hope that this series – and the resources we’ve provided throughout – will help other developers and scientists working on conservation issues to learn from our experience and build their own exciting tools. Read more https://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/image1_FEAT.png 423 640 Ry Covington /wp-content/uploads/2016/08/test_logo.png Ry Covington 2020-09-09 12:58:58 2020-09-11 13:49:57 Drilling Detection with Machine Learning Part 3: Making and mapping predictions Our Roles WATCHDOG Keeping an Eye on the Global Commons Learn More INNOVATOR Demonstrating the Art of the Possible Learn More MOTIVATOR Inspiring Action in Environmental Stewardship Learn More CATALYST Building the Foundation for Scientific Research Learn More Issues Oil & Gas Mining Oceans SkyTruthing Maps, Data & Code Interactive Maps & Data Sets Get Code Satellite Imagery Resources Media News Annual Report Projects SkyTruth Imagery Publications Work With Us! 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