Earth  ID: 11004

Mapping The Future With Landsat

Released on June 18, 2012
Many non-profits are using Landsat as a tool to identify and protect areas that are important for conservation. This video shows how The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has used Landsat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect a wildlife corridor in the Maringa Lopori Wanga (MLW) region. This area is located in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) immediately south of the Congo River. Within its borders are two major reserves: The Lomako-Yokokala Faunal Reserve and the Luo Scientific Reserve. Wildlife travels between these two reserves via a natural wildlife corridor. With Landsat, the AWF identified this corridor as a critical area for conservation and then began working with the DRC government and local communities to map the region. This process has had and will have significant impact on land use planning and zoning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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This video is about how Landsat was used to identify areas of conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and how it was used to help map an area called MLW in the norh.

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Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Rich Melnick (HTSI): Video Editor
Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Video Editor
Janet Nackoney (University of Maryland): Interviewee
Etienne Philosophe (AWF): Interviewee
Alison Schuyler Ogden (NASA/GSFC): Narrator
Alison Schuyler Ogden (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Janet Nackoney (University of Maryland): Scientist
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
Alison Schuyler Ogden (NASA/GSFC): Writer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Video footage provided by INCEF Bonobo photo provided by chapmankj75 on Flickr

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Landsat

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Keywords:
SVS >> Congo
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Landsat
GCMD >> Location >> Congo, Democratic Republic
GCMD >> Location >> Africa
SVS >> Hyperwall
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0