Conservation

GIS Heroes

GIS Heroes in The Geography of Hope: David Yarnold on Transformative Stories Behind Technology

David Yarnold has authored many impactful stories, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. As the…

Mapping Human Impact

Mapping Human Footprint: Uncovering the Hidden Impact on Ecosystems in Canada

As human activities increasingly transform ecosystems, the pressure on biodiversity across Canada is growing. The diverse geography of the second-largest…

Canadian Geospatial Digest for June 17th, 2024

Students ‘walk’ across Canada with Parks Canada giant floor map Canadian Geographic collaborated with Parks Canada to produce a new…

Canadian Geospatial Digest January 15, 2024

Remote First Nation Community Getting High-Quality Digital Twin Exploring and Mapping the Environmental Stressors around Wood Buffalo National Park New…

Canadian Geospatial Digest April 3rd, 2023

Point Pleasant Park Erosion Documented Thanks to Old Map Mapping the Correlation Between a City’s Tree Cover and Urban Inequalities…

Global Sustainability’s Importance Explained by Geospatial World CEO, Sanjay Kumar

The Importance of Geospatial Knowledge to Sustainability “Sustainability is everything.” The March 3, 2022, livestream for the GeoIgnite 2022, Winter…

UNESCO Designates 8 New Global Geoparks

Paris, 13 April 2022 – UNESCO’s Executive Board has approved the designation of 8 new UNESCO Global Geoparks bringing the number…

Observing the Peace-Athabasca Delta and Wetland Climate Stress from Space

In the far northern reaches of Canada’s Saskatchewan Province, the Athabasca River and Peace River flow into the Peace-Athabasca Delta,…

Geomatics Tools In The Protection and Conservation of North American Right Whales

Right Whale Biology + Conservation When speaking about declining populations in species, the words endangered, vulnerable and threatened often come…

CIG: Free Conservation GIS Workshop – St. John’s, Newfoundland

When: Monday June 5th, 2017 Where: Memorial University of Newfoundland Who: CIG – NL The Canadian Institution of Geomatics is pleased…