Earth ID: 4483

Monitoring Chimpanzee Habitats in western Tanzania

Visualizations by Cindy Starr Released on January 25, 2017

This visualization shows one location of the area in western Tanzania where the Jane Goodall Institute is working. After focusing on the region to the southeast of the Gombe National Park, this visualization shows the change in forest cover between 1972 and 1999. Forested areas are shown in shades of green; non-forested regions are shown in shades of brown.

In partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), NASA scientists have provided assistance in the monitoring, forecasting and conservation of natural resources in regions surrounding the Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Between 1972 and 1999, significant deforestation had occurred in the regions outside the boundary of the Gombe National Park to the detriment of the park's chimpanzee population as well as to the that of the villagers living in the region.

In 2005, JGI initiated a forest monitoring program training and in 2009 equipped community members with GPS-enabled Android smart phones and tablets to report their observations on forests threats and wildlife. Combining NASA remote sensing data with citizen science observations facilitated local people to develop and implement land use plans, leading to improved decision making and facilitating the establishment of village forest reserves.

In 2016, the Metropolitan Group developed a 4.5-minute video detailing the story of this collaboration between NASA and JGI. The video shows footage of project activities in Tanzania along with planning meetings using DigitalGlobe and NASA satellite data. The animations shown here were developed to support this production. The complete video is available here.

A print resolution image comparing the forest cover change between 1972 and 1999 in the region around Gombe National Park.

This visualization shows the difference in the forest cover between the region within the Gombe National Park, to the left of the red boundary line, and the regions outside of the park to the right.

QuickBird imagery provided courtesy of DigitalGlobe. Processed by Chuck Chaapel.

A print resolution image showing the deforestation outside of the boundrary of Gombe National Park.

QuickBird imagery provided courtesy of DigitalGlobe. Processed by Chuck Chaapel.

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Visualization Credits

Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Trent L. Schindler (USRA): Visualizer
Lilian Pintea (The Jane Goodall Institute): Scientist
Corinne Nakamura-Rybak (Metropolitan Group): Producer
Patrick Lynch (Wyle Information Systems): Producer
Jefferson Beck (USRA): Producer
Leann Johnson (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Project Support
Joycelyn Thomson Jones (NASA/GSFC): Project Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Margaret Anderson (SkEye Studios): Editor

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Missions:
Landsat
LDCM: Landsat Data Continuity Mission

Data Used:

QuickBird

June 11, 2005

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Landsat/MSS/NDVI

1972

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Landsat/ETM/NDVI

1999

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Keywords:
SVS >> Landsat
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Land Surface >> Land Use/Land Cover
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> LDCM
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> Presentation

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