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How light can the Digital Earth be?

Eye on Earth Summit, Abu Dhabi, 2011. How light can the Digital Earth be?. Gilberto Câmara National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Brazil http :// www.dpi.inpe.br / gilberto. We need a lot of data for decision making!. Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia (1988-2011)

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How light can the Digital Earth be?

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  1. Eye on Earth Summit, Abu Dhabi, 2011 How light can the Digital Earth be? Gilberto Câmara NationalInstitute for Space Research (INPE) Brazil http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto

  2. We need a lot of data for decision making! Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia (1988-2011) dropped from 27,000 km2 to 6,200 km2

  3. How much it takes to survey Amazonia? 116-112 30 Tb of data 500.000 lines of code 150 man/years of software dev 200 man/years of interpreters 116-113 166-112

  4. Real-time Deforestation Monitoring Daily warnings of newly deforested large areas

  5. Policing actions: illegal wood seizure 50% ofoperations in 2% ofthearea

  6. Transparency builds governance 500.000 registrations 46 million protests

  7. Hobbes Rosseau

  8. 23rd CEOS Plenary I Phuket, Thailand I 3-5 December 2009 Capacitybuilding source: gapminder.org

  9. 23rd CEOS Plenary I Phuket, Thailand I 3-5 December 2009 Empowering source: gapminder.org

  10. Digital Earth Virtual Globes OpenStreetMap Wikimapia

  11. Digital Earth Virtual Globes Data + services (can only be provided reliably by organizations that are trusted) ? visibility, communication, acessibility Scientists as policy-makers (peer-reviewed results) Citizens as sensors (perception, individual actions)

  12. Data democracy needs to reach the masses! photo: Yann Arthus Bertrand

  13. RIO-92 Declaration – principle #10 Environmental issues are best handled with participation of all citizens. Each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment.

  14. RIO + 20: bulding on principles from RIO-92 We need a new convention on the public availability of environmental information

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