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Mapping Ogiek ancestral lands in Kenya using Mapeo, during a pandemic Mapping Ogiek ancestral lands in Kenya using Mapeo, during a pandemic
As a participatory mapping process kicks off and will take place in the coming year and a half, we look forward to supporting and accompanying CIPDP and the Ogiek at Mount Elgon, and to learn from them how we can better create tools such as Mapeo to help increase community autonomy, and reduce dependency on outside help, in their struggle for their lands and rights. Read more…
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Populating an earth defender seed bank 🌱: updates from our research Populating an earth defender seed bank 🌱: updates from our research
I am very pleased to give you an update on all things Earth Defenders Toolkit, and what we’ve been up to so far in 2021 🌏🌵🦜 Read more…
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Webinar: Mapeo’s use in guarding Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve Webinar: Mapeo’s use in guarding Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve
Faced with threats and socio-environmental conflicts generated by human activities such as gold mining and illegal logging, the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is innovating the implementation of a patrol system with the inclusion of state-of-the-art technology, including MAPEO. On February 12, 2021, we held a webinar titled MAPEO: A technological tool for the surveillance and control of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve. Read more…
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Co-creating an Earth Defenders Toolkit with the Indigenous Mapping Community at #2020IMW Co-creating an Earth Defenders Toolkit with the Indigenous Mapping Community at #2020IMW
Last month, Digital Democracy and our allies announced the launch of the Earth Defenders Toolkit at the 2020 Virtual Indigenous Mapping Workshop, and I'm delighted to share with you some of what we learned. Read more…
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Welcoming new team members Welcoming new team members
Thanks to recent support from the McGovern Foundation and Good Energies, and growing partnerships in new locations including Brazil, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, the Digital Democracy team is expanding. Read more…
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Welcoming New Members to Our Board of Directors Welcoming New Members to Our Board of Directors
It is a privilege and honor to announce and welcome the addition of three new members to our Board of Directors. Read more…
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Coming soon! The Earth Defenders’ Toolkit Coming soon! The Earth Defenders’ Toolkit
Today, in tandem with the Indigenous Mapping Workshop, the Digital Democracy team is excited to announce the Earth Defenders’ Toolkit (EDT) Read more…
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One year of co-design One year of co-design
Designed for communities and groups to collaborate on mapping, monitoring, and documentation projects, MAPEO works entirely offline and communities retain control of their information. Read more…
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Solidarity Technology: Values for an Earth Defender’s Toolkit Solidarity Technology: Values for an Earth Defender’s Toolkit
Over the past year, we’ve dug deeply into our convictions and had empowering conversations with practitioners, allies, and partners. We combine this with our own experiences co-designing technology with earth defenders over the past five years to craft values for building technology in solidarity with earth defenders around the globe. Read more…
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Indigenous Cartography & Decolonizing Mapmaking Indigenous Cartography & Decolonizing Mapmaking
What kind of world are we building with our maps? How many of us take the time to ask this when we sit down with our tools (whether pen & paper or state of the art software) to draw our polygons and lines? And yet to make a map — and publish it, or define a congressional district with it, or profile where protests for Black Lives Matter are happening — is an act that affects the world. Read more…