Strategy and impact @vizzuality. I do business in the hope that we can make a better future
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Joined December 2011
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Francis Gassert retweeted
Newly released on the @Microsoft #PlanetaryComputer:
Vizzuality & @ImpactObserv's new high resolution spatial models on biodiversity intactness combining @NHM_London #PREDICTS data, @esa @CopernicusEU imagery, & other data.
Find out more: bit.ly/3nQ9EKq
Francis Gassert retweeted
We’re going to @CBD_COP15!
Reach out to @craigmmills and @fgassert if you’ll be there and want to connect over the use of digital tools to scale up and speed up biodiversity conservation. We’re looking forward to hearing the great plans of others and sharing our ideas. #COP15
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Vizzuality's @fgassert will be hosting a panel on new forest monitoring innovation & developments at @sat_summit on 9/29.
Did you know that LandGriffon can help companies monitor deforestation risk in their supply chains?
More about our methodology: bit.ly/3d8ozun
Vizzuality’s @fgassert will host the @sat_summit’s Sept 29 discussion on recent developments & innovation in forest monitoring with @UofMaryland’s @lauraduncanson, @picterra’s Pascal van Dalen, @satelligence’s @rensmasselink & @WorldResources’ Fred Stolle. bit.ly/3E11Taz
Francis Gassert retweeted
Earth Engine is now generally available on Google Cloud for governments and businesses. So excited to see the impact that Earth Engine enables for this new group of users, and working together for a more sustainable planet.
blog.google/products/earth/i…
#GEE #geospatial
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Maybe I’m nuts but I truly believe that every satellite imagery provider has an ethical and fiduciary duty to give away their archive for free.
…allow me to explain:
Francis Gassert retweeted
We have had 12 unrelenting months of weather disasters, and sometimes that's hard to absorb. But this incredible @PostGraphics piece does just that. By @zachwlevitt @bonnieberkowitz @tierneyl @jsamenow @karlydombsadof and @annekenderdine washingtonpost.com/nation/in… #climate
Francis Gassert retweeted
Recently my Twitter timeline has been completely taken over by artwork generated with @OpenAI's CLIP model. So I figured I'd write a blog post about it. In the blog I follow the evolution of this art scene and present some cool artwork along the way ml.berkeley.edu/blog/posts/c…
Francis Gassert retweeted
with @Esri and @Microsoft_Green, we've been hard at work this past year working on a global land use / land cover map, built with #sentinel2, at 10 meter resolution. today, it's live!
the best part? it's OPEN DATA, so you can get it for free right now!
livingatlas.arcgis.com/landc…
Francis Gassert retweeted
A Portrait of Earth in 2020.
An average of tens of thousands of daytime GOES-17 images, some from every day of the year. (With apologies to December 23-31. 😬)
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🚨 We're hiring!
👩💻👨💻 Back End Engineer (NodeJS)
🗺 Remote, Anywhere
🛠 #NodeJS / #TypeScript and general server-side programming concepts
❤️ Our work is focused on climate change, biodiversity & sustainability
Details 👉 ow.ly/6zqe50CRe69
#WomenInTech #WomenWhoCode
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NEW: In February, Jeff Bezos promised to spend $10 billion fighting climate change. Little has been heard since.
But that’s about to change, I’ve learned. Bezos is preparing to give $100 million each to some of the country’s largest environmental groups:
theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
Francis Gassert retweeted
Exciting news! @MichaelAklin and my new provocation is out in @GepJournal. We make a simple but far-reaching claim. **Empirically, climate politics is NOT primarily about collective action or free-riding**. A quick 🧵on why we've all been prisoners of the wrong dilemma 1/
Francis Gassert retweeted
The latest human footprint data is now available. But things are not going great for #conservation:
1.We have lost intact ecosystems the size of Mexico since 2000 tinyurl.com/y46j76vv
2.The protected area estate is currently terribly connected tinyurl.com/y6yh9vsc
Francis Gassert retweeted
I spent the past few months to learn more about colors, to finally get rid of the feeling that I'm bad with them. Here I tried to compress some of these learnings (there's more to come): blog.datawrapper.de/beautifu…
Francis Gassert retweeted
We're hiring!
👩✈️👨✈️Project Manager
🇪🇸🇵🇹🇬🇧Remote based in Spain, Portugal or UK
🛠Relationship building, leadership, communication, coordination
❤️ Lead & manage digital products focused on #climatechange & #biodiversity
🕐 Full-time
ow.ly/SSAF50ACNRq
ALT Grid of profile picture headshots featuring vizzteam members
Francis Gassert retweeted
How do we beat COVID-19, *while protecting our mental & financial health?*
Epidemiologist @MarcelSalathe & I explain Epidemiology 101, #TestTraceIsolate, #MasksForAll, worst-case scenarios... all with playable simulations! 🕹
Check it out!
😷ncase.me/covid-19/😷 (30 min)
Francis Gassert retweeted
By 2030, #coastalflooding caused by #climatechange will impact larger populations in South & Southeast Asia than the rest of the world combined. #AqueductFloods can help decision-makers anticipate flood risk & put protections in place to save lives: wri.org/applications/aqueduc…
Francis Gassert retweeted
Next week, join @PhaseZeroNA for a conversation on #COVID19 and the Pacific, and U.S. interests in humanitarian and disaster relief in the region
📌 Join via Zoom
🗓 April 22, 3:30pm-5:00pm
newamerica.org/resource-secu…
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One dataset, visualized with 14 different charts. Let the questions guide you. flowingdata.com/2018/10/17/a…
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How will our global supply chain shift in the agricultural sector, and how will that affect #geopolitical investments and resource #security? From @Wyatt__Scott & @fgassert
bit.ly/2uFzyVj