Tag: World Resources Institute

Towards Zero Deforestation with GFW Pro

Posted on by Eric Ashcroft | Conservation, Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS for Server, Environment, Infrastructure, Nonprofit/NGO, Supply Management, Sustainable Development Goals

Hundreds of companies around the world have signed on to the United Nations (UC) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15: Life on Land and pledged to work towards zero deforestation by 2020. However, meeting these commitments requires the ability monitor deforestation throughout their supply chains. Global Forest Watch Pro provides each organization a unique, secure environment…  Read More

Unlocking Data With WRI Open Data Portal

Posted on by Christina Nordling | Open Data, ArcGIS Online, Environment, JavaScript API, Nonprofit/NGO

Blue Raster is excited to announce the release of the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Open Data Portal. Built with the open source platform CKAN, the Portal provides a centralized, searchable catalog of all data provided by WRI. Historically, WRI projects published data online to the WRI website. But their site contained data from only a fraction of their projects and none of…  Read More

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