Maryn van der Laarse

I always believed nature and people are not separate and know that we need to come up with innovative solutions to create a better future for ourselves and the planet, especially amidst the climate crisis. The social-ecological and complex adaptive systems perspectives (which I just started to delve into) give

I built a web application to understand the contribution of rivers that originate or flow through protected areas. Using Jupyter notebooks and a global river dataset from a study that mapped the world's free-flowing rivers, I packaged the results using ArcGIS API for JavaScript. The code for the

I investigate an incident, "snapped and uprooted trees" that was reported by pilots returning from a surveillance flight in Chinko, Central African Republic. Incident Snapped and uprooted trees Reported at N05.340246 E023.138909 on 7 Jun 2022 08:46 GMT+1 Using the Ventusky map that shows

Using Google Earth Engine's python API, I analyse fires over the last twenty years in a protected area in Malawi. Here, we used the Earth Engine version of the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) dataset, showing near real-time (NRT) active fire locations which each representing the

We discovered deforestation in a remote area in Eastern Central African Republic in 2017 using the fantastic Global Forest Watch. What caused this? Chinko, in Central African Republic forms part of a greater wilderness of more than 107,000 km2 which consists of natural vegetation ranging from Sahelo-Sudanian shrublands to

Making maps is a combination of accuracy and art. My map-making process starts with a thorough understanding of what the client is looking for, for example, an operational map or something more engaging to share with tourists? I make maps with a combination of ArcGIS Pro or QGIS and do