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Forest Watcher

Name: Forest Watcher
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The essential offline-first tool for conservation professionals to navigate to deforestation alerts, document field evidence, and manage land protection efforts without cellular service.

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Downloads

31K+

User Rating

5.0/5

Total Ratings

Publisher

World Resources Institute

Empower Your Field Conservation with Real-Time Data

Forest Watcher bridges the gap between satellite monitoring and field investigations. Navigate to alerts, document changes, and manage your conservation area—even without an internet connection.

Dynamic Change Alerts

Access near-real-time deforestation and fire data to prioritize patrols and respond to environmental threats as they happen.

Reliable Offline Navigation

Pre-load your monitoring areas and navigate to exact GPS coordinates in remote 'dead zones' where cellular service is unavailable.

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Screenshots

Forest Watcher - Forest Watcher app displaying a satellite map with pink areas indicating deforestation alerts — Forest Watcher app displaying a satellite map with pink areas indicating deforestation alerts

Forest Watcher - Smartphone screen of the Forest Watcher app showing the teams management interface in offline mode with a list of active conservation teams. — Smartphone screen of the Forest Watcher app showing the teams management interface in offline mode with a list of active conservation teams.

Forest Watcher - Mobile screen of the Forest Watcher app showing a list of prioritized forest monitoring assignments in offline mode — Mobile screen of the Forest Watcher app showing a list of prioritized forest monitoring assignments in offline mode

Forest Watcher - Smartphone screen showing the Forest Watcher app interface for creating a field report with a photo of cut tree logs — Smartphone screen showing the Forest Watcher app interface for creating a field report with a photo of cut tree logs

Forest Watcher - Forest Watcher mobile app interface showing recorded field routes on a satellite map — Forest Watcher mobile app interface showing recorded field routes on a satellite map

Forest Watcher - Forest Watcher app interface for sharing selected forest areas while in offline mode — Forest Watcher app interface for sharing selected forest areas while in offline mode

Description

Forest Watcher is a mobile application designed to bring the dynamic online forest monitoring and alert systems of Global Forest Watch (GFW) offline and into the field. Forest Watcher allows users to easily access GFW’s forest change data on any mobile device, navigate to areas of detected change, and collect information about what they find, regardless of connectivity. This app provides an affordable and easy-to-use solution to quickly identify areas for patrols or field investigations, collect evidence about forest changes from the field, use the data that’s collected to make evidence-based management and conservation decisions, and investigate remote sensing products in the field. Features: * Designate areas of interest to monitor, up to 20,000 sq km * Store various satellite-based forest change data, such as near-real-time deforestation alerts on your mobile device * Overlay contextual layers, such as Protected Areas and Timber Concessions, or upload other custom datasets * Investigate alerts in the field and collect information (including GPS points and photos) through built-in and customizable forms * Review, analyze, and download data collected with the app * Route tracking to investigate a deforestation alert * Share alerts, areas, routes, reports, contextual layers and basemap tiles or all app content at once. * Manage a team and more through the supplementary desktop application at forestwatcher.globalforestwatch.org If you have any issues downloading or using the app, please reference our “how-to” materials. If the issues persist, please contact us at forestwatcher@wri.org. Any other questions or feedback, please contact us at forestwatcher@wri.org. Full terms and conditions can be found at http://www.globalforestwatch.org/terms.