Remote Sensing

Biodiversity is essential to ecosystem health, but it’s not easily measured. Xi Zhu, our remote sensing data scientist, explains how Acorn has collaborated with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) to explore new ways of mapping biodiversity.

Etse Lossou, our GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analyst and native Ghanaian, visited his home country in January to train data collectors. In this blog, he shares his experiences.

How do you objectively measure the biodiversity of an environment? We spoke to Acorn’s remote sensing specialist about birds, bioacoustics, and the great potential of this nascent technology.

Kyle Nielsen, our innovation consultant, has written several blogs about his experiences with smallholder farmers and data collection. This time, he looks forward to what the future might hold for remote sensing technologies.

In the world of agroforestry and carbon markets, biomass satellite measurements are an essential piece of the puzzle. These measurements generate the data used in models that make up the foundation of Acorn’s carbon credit system.

How useful is a digital 3D tree for ground truth data collection? Acorn has been testing this technology the last year - read about its potential and limitations.

Kyle Nielsen, Acorn's Innovation Consultant and native Zimbabwean, met a variety of smallholder farmers connected to our mission and activities. In a series of travel blogs, he shares their stories and his experiences. This time: the truth of ground truthing.

Our head of remote sensing, Mila Luleva, was recently interviewed by Agerpoint's James Kotecki for the Agerpoint podcast The Point Cloud. Eager to learn how technology aids sustainability? Give it a listen!

Acorn uses machine learning and a variety of data sources to create data models that help us in our mission. Find out how in this blog post.