Data for a Cause - Example: Deforestation Trend Around the World.

1. Data for a Cause
Deforestation trends around the world
By Dorsan Demaeght
Data Visualization Consultant @ Ordina BE

2. Agenda
 Data for a Cause
 Global Forest Watch
 Take on the challenge
 Conclusion

3. Agenda
 Data for a Cause
 Global Forest Watch
 Take on the challenge
 Conclusion

4. Olga Tsubiks
 Hi! I'm Olga. I'm the organizer of 2017 Data For a Cause Challenge. I want to
help you create your best work.
 Data visualization, marketing tactics, analytics tricks – All things data.
 Want to do good with data?

5. Put your skills to the challenge!
 Help Not-for-profit Organisations
 Your skills matter
 Organisations lack skill and budget

6. Data for a cause
Food Insecurity
Inequality of school systems
Attitudes versus mental health in the tech sector
Deforestation Trends throughout the world
Protected area’s in the world

7. Data for a cause
Food Insecurity
Inequality of school systems
Attitudes versus mental health in the tech sector
Deforestation Trends throughout the world
Protected area’s in the world

8. The Idea

9. How it works
 Data Visualization Request
 One week to submit your visualizations
 Winner(s) announced

10. Who has already joined?
 A community of creative data visualization professionals
 Driven by talent, commitment and energy to produce data visualizations
 Tackling complex issues and inspriring others to take action

11. Are you a fit?
 Having some skills in one or more fields may be helpful!
 Data visualization
 Information design
 Infographics
 Data analysis
 Statistics
 Data Interpretation
 Communication (and Twitter to share your work)

12. Agenda
 Data for a Cause
 Global Forest Watch
 Take on the challenge
 Conclusion

13. Global Forest Watch

14. Global Forest Watch
 Interactive online forest monitoring
 Alert system
 Data available for everyone
 User “stories” contributions

15. Data Visualization Request
 Intact Forest Landscapes
 An Intact Forest Landscape (IFL) is a seamless mosaic of forest and naturally
treeless ecosystems within the zone of current forest extent, which exhibit no
remotely detected signs of human activity or habitat fragmentation and is large
enough to maintain all native biological diversity, including viable populations of
wide-ranging species
 Early data access
 Media campaigns, blog posts, newsletters, …

16. The Data
 Medium Spatial resolution satellite imagery
 Comparisons World’s Intact Forest Landscapes 2000 & 2013
 Causes of deforestation
 Greenpeace, World Resource Institute, University of Maryland and Transparent
World

17. Agenda
 Data for a Cause
 Global Forest Watch
 Take on the challenge
 Conclusion

20. Third Place

21. Second Place

22. First Place

23. Agenda
 Data for a Cause
 Global Forest Watch
 Take on the challenge
 Conclusion

24. Message from Olga
 The Data For a Cause Challenge was launched to bring together not-for-
profits, NGOs, charities and data visualization professionals.
I would like to invite you to participate in the next Data for a Cause
competition.
Why join?
Get a chance of earning the title of the winner of the challenge and recognition
from participating organizations, while helping to raise awareness about good
causes, developing your data visualization portfolio, improving your skills and
building connections with peers.
- Olga Tsubiks, the organizer of the Data For a Cause Challenge.

25. Sources
 http://www.globalforestwatch.org/
 http://www.olgatsubiks.com/data-for-a-cause
 http://www.flaticon.com/
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