Big data in resilience-
building of rangeland
communities
Presented at grasslands
and savannas platform,
10th November 2020
Fiona Flintan, ILRI

Significant data gaps – ILRI been trying to work
with some of data sets that already exist

What will the project do to
fill the big data gap on
rangelands?
Consolidation of global and
national data sets on
rangelands already existing
and/or ingesting from data
platforms
National data and crowd-
sourcing of local data
through pastoral networks –
piloting in two countries –
Kenya and Kyrgyzstan
Sourcing of data from Earth
Observation satellites
through e.g. European Space
Agency, Copernicus, NASA,
Establish data
platform

Who are the project partners?
CGIAR
Centres
GMV
International
development
partners and
KM/Data
networks e.g.
LD4D
National
governments
Pastoralist
networks and
unions
Big Data
Platform

Who will use the data platform?
National governments for
rangeland degradation and
restoration monitoring and
investments
Multilateral organisations,
donors, development
organisations in project
design, implementation,
monitoring
Pastoral networks for
monitoring trends in
pastoral areas (eventually
pastoralists themselves)
UN conventions and events
e.g. Decade of Ecosystem
Restoration, Bonn Challenge
and IYRP for rangeland
monitoring, targets such as
LDN, global awareness raising
etc.
CGIAR and other science-based
institutions for rangeland monitoring,
awareness raising, teaching and others

Things to consider:
- What datasets and platforms already exist and how to
consolidate and build on these.
- What do we need to collect - priorities for filling in gaps
- Setting up the right platform – for users and to handle
complex layers of data including eventually from
national/local
- How best to link to national/local (sensitivities)
- Gaining support – link to media/communications strategy
for rangelands more generally
- Funding

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