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Trends.Earth is an automated tool that draws on multiple sources of data to calculate outputs related to habitat degradation and changes in land cover. The tool integrates with QGIS, a free software.
Trends.Earth creates a time series of indicators related to global sustainable development goals (SDGs) for any user-defined area, and is available as a QGIS plugin. Specifically, Trends.Earth allows for monitoring related to land degradation (SDG 15.3.1), sustainable urbanization (SDG 11.3.1), population, drought hazards, carbon emissions from deforestation, and potential carbon sequestration from restoration activities. The tool is based on a variety of input data sets from remote sensing, all of which are updated (where possible) through 2024. It was developed by Conservation International, NASA, Lund University, and the Global Environmental Facility.
The Trends.Earth site has a detailed user manual, featuring a step-by-step guide on how to use Trends.Earth within QGIS. QGIS also has its own set of detailed resources and guides.
To understand how to integrate Traditional Knowledge into your project's monitoring protocol, please refer to COMET's Practitioners Guide to Engaging with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Conservation Monitoring.
