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Crowd mapping, Muringato flow, fieldwork and land cover classification (© Marcus Goebel).
Crowd mapping, Muringato flow, fieldwork and land cover classification (© Marcus Goebel).

CITGI4Muringato – Participatory Approach to Environmental Conservation of the Muringato Catchment Area for Sustainable Management and Enhanced Ecosystem Health

The overall objective of the project is to develop a participatory approach to sustainable environmental monitoring and management of the Muringato sub-catchment in central Kenya by combining geo-information technologies with citizen science approaches to effectively address challenges that especially arise in the coverage of the 225 km² area.  Building on preliminary work of the African partner (Institute of Geomatics, GIS & Remote Sensing of Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri), the project aims to involve citizens and local stakeholders in the mapping, monitoring and management of environmental resources through the implementation of GIS tools for e- and m-learning and the development of a crowd-mapping platform to quantify and locate relevant environmental parameters. These will feed into an integrated land-cover-water modelling. The results will be made available to the local community and decision-makers through a Spatial Decision Support System.
 


CITGI4Muringato | Completed

Project Info

Project-ID: 01DG20022

Project Period: 2020 - 2023

Projekt Lead:
  • Jun. Prof. Dr. Andreas Rienow
Team:
  • Marcus Goebel
  • Anna Bartels
Participating departments:
Funding
BMBF
Partners
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) – Institute of Geomatics, GIS & Remote Sensing (IGGReS)