Eco-index is now closed

All of our GIS layers and code are now open access - CC BY 4.0.
You can find everything you need to access and use them, including technical info on this website.

Watch our final webinar to learn about our products, what they can do, and how you can use them:

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Questions & feedback from our final webinar:

  • No, unfortunately there data required to make national datasets on ecosystem health were not available in our development stages. Therefore, our products focus on reconstruction of missing ecosystems rather than restoration of existing ecosystems.

  • The smallest area that we have validated to was 1 hectare in size for consistency at scale. The smallest size really depends on the resolution of the imagery going in though so this could be improved with higher resolution imagery.

  • Yes, this is possible. The mature native forest detection model is trained on Planet satellite imagery and the MVP regeneration detection model is trained on Google Earth imagery, but a new model could be built and trained on LINZ.

  • For use of entire Eco-index products:
    “‘Product name’ by Eco-index is licensed under CC BY.”

    For derivatives of Eco-index products:
    “This work is a derivative of ‘product name’ by Eco-index, used under CC BY.”

    • Incredible amount of work and resources!! thank you

    • Thank you for generously sharing these resources. Will be highly valuable to those not already using them I'm sure!

    • The catchment layer has been useful already! Looking forward to exploring more of it

    • Thanks for all your work and efforts, and the ethos behind it. Everything in this space always feels like a very long game, so I think viewing it as passing the torch for the next leg (rather than ending) is exactly the way to think. It’s pretty rare that any organisation lasts forever, better to measure success in the legacy you leave - you guys should be really proud of everything you’ve built, thank you!

    • Thank you so much - we now need to continue to champion your fantastic mahi. I am looking forward to the possibilities, including in policy implementation. The tools you have made are phenomenal. And now open source, again, thank you so much. Thank you.

    • Thanks so much for all your work folks. Appreciate it all being open sourced.

    • Thanks Eco-Index team, this is wonderful, all the best for your next ventures.

    • Ka rawe koutou - thank you for the amazing work that you have done

    • Thanks for the sharing ... it has been honest and inspiring too.

    • There is huge benefit in using the outputs from your work in the next steps involved in nature reporting and state of nature. Thanks again

    • Great work eco-index team. We hope that these valuables resources continue to be used.

    • This has been a fantastic initiative, thank you for making this available for the year ahead. Great work everyone!!

    • Thank you EcoIndex and amazing team for doing such important work and leaving a legacy

    • Really appreciate your amazing work.

    • Wehi nā, ngā mihi nui

 

All Eco-index GIS layers and code are open access and free to download under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).

Example attributions under CC BY 4.0:
Entire Eco-index product: “‘Navigator’ by Eco-index, is licensed under CC BY”
Derivative of Eco-index product: “This work is a derivative of ‘Navigator’ by Eco-index, used under CC BY.”

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Product descriptions are available in our Digital Product Guide.
Technical specifications & methods are available in our Product Deep Dive.

This website will remain live until March 2027.
Our Koordinates account (for GIS downloads) will remain live until March 2027.
Our GitHub account (code downloads) will remain live indefinitely.

Need help using our products?

Available Independent Contractors:
Kevan Côté - Data Science
Corey Ruha - Data Science, Indigenous Environmental Research & Solutions
Karen Denyer - Ecology
Catherine Kirby - Science Communication & Ecology

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