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Tool: ArcGIS Pro 2.9.3 Technique: Overlay analysis, visualization via remote sensing technique
These maps are developed to aid or supplement the Natural Capital Valuation (NatCap) initiative. As cited by WWF:
An essential element of the Natural Capital Project is developing tools that help decision makers protect biodiversity and ecosystem services.
One of the site included in this initiative by WWF-Malaysia is the Heart of Borneo (HoB). Specifically for this exercise, the visualization of policy and land use eventually become the data input utilized in the tool InVest that generates the models and maps for the economic values of ecosystem services within the landscape of interest.
The generation of the data mainly includes superficial remote sensing to assess the status of the land use in the respective concessions using Sentinel-2 satellite image with specific band combination to identify tree cover, particularly mangrove forest.