Environment & Wildlife

Name

Description

Cost

Tool Review and Guide

AllTrails

AllTrails.com is a tool for discovering hiking, biking, and running trails worldwide, providing detailed trail maps, user reviews, and navigation support for outdoor enthusiasts.

Partially Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/alltrails

Amazonia Socio Ambiental

Amazon rainforest maps and shapefiles of natural protected areas, concessions, indigenous territories, oil, mining, roads, fires, deforestation in bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, guyanas and suriname, peru, venezuela

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://www.amazoniasocioambiental.org/en/

Aquaduct Water Risk Atlas

Water and drought risks mapped, globally.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://wri.org/applications/aqueduct/water-risk-atlas/#/?advanced=false&basemap=hydro&indicator=bwd_cat&lat=40.979898069620155&lng=13.293457031250002&mapMode=view&month=1&opacity=0.5&ponderation=DEF&predefined=false&projection=absolute&scenario=optimistic&scope=baseline&timeScale=annual&year=baseline&zoom=5

BirdNet

Identify bird sounds - find bird sounds on a global map.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://birdnet.cornell.edu/map

CITES Trade Database

Around 23 million records of trade in wildlife since 1975.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/cites-trade-database

CryO Tools

Scientific tools for investigating the cryosphere (areas with snow & ice)

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://cryo-tools.org/

EIA Global Environmental Crime tracker

Map/tracking of environmental crimes including trade in ivory, rhino, big cats, and other exotic animals.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://eia-international.org/global-environmental-crime-tracker/

Environmental Justice Atlas

Map of environmental-related conflict globally

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://ejatlas.org/

Global Fishing Watch Map

The Global Fishing Watch Map is a digital platform for investigating fishing activities worldwide by utilising satellite and AIS data.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/global-fishing-watch-map

Global Forest Watch

It helps to detect changes in forest cover (i.e., to track deforestation), fires, land use, and more. It also includes Global Fire Watch (VIRSS data)

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/global-forest-watch

Global Monitoring System - ECOSOLVE

Illicit online wildlife markets data from Brazil, South Africa and Thailand.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/global-monitoring-system

Google Flood Hub

A visual tool to monitor river levels and forecast floods based on AI models developed by Google Research.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/google-flood-hub

Merlin

Identify birds (visually), through an app.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/merlin

Movebank

Platform for animal tracking data.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://www.movebank.org/

Nullschool Earth Map

View current and historic wind, weather, ocean and pollution conditions on an interactive animated map.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current

Resource Watch

A nonprofit platform, still in beta, that provides hundreds of data sets on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens. It is sponsored by the World Resources Institute and other organizations.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://resourcewatch.org/data/explore

River Runner Global

Calculate which water stream a drop of rain will follow

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/

UNOSAT Analyses

UNOSAT Analyses is a tool that maps humanitarian emergencies across the globe utilising United Nations Satellite Centre data.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/unosat-analyses