Curated by WRI’s experts, Resource Watch features the world’s best data and maps on the state of the planet’s resources, commerce and people all in one place. This presentation highlights how to find hundreds of free and reliable data sets through the Resource Watch platform. Find out more: https://www.wri.org/events/2019/02/webinar-introducing-resource-watch-data-and-maps Website: https://resourcewatch.org/

1. Resource Watch provides trusted and timely data for a sustainable future.
@resource_watch resourcewatch@wri.org www.resourcewatch.org

2. Exploring the
Resource Watch
Platform
Janet Ranganathan – VP Science & Research at WRI

3. Too much data, too little time
• I could also put a data
set here for an image
• Shipping lanes and
ports

4. How Journalists
Can Use Resource
Watch

5. Curated
Data
Library
•Over 260 data sets
•Over 40 near real-time data sets
•New data being added weekly

7. Food

10. Seal level rise in coastal
communities in the US.
Satelite going into the
metadata then pulse

12. Cali blog

13. Create
Embeddable &
Interactive Maps

14. Rapidly Find and
Source Reliable
Data

15. Quickly Create
Graphics for
Social Media

16. Creating
Data Driven
Stories with
Resource Watch
Emily Cassidy – Resource Watch Data Journalist

17. Providing
Context for the
News

19. What Inspired
this Investigation

20. We Analyzed
3,900 Marine
Protected Areas
Using Global
Fishing Watch
Data

21. Analysis in Google Earth Engine

22. Most Fished
Marine
Protected Areas

23. Most Fished
Marine
Protected Areas

24. Most Fished
Marine
Protected Areas

25. Embargoed until Thursday February 28th at 9am EST

26. Many Stories
to Tell with this
Data

27. Events
that
Changed
the Face
of the
Planet
over
12,000
years
Image of
conquistadors dates

28. How to Credit
and Contact
Resource Watch
Carolyn Savoldelli – Resource Watch Team Lead

30. How to Credit
Resource Watch
"Accessed through
Resource Watch"

31. Dashboards
Adding the video in the
morning

32. Sign up for the
Resource Watch
Newsletter

33. Points of
Contact for
Resource Watch
Corey Filiault – Resource Watch
Communications Coordinator
Corey.Filiault@wri.org
202-729-7611
Lauren Cole Zelin – WRI
Media Relations Manager
Lauren.Zelin@wri.org
202-729-7736
Emily Cassidy – Resource Watch
Data Journalist
Emily.Cassidy@wri.org

34. Future Training
Opportunities

35. Q&A

36. @resource_watch resourcewatch@wri.org www.resourcewatch.org