30 docs tagged with "Indigenous Decision Maker"

Overview

This guide establishes an overview, actionable steps, guiding questions, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) template to support the secure, ethical, and community-driven sharing of Indigenous and local community data.

Guardian Connector is a free and open-source Indigenous data sovereignty platform for communities to securely centralize, access, and derive insights from their environmental and cultural data. Developed through collaboration between Indigenous communities, Conservation Metrics, and technical partners, Guardian Connector addresses the unique challenges faced by communities on the frontlines of protecting their territories.

Apache Superset is a modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence platform that provides rich data visualization and exploration capabilities. It supports a wide variety of visualizations, from simple to complex charts, and allows users to create interactive dashboards. Superset is designed to be intuitive for both technical and non-technical users, making it ideal for sharing insights across diverse stakeholder groups.

This page provides links to XLSForm templates designed for common data collection objectives by Indigenous community organizations. These templates can be used in KoboToolbox, ODK Central, or any other XLSForm-compatible platform.

This page covers practical lessons learned from using KoboToolbox in real-world scenarios, including common pitfalls and their solutions.

CoMapeo is an offline-first mapping and data collection tool designed specifically for indigenous communities and grassroots organizations. Built with a focus on data sovereignty and community control, CoMapeo allows communities to map their territories, document environmental changes, and collect evidence of environmental impacts without relying on external internet infrastructure.

This section provides detailed reference documentation for common workflows when using Guardian Connector.

Guardian Connector serves as a centralized hub for collecting and aggregating data from multiple sources. By connecting to various data collection tools and platforms, Guardian Connector consolidates community-generated data into a unified database for streamlined management and access.

In designing Guardian Connector for long-term viability and sustainability, Conservation Metrics adheres to a strict set of principles. The tools included in the solution must meet the following criteria:

Filebrowser is a web-based file manager that allows users to browse, upload, download, and share files from their Guardian Connector instance.

How do I use Guardian Connector?

The Guardian Connector Explorer (GC Explorer) is a web-based data visualization tool that transforms your community's tabular data into interactive maps, galleries, and dashboards. Built specifically for Guardian Connector, it connects directly to your PostgreSQL database to display data collected from tools like CoMapeo, KoboToolbox, and other data collection platforms.

Understanding the diverse user personas who interact with Guardian Connector and their varying technical expertise levels

This information is adapted from “Technocultural Data Protocols” from Foster & Schonwetter 2024, produced for the Tenure Facility.

The Guardian Connector stack is deployed on a single virtual machine (cloud or on-prem) using CapRover. You’ll provision compute, attach file storage, set up authentication, and install the core app stack.

Welcome to the Guardian Connector tutorials section! Here you'll find comprehensive, step-by-step guides designed to help Indigenous community organizations make the most of the integrated tools in the Guardian Connector ecosystem.

This reference section provides detailed technical information, specifications, and practical guidance to help you implement, configure, and use Guardian Connector effectively. Whether you're planning a deployment, integrating tools, or managing day-to-day operations, you'll find the comprehensive information you need here.

This page is for you if you're interested in seeing whether Guardian Connector is a good fit for your organization to help you better manage data and information to protect your land, traditions, and future.

KoboToolbox is a free, open-source suite of tools for mobile data collection. It allows users to build forms, collect data in the field using mobile devices, and analyze the collected data through web-based interfaces. Originally developed for humanitarian contexts, KoboToolbox excels at creating surveys, questionnaires, and data collection forms that work reliably in challenging environments with limited connectivity.

The following pillars are the foundation of data sovereignty in Guardian Connector. Currently, we are in the process of implementing these pillars, and several of these are still aspirational at this time.

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Within the data ecosystem, there are many tools available for a variety of tasks. Throughout our own data journey, we’ve come across several that stand out as being particularly useful for common tasks and workflows.

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Timelapse is a specialized software tool designed for analyzing camera trap images and videos in wildlife research and conservation. It provides powerful features for organizing, viewing, and analyzing large collections of wildlife images, including species identification, behavior analysis, and temporal pattern recognition. Designed to be accessible to users without scientific expertise, Timelapse is particularly valuable for long-term wildlife monitoring studies and biodiversity assessments.

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This week is designed to be a culmination of the skills and knowledge you've acquired throughout the program, allowing you to design and execute a complete survey project. Here’s a detailed breakdown of each component: