Closed Simpleshell3 closed 2 years ago
This is a great suggestion - we've had a number of these types of analysis during the Outreachy contribution period and it would be great to have a place to consolidate the results.
We have some slightly different plans for the Dec 2021 Outreachy term - our mentees will be working with the moja global CI/CD Working Group and a several UNFCCC experts on these types of analysis. So instead, I think we should take the best parts of this proposal and put them into place immediately.
@HarshCasper - do you think we could establish a similar folder structure within the exisitng Land Sector Datasets repo? We already have the dataset descriptions hosted there. All that is then needed is a continent/country
hierarchy and the tutorials
folder. I don't think we need to pre-populate all countries, the list will develop over time.
As the concept matures, we might set up some standard practices or report templates, so that that there is a consistent format to the land sector analyses, but I think at this early stage we're better to let people contribute freely and see what common patterns emerge organically.
@Simpleshell3 - what do you think? It should only take a day to set up the folders, but perhaps you could help us write a quick guide that we can share so people know how to submit their analysis?
Thanks for the suggestion!
@aornugent Thank you for the feedback. Yes, the folders can be set up in a day max. I will come up with the guide as soon as possible.
Hello @aornugent , @HarshCasper , @Tonnix Here is a link to the first draft of the quick guide that contributors can use to submit their analysis. Please review it and provide your feedback so that I can further refine the guide.
Project Abstract
Moja Global has a repo that documents Land sector datasets from different origins. This Repo brings together datasets that can be useful for land sector management. Land plays an important role in global cycles of greenhouse gases (GHG) and is directly related to the climate change[1], human activities[2]( such as deforestation, agriculture etc) and natural occurrences such as wildlife[3] and wildfires[4]. A recent literal description[5] of the Land Sector dataset[6] posed questions such as;
To answer this questions, a possible solution is to propose a central repo that will manage the effective analysis and interpretation of Moja Global's Land Sector Datasets. This repo will be documented administratively to level 4(by state) where possible. The repo would strive as tracking tool for the land use of each state over time and how it is related to human activities and climate change in the state. This proposal aims to create awareness and support to administrative governments, researchers and the scientific community at large. It would provide a common collaboration environment for contributors from different sectors(data science, climate change activists. law enforcement, scientific research etc ) to analyze and draw influential conclusions.
Benefits to the community
Moja global is a collaborative project under the Linux Foundation that supports ambitious climate action which enables us to accurately and affordably estimate greenhouse gas emissions and removals from forestry, agriculture and other land uses (AFOLU).[7]. This project idea is closely aligned with Moja Global's misson to create an open source, technical community to benefit the ecosystem of moja global developers and organizations reliant upon moja global tools[8]. The benefits of this project to the community include:
Technical Details
The project should be added as a repo on Moja Global's github. The structure of the repo should be a global hierarchical architecture. A common data analysis and documenting tool such as Google's colab or Jupyter Notebook should be used within the project.
The analysis tool should support geospatial analysis and optimized displays of maps.
An elaborate description of the Land sector datasets should be included in this repo to define the attributes present in each Land Sector factor, A uniform scheme can be defined documenting the analysis with respect to key points, color shemes, map types, map sizes etc
The repo should as well contain a detailed tutorial documentation to guide first time contributors on contributing to the analysis. This tutorial documentation should contain the characteristics and factors of interest desired from the analysis of a particular area as well as how to report the results. It should also outline the possible inferences that can be derived from a given characteristic and how the inferences can change over the time.
A summary of the technical structure of the repo shown below:
Timeline
Why this project?
Outreachy provides internships in open source to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living. Moja Global is an open source initiative to support the GHG inventories development and the implementation of mitigation actions in the AFOLU sector. Contributing this project to Moja Global and the Outreachy Internship would help strengthen and foster open source objectives. Moreover, it would promote collaboration from women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer. Also any gender: Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander, can actively participate for the greater good.
I am underrepresented in the technical industry where I live. I want to seize this opportunity to be able to contribute to an open source global initiative movement. Through this internship, I will harness opportunities and advantages such as:
Mentors
@HarshCasper @Andrew O'Reilly-Nugent @Tonnix
NOTE: This is not the final proposal. This is a rough draft aimed at getting you started and to get you thinking about your project. You can use the issue to take actionable feedback on the project from the wider community and/or the mentors. The final proposals should always be submitted on the Outreachy website.