Mauro Lourenço is a geospatial ecologist and data analyst for the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project. He works on research topics related to freshwater ecosystems, wetlands, forests, fire, carbon, and environmental monitoring. He uses Remotely Sensed datasets and Geographical Information Systems towards high-impact scientific outputs and research. He has worked throughout southern Africa including Lesotho, Angola, South Africa and Botswana.
International researchers’ focus on ice to define natural water towers leaves Africa’s critical systems off the map, and with little protection. Africa is a water stressed ...