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Justine Spore
GIS Research Associate I
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Justine Spore is a GIS Research Associate for the Forests Program's Restoration team at WRI. She provides technical support for the development and integration of remote sensing datasets for monitoring efforts of forest and landscape restoration across a variety of WRI's projects.
Before joining WRI, Justine worked on deforestation detection and monitoring in the Amazon using high-resolution satellite imagery and automated alerts to identify patterns and trends across the region. She has also worked previously on projects assessing water quality and water resources management with remote sensing.
She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Studies and a M.S. in Environmental Observation and Informatics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Justine enjoys cycling, birding, and cheering on the Wisconsin Badgers.
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[email protected]
Languages Spoken
Spanish
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Forests
Insights
Forests
How to Monitor, Report on and Verify a Land Restoration Project
Update
February 25, 2025
Forests
Higher-Res Data Set Now Shows Trees Inside and Outside Forests Across the Tropics
Update
June 6, 2023
Forests
Des ensembles de données de plus haute résolution montrent désormais les arbres à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur des forêts à travers les Tropiques.
Update
June 6, 2023
Forests
Un conjunto nuevo de datos de mayor resolución muestra ahora los árboles dentro y fuera de los bosques tropicales
Update
June 6, 2023
Research
Forest and Landscape Restoration
Land Restoration From Planting to Proof: A Guide to Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification
Research
January 12, 2026
Forests
Global Forest Review Trees Outside Forests Indicator
Research
December 15, 2023
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"Very high resolution canopy height maps from RGB imagery using self-supervised vision transformer and convolutional decoder trained on aerial lidar"
By Tolan Jamie, Yang Hung-I, Nosarzewski Benjamin, Couairon Guillaume, Vo Huy V., Brandt John, Spore Justine, Majumdar Sayantan, Haziza Daniel, Vamaraju Janaki, Moutakanni Theo, Bojanowski Piotr, Johns Tracy, White Brian, Tiecke Tobias, Couprie Camille
"Remote Sensing of Environment"
300
(2024): 113888
DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2023.113888
"Wall-to-wall mapping of tree extent in the tropics with Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2"
By Brandt John, Ertel Jessica, Spore Justine, Stolle Fred
"Remote Sensing of Environment"
292
(2023): 113574
DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2023.113574
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Global Restoration Initiative
WRI is partnering with governments, businesses, and communities around the world to restore millions of hectares of deforested and degraded land.
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Restore Local
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Convened by World Resources Institute and the Bezos Earth Fund to develop breakthroughs in geospatial monitoring that power solutions for sustainable landscapes worldwide.
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Global Forest Watch
Offering the latest data, technology and tools that empower people everywhere to better manage and protect forest landscapes.
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