Remote sensing data: We collect, analyze and apply a range of publicly available satellite datasets, as well as airborne LiDAR data on a project basis, to create innovative products. Products to date include global and regional datasets of elevation, peat thickness / carbon, water depth and flood risk that we place in the public domain when possible, and refined local datasets tailored to suit requirements on a paid project basis. Our focus area is SE Asia, which has the most extensive and degraded coastal lowlands, but we can apply our methods anywhere.
Peatland restoration project support: We work with projects that aim to conserve or restore degraded peatland forest systems in SE Asia, by applying our data to quantify hydrological impacts, carbon stocks and carbon losses for specific areas. We also help identify and design restoration solutions.
Our projects often involve design and supervision of field surveys (peat thickness, hydrology, ecology) and usually a combination of the following aspects:
- elevation mapping
- peat thickness mapping
- hydrological monitoring
- hydrological modelling
- subsidence monitoring
- carbon emission quantification
- flood risk assessments
- planning of canal blocking systems
For tropical peatland carbon project developers, our data directly supports investment cases, validation submissions, and MRV systems. See why D4S adds value for carbon project developers →