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Home › Placements › Industrial Training › Urban Greening & Tree Mapping
Opens Oct 2026 5–8 weeks

Urban Greening & Tree Mapping

Mapping urban trees, canopy and green/open spaces — species, health and height in the field plus canopy digitization — to support urban greening and sustainable drainage (SuDS) planning.

8Weeks duration

About this placement

Mapping urban trees, canopy and green/open spaces — species, health and height in the field plus canopy digitization — to support urban greening and sustainable drainage (SuDS) planning.

Impact & open data

Placements are hands-on: participants produce real geospatial data that is published openly to the Resilience Academy Climate Risk Database and reused by cities, universities and communities.

0Courses provided
0Lessons delivered
—Students per run
OpenData published to the CRD
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Placement history

3 years · 113 students placed to date.

202220 placed · OMDTZ u2014 Dar es Salaam
202143 placed · OMDTZ u2014 Morogoro (SUA)
202050 placed · OMDTZ / Greenstand / Azavea u2014 Morogoro (SUA)

Placement details

Duration5–8 weeks
LocationMorogoro; Dar es Salaam
EligibilityEnvironmental Science, Forestry and Geoinformatics undergraduates, selected by their universities.
StipendDaily field stipend via mobile money; community guides paid daily.
CertificateNot offered
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Team involved

Msilikale MsilangaResilience Academy Project Manager

Funders

World Bank GFDRRFunder (World Bank / TURP)

Partners

OpenMap Development Tanzania

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