Elenoa Biukoto
Currently works at the Pacific Community (SPC), supporting regional projects on invasive species mapping, machine learning (seagrass, landcover, and forestry), and land monitoring across Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Notable work includes field data collection, technical training delivery, machine learning and geospatial analysis. Has contributed to national forest inventories, satellite data integration, the development of mapping tools, and helping strengthen environmental monitoring and decision-making across Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs).
Sessions
Deforestation and forest degradation in the Pacific is an ongoing threat to biodiversity, ecological connectivity and livelihoods. These processes have catalysed rapid expansion of invasive flora constituting severe land degradation. Using Digital Earth Pacific, we are better able to monitor the sprawling expansion of these invasive species.