# Jane Goodall Institute: Mobile Innovation for Tracking Deforestation - Touchlab

DevFeed: [Jane Goodall Institute: Mobile Innovation for Tracking Deforestation - Touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/jane-goodall-institute-mobile-innovation-for-tracking-deforestation-touchlab-38339.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/tracking-deforestation-for-jane-goodall-institute>)

Published: 2018-06-05T17:34:42Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [built-by-touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/built-by-touchlab.md>), [case-study](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-study.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [offline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/offline.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

Touchlab describes building Forest Watcher, a mobile app developed with the Jane Goodall Institute and partner organizations to help local African stakeholders monitor and report deforestation despite limited internet connectivity. The app supports offline maps, alerts, field observations, photos, and data uploads.

## Source excerpt

Jane Goodall Institute approached us to build their first mobile app, to build something with a lasting impact on communities suffering from deforestation.