Gregor MacLennan
Gregor MacLennan, Projects Consultant, has worked with indigenous communities throughout the Amazon Basin on land rights issues, the impacts of extractive industries, and supporting indigenous peoples’ right to self determination. He worked in Peru for 7 years as founder and director of Shinai, a grass-roots non-profit organization, helping communities map their territory and resource use, and set up a community-run environmental monitoring system for Achuar communities affected by contamination from oil drilling. Prior to Digital Democracy he worked for 4 years as Peru Program Coordinator for Amazon Watch, leading a campaign to successfully stop Talisman from drilling for oil in Achuar territory in a remote and biodiverse area of Amazon rainforest in Peru. Gregor is based in London, UK.
Contact: gmaclennan@digital-democracy.org
Twitter: @gmaclennan
Blogposts
- Technology Preview: Participatory mapping in the Amazon with Mapeo
- OpenStreetMap Without Servers [Part 1]
- [VIDEO] Our Work in Ecuador
- Open Maps for Everyone
- Code with us
- Strengthening Forest Governance with Technology
- We Built A Drone
- Using maps to tell the story of ClearWater's work in Ecuador
- Help the Achuar people defend their rainforest home
- Participatory Mapping for Indigenous Rights
- Our New Website
- Monitoring Illegal Foresty and Mining with Support from Google Earth Outreach