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Green corridors for the valley.

Biodiversity connectivity

scoping
Location

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Partner

Alcaldía de Medellín, Universidad EAFIT

Duration

2026 (dates TBD)

Status

upcoming

Datasets
  • Sentinel-2 vegetation
  • GEDI canopy height
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Municipal green space inventory

The challenge

Medellín's famous green corridors need expansion and connection. The municipality wants to identify priority areas for new corridors that would link existing parks and natural areas while providing heat relief and habitat connectivity.

Our approach

Scoping phase. Will combine vegetation mapping with network analysis to identify optimal corridor routes.

Impact

Project in early scoping.

Technical notes

Will use graph-based connectivity analysis on vegetation patches derived from Sentinel-2.

Cite this pilot

Human Scale Data. (2026). Green corridor connectivity: Medellín, Colombia. [Planned]. https://human-scale-data.org/pilots/medellin