Marco Sanelli - Urban Forester & GIS Analyst - M.Sc. Urban Forestry, B.Sc. Natural Resource Conservation

Marco is an urban forester with a background in GIS analysis. With experience in GIS, ecology, and science communication he has worked for intergovernmental organizations, academia, government and non-profit throughout western and eastern Canada. During his time in the Integrated Remote Sensing Studio he coauthored a study on canopy gap size distributions throughout the Canadian boreal forest using LiDAR data. He contributed to research on drone applications to the forest sector and the mapping of urban forests in the City of Vancouver using LiDAR.

Marco has experience in communications and graphic design, having worked with the UNEP Secretariat on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal and volunteered with sustainable energy charities. He has experience in invertebrate and plant ecology as well as invasive species management from his summers of fieldwork in the Okanagan region in BC.