Participatory Flood Monitoring in Brazil and Colombia

The presentation highlights the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, particularly flash flooding and landslides, which have resulted in over 400 deaths in Brazil in 2022. The presentation discusses the role of various stakeholders, including Centres of Expertise, local governments, and communities, in managing these events. It emphasizes the importance of both top-down and bottom-up data narratives in informing policy and decision-making. The presentation also outlines three key strategies: making stakeholders' engagement with data visible through data diaries and spatial data analysis, engaging citizens in data production and circulation through data gardening, and integrating citizen-generated data into decision and policy-making through participatory mapping and design. The presentation concludes with a call to action for co-producing knowledge with communities about climate and socio-economic risks, connecting with schools and teachers to waterproof their data, and shaping sustainability strategies through funding pilots or documenting case studies. This presentation formed part of Operational Session 05: "Building Resilience through Effective Land Administration, Geospatial Systems and Digital Twins"