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TSDI (Tourism Sustainable Development Index) is a sustainable tourism index developed by Murmuration and based on Earth observation space data and socio-economic data. TSDI reflects the correlation between the economic development of tourism and its environmental impact. It is inspired by Professor Jason Hickel’s Sustainable Development Index (SDI), which aims to evolve the HDI (Human […]

The company Murmuration, based in Toulouse, analyzes satellite images of the Earth to understand the effects of tourism on our ecosystem. It provides local authorities with information on biodiversity, air quality, and soil quality, depending on tourist visits.

The young Toulouse start-up Murmuration designs a dashboard using Earth observation data, allowing local authorities to rethink their tourism policy in light of climate change. This tool has won an award from the World Tourism Organization.

Based in Toulouse for more than three years, the start-up Murmuration is developing a map to indicate the maximum number of tourists that a natural site can accommodate, without having a negative impact on the environment.

Sri Lanka, this island state located in the south-east of India, contains an incredible biodiversity due to the diversity of the natural environments it shelters, such as the Sinharaja Reserve. Its specific geographical location on a geological fault and its humid tropical climate make it an ideal environment for numerous endemic species such as the […]

Murmuration is pleased to announce its selection as the French organizer of the 3rd Cassini Hackathon, a European Union programme.  To achieve this, we have partnered with Open Tourisme Lab based in Nîmes, who bring their expertise in supporting entrepreneurs and start-ups. This 3rd edition of the Hackathon will be on the theme of (Re)Vitalizing […]

Big cities keep on growing, it is important to monitor this development process, and that’s why Murmuration created its own Urbanisation Indicator. As a result of technological progress, humanity is constantly expanding its urban territory. This phenomenon of urbanization leads to an artificialization of the soil and poses three major problems: The massive erosion of […]

The quality of air around the world is deteriorating, it is a well-known fact, and still too few people acknowledge it as the need of the hour. This article explains how Murmuration contributes in helping to combat this issue. Murmuration is a French SME created in March 2019 with the aim of introducing the environmental […]

In metropolitan France, forests cover 31% of the territory, i.e. nearly 17 million hectares. The importance of vegetation cover as a lung for the animal kingdom is well known. But all over the world, these green treasures must meet the ecological and social challenges of tomorrow. In particular, to address climate change, strategies must be […]

As a UNICEF report reminded us this summer, the lack of water in some parts of the world is having serious consequences for people. This lack of access to water for populations is commonly referred to as “water stress”. Today, several regions of the world are suffering from water stress. According to the World Resource […]