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Aimed at creating a startup ecosystem around the world of travel, the France Tourisme Tech program has unveiled its first 15 winners.

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 […]

MURMURATION’s objective is to place the environmental dimension at the core of every decision. In order to do so, the company has developed a methodology that combines data from Earth observation satellites, such as the Copernicus satellites, with in-situ data and socio-economic statistics, to assess the state of an ecosystem anywhere in the world. Using this capability, they provide information to a wide range of users, including policy makers, decision-makers, and the general public.

A start-up called Murmuration won funding for its idea to monitor tourism’s environmental impact using satellite data. Ajuma impressed for its idea of using satellite data to monitor UV rays to prevent skin cancer, while J-Snow will use data to monitor snowfall in near real time at high resolution.

In France, the EU-funded initiative Climate-KIC has launched Murmuration, a start-up that combines environmental studies and a web platform, Flockeo, to provide reliable indicators of a tourist destination’s impact on the environment and climate. This can be useful for the tourism industry, municipal authorities and tourists themselves, who are increasingly aware of the damaging environmental impact of their trips.

Murmuration service provides a way to measure and monitor environmental pressure caused by tourism activities and deliver it to all the stakeholders. Murmuration’s indicators cover different themes: air and atmosphere, water, biodiversity and vegetation, soils and quantification of tourism activity.

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 […]