We are all PALS
Our work has taken us around the globe, both physically and virtually. As a team, we have collaborated and learned from each other for many years across projects large and small alongside partners from a variety of communities and organizations.
PALS.eco began in 2025 as a new platform for continuing and expanding our longstanding collaboration - through PALS we aim to focus on our specific areas of expertise while expanding the reach and impact of our tools and methods to a broader range of geographies (and the PALS within each location).
Our Team
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Cofounder & Master Mapper
Sam is a UK-based Geographer with 15+ years’ cross-sector experience. He has delivered geospatial solutions for coastal ecosystem management and invasive species eradication, with a focus on local communities. Sam also volunteers and consults for humanitarian charity MapAction, supporting organisations with disaster preparedness and response. He recently led a deployment to Belize responding to unprecedented wildfires.
Publications: Google Scholar
General Profile: LinkedIn
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Cofounder & Traveling Coder
Working in tech since 2007, Court is a developer with 18 years of experience working for companies like ESRI, SurveyMonkey, MyRadar & Blue Ventures. He may spend a lot of time in Vim, but he is no stranger to fieldwork and goes to the field every chance he gets.
General Profile: LinkedIn -
Advisor & Cofounder
For 20+ years, Trevor has been combining geospatial and field data to produce maps, understand change, make predictions, and assist decision makers. Trevor’s work as a scientist, educator, program developer, and team builder involves communities, conservation non-profits, Universities, governments, and private sector organizations, and includes 20 countries across five continents.
Publications:Google Scholar
UBC Faculty of Forestry:Faculty Profile
General Profile:LinkedIn