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Learn how the UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) revolutionized their data ecosystem using Databricks' Unity Catalog to enable secure, cross-organizational environmental protection initiatives. Discover DEFRA's transformation from fragmented data silos to a unified Data Analytics & Science Hub (DASH) that serves hundreds of users across multiple organizations. Explore how the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform overcame historical challenges of scattered data, talent, and tools that previously hindered the department's ability to fully leverage their extensive environmental datasets. Examine a flagship case study demonstrating the platform's capabilities through processing aerial photography and satellite data to identify peatlands requiring restoration—a complex environmental task made achievable through unified data governance, scalable compute resources, and AI integration. Gain insights into DEFRA's implementation journey, including practical lessons learned about building data platforms that successfully span organizational boundaries while maintaining security and scalability for nationwide environmental projects.
