Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) is a European Space Agency (ESA) initiative which aims to support International Finance Institutions and their Client States to harness the benefits of EO in their development operations at national and international level. The final thematic cluster of this initiative is dedicated to Forest Management and complements a set […]
Cote d’Ivoire has one of the highest levels of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa. Its forest cover decreased from 16 million ha in 1900, to 7.8 million ha in 1990, 5.1 million ha in 2000, and 3.4 million ha in 2015 (SEP- REDD, 2016). According to these estimates, more than 80% of the forest disappeared during […]
The Peatland Assessment in South East Asia by Satellite (PASSES) project was supported by the UKSA International Partnership Programme in Indonesia and Malaysia from 2018 to September 2020. This case study explores the value of peatlands, the challenges associated with assessing their condition and the development of an innovative, space-enabled approach, applicable to the monitoring […]
June 5th is World Environment Day. It is most renowned day for environmental action. This year, the theme is biodiversity. Biodiversity is foundational, it supports all life on land and below water. It affects human health, providing clean air and water, nutritious foods, disease resistance, and climate change mitigation. However, human actions, including deforestation, encroachment on […]
At the outset of the EASOS project, the Satellite Applications Catapult, with a consortium of companies from both the UK and Malaysia, set out to provide an informed and coordinated decision-making capability to the Malaysian Government. The information that EASOS would provide covered three focus areas: the reduction of degradation to the mangrove coastline by […]
At the current rate of deforestation, Côte d’Ivoire could lose its entire forest cover by 2034. Despite forests becoming rare, deforestation rates remain high, and the remaining 3-4 million hectares of forest are mainly threatened by the allocation of more land to agriculture. The country is the world’s largest supplier of cocoa, with most production […]