Authored by London Economics and Caribou Space. This report has been commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA) under its Global Development Assistance (GDA) programme. GDA has a mission to accelerate impact by fully capitalising on the power of satellite Earth Observation (EO) in international development assistance operations. The GDA programme is implemented by ESA […]
This report by Caribou Space is a case study of the UK Space Agency IPP synthesised from the endline evaluation. The International Partnership Programme (IPP) was the UK Space Agency’s sustainable development initiative. It was designed to utilise UK expertise in satellite technology and data services to deliver innovative solutions which help tackle specific global […]
The International Partnership Programme (IPP) was the UK Space Agency’s sustainable development initiative. It was designed to utilise UK expertise in satellite technology and data services to deliver innovative solutions which help tackle specific global challenges in partnership with developing countries, while facilitating new trade opportunities for the UK space sector. Funded from the Department […]
Members of the International Partnership Programme travelled to Peru recently to visit one of their IPP projects which is looking at how satellite technology can be used to monitor Tailings Dams in the highlands of Peru. But what are tailings dams? Tailings are the residual material leftover from the mining process and are often toxic […]
UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme has 33 IPP projects across 33 countries, with 122 private sector, academic and NGO organisations consortiums members and 112 international partners. See more details on the IPP projects here. A project with HR Wallingford is working to resolve is the issue of unstable and unsafe tailings dams in Peru. […]
www.pixalytics.com Overview Pixalytics has derived soil moisture content, water body height and water extent – which includes both water bodies and saturated ground – information using microwave data from Earth observation (EO) satellites that can be used to identify and map water sources and water availability. Microwave EO data has the benefit of not being […]
https://www.rezatec.com/services/water-management/water-quality/ Overview Effective catchment management is vital for water companies to achieve water quality without having to undertake expensive treatment downstream. This means mapping, measuring, monitoring and predicting change across landscapes within catchments in order to better understand the relationship between land use and water quality. Until now, water companies have found it difficult to […]