| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| The Role of Remote Sensing in FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment and Monitoring Programme |
| The need for assessment and systematic observations of forest cover and to establish and/or strengthen the necessary capacities has been strongly expressed in UNCED's Agenda 21. In keeping with its mandate FAO has executed a series of forest resources assessment projects. This paper focuses on the remote sensing approach used for the tropical part of the Forest Resources Assessment 1990 Project. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIan0001.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| A methodology for monitoring wetlands for fisheries using NOAA AVHRR LAC thermal data |
| Frequent baseline data on wetlands are essential for assessing fishery potential and for a host of hydrologic and environmental applications. Remote sensing is the only tool which can be used to provide those data at frequent intervals and economically. Thus an operative methodology based on the thermal inertia difference between dry and wet lands has been developed from NOAA (National Oceanic and... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIan0002.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Space-related activities of FAO |
| This paper was presented at the Third UN Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (Unispace III), Vienna, 19-30 July 1999. It provides a general overview of FAO activities related to the use of space technology, including remote sensing and GIS development and applications. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0076.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| FAO activities: Environmental monitoring by satellite |
| A brief overview of FAO activities on environmental monitoring by satellite, including ARTEMIS system and the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0007.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership Forum during the Unispace III Conference |
| The Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) intends to unite the major satellite and surface-based systems for global environmental observations of the atmosphere, oceans and land. It is a strategic planning process, involving many partners, that links research, long-term monitoring and operational programmes, as well as data producers and users, in a framework that delivers maximum benefit an... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0073.htm |
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