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| | | | | | | Satellite data instrumental in combating desertification
7 October 2009
| According to its rules and regulations, the UNCCD second international photo contest rewards "the best photos that conceptually and artistically depict either the efforts of people conserving soil, land and/or water in drylands, or the relationship between affected people and drylands ecosystems". The award ceremony took place in Buenos Aires during COP 9, where the best photos were also shown to the public.
Credits: UNCCD, Chetan Soni (Dhar, India) | |  |  | |
| | | | | The Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 21 September to 2 October 2009. More than 200 scientists and policy makers attended the first scientific session of the COP and stressed the importance of developing science-based methods for monitoring the areas most at risk to support land and water management decisions.
Credits: UNCCD secretariat | | | | |
| | | | | The Land Degradation Index (LDI) exploits remote sensing images, in conjunction with climatic and physiographic parametres, for assessing the landscape status with respect to its natural resources potential. Homogeneous land systems are identified and their status is expressed in terms of number of standard deviations from the population mean. The final values are then converted into 3 broad classes that indicate overgrown, normal and undergrown vegetation. These results were obtained from ESA's DesertWatch project.
Credits: ESA, Advanced Computer Systems SpA (ACS), Italy and National Research Council - Arid Zones Research Station (EEZA), Spain | | | | |
| | | | | Surface soil moisture at 1 km resolution retrieved from the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument on ESA’s Envisat satellite, operating in Global Mode, for the southern African Development Community Region (March 2008). These results were obtained from ESA’s SHARE project.
Credits: ESA, TU Wien | | | | |
| | | | | ESA hosted a side event at the COP 9 entitled ‘Earth observations from space for the UNCCD’, where the latest DesertWatch findings and results were presented. The side event also served as a platform for demonstrating the benefits of Earth observation technology for the UNCCD Convention.
Credits: ESA | | | | |
| | | | | During the UNCCD COP 9, ESA hosted an exhibition booth where the benefits of Earth observation technologies for supporting Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the UNCCD Convention were demonstrated.
From left to right: Tiago Franco (Critical Software, Portugal), Marc Paganini (ESA) and Gaetano Pace (ACS, Italy).
Credits: ESA | | | | |
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