Using open-source remote sensing data and tools to monitor forest carbon in Bangladesh
SAR can effectively measure and monitor forest biomass and forest carbon at national scales, particularly in tropical regions.
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SAR can effectively measure and monitor forest biomass and forest carbon at national scales, particularly in tropical regions.
The Land Use Land Cover and Change Mapping Service was designed to provide governments with data, tools, and skills to better understand relevant intervention actions related to land conservation and management, ensuring that land resources can be efficiently monitored and regulated.
SERVIR's Susan Kotikot, a graduate research assistant from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has created a compelling story map to reveal the effects of civil unrest on Rwanda's land cover.
SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa (E&SA) at the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), together with the government of Rwanda, recently released new 2015 land cover maps, disseminating them during a workshop in May 2017 in Kigali.
Users of Collect Earth Online (CEO) around the world are taking advantage of a CEO feature called the Geo-Dash Degradation Tool that allows them to monitor forest degradation, a major source of carbon emissions.
Rwanda is among the smallest countries in mainland Africa, roughly the size of Maryland with twice the population. Less land area means harder decisions, such as balancing land allocated for agriculture versus areas designated for forest conservation.
To sustainably manage forest landscapes, governments and decision makers need accurate and up-to-date information on the extent of the forests they manage and the ways they are changing.
SERVIR-HKH has developed land cover monitoring systems with a modular architecture built on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) computational platform.