A multiple purpose wetland inventory is being developed and promoted through partnerships and specific analyses at different scales in response to past uncertainties and gaps in inventory coverage. A partnership approach is being promoted through the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands to enable a glob...
Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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Finlayson, C. Max
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Nagabhatla, Nidhi
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[Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis]
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Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis
The increasing competition for water resources requires a better understanding of flows, fluxes, stocks, and the services and benefits related to water consumption. This paper explains how public domain Earth Observation data based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Second ...
Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M.
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Karimi, P.
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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Duan, Z.
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Senay, G.
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Muttuwatte, L.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Earth observation-based assessment of the water production and water consumption of Nile Basin agro-ecosystems]
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Earth observation-based assessment of the water production and water consumption of Nile Basin agro-ecosystems
Jamu, D.
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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Snyder, Katherine A.
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[Managing a Ramsar site to support agriculture and fisheries]
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Managing a Ramsar site to support agriculture and fisheries
In developing countries millions of people live a life of subsistence agriculture, mired in poverty, with limited access to basic human needs, such as food and water. Under such circumstances wetlands, through the provision of a range of direct and indirect ecosystem services, play a vital role i...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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[Wetlands, livelihoods and human health]
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Wetlands, livelihoods and human health
Over one hundred wetland specialists and Earth Observation experts from around the world gathered at the European Space Agency's 'GlobWetland Symposium: Looking at wetlands from space' in Frascati, Italy, from 19 to 20 October, 2006. The aim of the Symposium was to stimulate discussion between th...
MacKay, H.
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Finlayson, C. Max
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Fernández Prieto, D.
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Davidson, N.
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Pritchard, D.
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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[The role of Earth Observation (EO) technologies in supporting implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands]
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The role of Earth Observation (EO) technologies in supporting implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands