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Mindful of the objectives adopted in the Manila Declaration on the ASEAN Environment on 30 April 1981 and the Bangkok Declaration on the ASEAN Environment on 29 November 1984,...

The report gives a concise account of the research carried out in Senegal from 1980 to 1984 on the inventory and monitoring of Sahelian grazing ecosystems. The method used is...

This manual introduces the concept of using light aircraft for ecological monitoring, and briefly discusses various techniques other than that of the systematic low—level...

The present document, the fourth in the series, is divided into two parts. The first part of this report defines terms used in vegetation sampling, and discusses both the...

The present document, the fifth in the series, examines the use of radiometers in the estimation of primary production in sahelian pastures, based an the Project's results. It...

The central aim for all three initial use cases is the integration of in-situ measurements, remote sensing based Earth Observation and water quality modelling data to derive the...

The central aim in the initial WWQA Africa Use Cases is the integration of in-situ and remote sensing-based Earth Observation and water quality modelling data to derive the best...

Beginning in 1991 UNEP/GRID took up the task of conducting a biannual comprehensive worldwide survey of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Image Processing (IP) software...

Coarse spatial resolution, high temporal frequency satellite data from the NOAA/AVHRR system are presented to demonstrate their utility for monitoring vegetation seasonal...

The ultimate goal of CEARAC activities is to 'establish cooperative marine environmental monitoring by remote sensing and to contribute to the conservation of the marine...

The objective of this report is to provide and share information on the status of Ocean Remote Sensing in the NOWPAP Region, and to address issues to be tackled through...

Monitoring of thermal fronts sensed by infrared (IR) radiometers aboard satellites began at the Centre de Météorologie Spatiale (CMS Lannion) in April 1979. The first monthly...

Mangrove establishment and rehabilitation projects have had varying levels of success at different locations around the world. Given the money that has been invested in...

This report was conceived with a naturalistic approach, i.e. global and inter-regional, incorporating different parameters which shape the coastal zone. It is subdivided into 3...

Planning for aquaculture development has been hindered by a lack of comprehensive information on the land, water, human and economic resources available at national,...

Planning for aquaculture development has been hindered by a lack of comprehensive information on the land, water, human and economic resources available at national,...

This Working Paper was written by Ridley Nelson, Natural Resources Environmental Specialist in the Systems and Technology Division, Environment Department, with assistance from...

A monthly bulletin published by the Union of African Journalists in Arabic, English and French

These guidelines have been designed particularly for coastal managers in local government and professional researchers involved in translating satellite remote sensing into...

The Global Resource Information Database (GRID) is a worldwide network of environmental data centres created by UNEP in the mid-1980s. GRID-Centres are made of a team of data...