The concept of Ecosystem Accounting is an integral part of the Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) conceptual framework that aims at measuring the stocks and flows of natural capital using the international adopted statistics standard for environmental accounting, System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA EA). The standard describes how to account for individual environmental assets or …
The project objective is to develop robust technical approaches to demonstrate and validate the EO and other sensor-based monitoring applicability to support the European Commission’s New Common Agricultural Policy – NewCAP with special emphasis on the eco-schemes. The project will develop monitoring capabilities of Crop rotation, Fallow land, Extensive use of permanent grassland, Winter soil …
Unveil the secrets of Earth’s Dynamic Systems: Join the Open Challenge! The European Space Agency is hosting the 2nd edition of the Earth System Science Workshop at its new research facility – the ESRIN Science Hub, in partnership with the Sorbonne Universite Paris, Academie Spatiale d’Ile de France and IPGP. The event will take place …
Despite advances in agricultural production, approximately 800 million people around the globe still face severe food insecurity. Biotic and abiotic agricultural stressors reduce and limit productivity (e.g., yield reduction) and ecosystem services (e.g., loss of carbon sequestration). These devastating impacts are increased by climate change, particularly by frequent and stronger extreme weather events. EO4Cerealstress will …
In situ bio-optical datasets are essential for the assessment of the uncertainties of satellite ocean colour measurements and derived products. This is especially critical in coastal waters (between 200m and 5km distance from the coastline), where land adjacency effects, complex atmospheric aerosol mixtures, high loads of optically active components in particular high concentration of chromophoric …
Most of the largest cities experience profound changes due to urbanization and hence, city administrations are facing challenges in order to safeguard high quality urban growth despite increasingly tight spatial resources. Modifications in the built up environment increase the temperature of cities compared to their surroundings and are more prone to excess heat. Moreover, climate …
Application deadline for the in-person component is February 13th, 2023! The Trevor Platt Science Foundation Symposium will be preceded by a training course on Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems. The training course will centre on a subset of the themes of the Symposium, such as remote sensing of ocean colour, water quality and human …
In Q4 2022, ESA organised an open Information Day to address Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)/ Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) with presentations on the potential of EO in support to ecosystems restoration and conservation. The event was attended by around 60 CSOs/NGOs. The Consultation was complemented with a questionnaire circulated to participants and interested stakeholders to capture …
The first parts of this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) are out now! Further modules will be sequentially released until the end of 2023. The MOOC is developed by the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Ruhr University Bochum with a community of stakeholders including ESA. It will give you insights on the potential of remote …
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration focus on the restoration of ecosystems on a large scale to achieve the United Nations sustainable development agenda in 2030. The PEOPLE Ecosystem Restoration project will develop innovative products and indicators determining and monitoring processes, both degradation and/or recovery. In several pilot sides in various ecosystems like boreal peatland …
