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Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration: Open Information and Consultation Day for CSOs/NGOs
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Earth Observation for Ecosystem Accounting Workshop (EO4EA 2022)

November 28 - December 1

The 2022 Workshop on Earth Observation for Ecosystem Accounting (EO4EA 2022) is organized by the European Space Agency in collaboration with the Environmental-Economic Account section of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Earth Observations for Ecosystem Accounting initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO EO4EA). Background The System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) provides …

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Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration: Open Information and Consultation Day for CSOs/NGOs

October 14 @ 09:30 - 12:30 UTC+2

Introduction and Objectives The Sixth IPCC Assessment Report highlighted that the rise in weather and climate extremes has led to some irreversible impacts as natural and human systems are being pushed beyond their ability to adapt. Restoration of degraded ecosystems is key to mitigate the impacts of climate change, as healthy and resilient ecosystems are …

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ESA invites CSOs / NGOs to an Open Information and Consultation Day on Earth Observation for Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration

The European Space Agency (ESA) invites all civil society organisations (CSOs) / non governmental organisation (NGOs) with an environmental focus to a knowledge-sharing webinar to discuss the potential of Earth Observation (EO) data exploitation for ecosystem conservation and restoration. The webinar is part of an Open Consultation process with CSOs / NGOs. This is an …

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4th EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Course: Vegetation and Drought Monitoring from Space

September 19 - October 14

This online course will provide participants with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge on vegetation and drought monitoring based on satellite EO data. It will introduce the general concept of EO-based vegetation/drought monitoring, show the different types of potentially useful EO data, highlight relevant satellite sensors and freely available data products as well as explain …

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Invitations to Tender

Invitation to Tender: “WorldPeatland”

Globally peatlands store 550 Gt Carbon, which is 30% of terrestrial carbon and twice the carbon stored in forests. Based on requirements from user organisations within the Global Peatland Initiative GPI the project objectives are improved mapping and monitoring of intact, degraded and cultivated peatlands for conservation, management and restoration worldwide. Learn more about this …

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EO for Ecosystem Accounting workshop: submit your abstract!

Abstract submission is now open (12 Jul – 12 Sep) for the upcoming online workshop on Earth Observation for Ecosystem Accounting 2022, to take place in the afternoons (13:00 – 17:00 CET Rome time, 07:00 – 11:00 NY time) from 28 Nov to 1 Dec. The workshop will feature invited talks, open sessions with oral …

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Training and Education

Free online EO learning for everyone

Most recent add-on to the collection of online MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) dedicated to Earth observation data, techniques and applications is Land in Focus, launched last 4 October. This MOOC, funded by ESA, has been developed by experts from various internationally renowned institutes such as EOS Jena, WUR Wageningen, RUB Bochum, FSU Jena, Sinergise, …

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Earth Observation for Alpine ecosystems ‘eco4alps’ – Alps regional initiative

Prime company: Solenix Schweiz GmbH (CH)

The project is an Application element of EO4ALPS Regional Initiative. It will develop 6 EO services on ecosystem mapping and monitoring in the alpine region, addressing the specific requirements of national and regional stakeholders and being sufficiently large in scope and content to strengthen regional cooperation across alpine countries: ecosystem mapping, forest disturbance, forest phenology, …

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EO Clinic: Characterisation of Dilijan National Park Forest Ecosystems, Armenia

Prime company: GeoVille (AT)

EO Clinic support requested by: UNDP Armenia Office Requesting activity: Mountain Forest Ecosystems Transformations Digital Platform Requesting activity type: Technical Assistance (TA) EO Clinic relevant Thematic Groups: TG6 (Forestry) Work Order number: EOC0004 Work Order status: Completed Work Order start: 2020 May 06 Work Order end: 2020 Sep 25 Background Armenia is located at the …

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Space key to wetland conservation

Wetlands worldwide are vanishing at an alarming rate. Read how Earth Observation helps to quantify and describe such changes as well as identify their causes in the article published on the occasion of recent World Wetlands Day.

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