Delivering a Global, Terrestrial, Biodiversity Observation System Through Remote Sensing
Land cover change is of major concern to conservationists because of its
generally negative impact on biodiversity. There is a clear need to develop a system for
tracking these changes, contributing to a global biodiversity observation system.
Monitoring of biodiversity is an essential component of conservation, allowing problems
to be identified, priorities to be set, solutions to be developed and resources to be
targeted. Monitoring also allows assessments to be made of progress towards targets and
indicators in unilateral and international conservation policy instruments (e.g. Convention
on Biological Diversity - CDB), the impacts of international conservation policy and
other policy sectors. However, a paucity of information has led to a poor understanding
of the cost-effectiveness of conservation policies, exposing them to criticism.
BUCHANAN Graeme M.;
NELSON Andrew;
MAYAUX Philippe;
HARTLEY Andrew;
DONALD Paul F.;
2010-01-25
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
JRC56148
0888-8892,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC56148,
10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01083.x,
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