Remote Sensing of Coastal Ecosystems
Remote sensing of coastal and marine ecosystems is particularly challenging. Up to 80% of the signal received by the sensors in orbit comes from the atmosphere.
SDG14 Life Below Water
A small country’s multi-sector approach to a National Adaptation Plan
The NAP-GSP supported the facilitation of Timor-Leste’s initial NAP document and the article covers everything from climate change impacts to the country, challenges and solutions and the vulnerability assessments conducted during the formulation of the NAP.
Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2020: Leveraging Ocean Resources for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
This report examines how small island developing States can leverage ocean resources for their sustainable development.
Iraq: Using spatial data to establish and monitor Protected Area Networks
The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan in Iraq (2015-2020) presents 23 strategic National Biodiversity Targets and 34 actions for the 5 year period.
Democratic Republic of the Congo uses spatial data to safeguard forests and ecosystem services
The DRC is the only African country among the world's mega-biodiversity countries. It is home to endemic species such as okapi, Grauer's gorilla, bonobo and Congolese peacock.
China: How can spatial data inform the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework?
How to Use Spatial Data to inform Actionable National Policies?
Process: Firstly, it is necessary to identify the spatial data related to Aichi Biodiversity Target. Secondly, we must ensure the spatial data is available at the national or regional level. Thirdly, we need to check whether the spatial data or indicators have been published in research papers, national, regional or global assessment reports, which should be verified.
UN Biodiversity Lab
UN Biodiversity Lab is a geospatial platform designed to support policymakers develop data-driven sustainable development solutions. With over 100 of the world’s best datasets on nature, climate, and sustainable development, the platform enables users to upload national data in secure national workspaces, visualize global and national data, run basic analyses, and create maps, all in a free, open-source environment that does not require any previous GIS experience.
Crunching Numbers: Quantifying the Sustainable Development Co-Benefits of Mexico's Climate Commitments
The government of Mexico has set a new tone in domestic political discussions by bringing forward an ambitious social and economic development agenda – putting development ambitions and people of all social and economic backgrounds in the centre of the debate.
Youth Webinar on Sustaining Economy, Public Health and Environment for the future of humanity- Part 5
This webinar is the 5th installment of the webinar series "Sustaining Economy, Public Health and Environment for the future of humanity" and is the Final Conclusion Session.
You can join the meeting via zoom application or web browser.
Time: Jun 18, 2020, 06:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) and 3:45 PM Nepal Time (NST)
View Recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkc2HHeu2o
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