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9 - The Evolution of Remote Sensing Applications Vital to Effective Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

By
Karyn Tabor  and
Jennifer Hewson
Edited by
Allison K. Leidner  and
Graeme M. Buchanan
Allison K. Leidner
Affiliation:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC
Graeme M. Buchanan
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Edinburgh
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Summary

This chapter, written from the perspective of conservation practitioners at Conservation International (CI), a US-based international conservation non-governmental organisation considers how the conservation community applied advances in satellite remote sensing over the last two decades and how this transformed conservation practices and decision-making. It highlights the conservation successes that these advances afforded, both in terms of improved land use management and more efficient use of financial and personnel resources. It also provides recommendations for focal areas that may lead to even greater conservation successes, and discusses advances on the horizon for satellite remote sensing that may lead to the next set of breakthroughs for advancing conservation science and applications.
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Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action
Case Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
 , pp. 274 - 300
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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