Recent methods for monitoring forests, agriculture and land degradation

Tuesday May 11, 2010
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
Location: GAIA building
Droevendaalsesteeg 3 (Building 101)
Room Gaia 1

Issues of global, regional and national observations of forests, agriculture and land degradation have received significant attention in a number of international processes on the political level. They emphasize the needs and are offering opportunities to improve relevance, acceptance, and approaches for global and national land assessments. The developments put specific challenges on the monitoring and assessment of land dynamics integrating global observations, national-level activities and implementation, and issues of impact and technical requirements on local scales. Remote sensing research at WUR is and will be addressing these issues. The workshop will discuss specific examples and case studies to present recent methods and introduce progress to enhance the Earth observations contribution for more detailed and accurate land monitoring. 
  
The workshop is open for participation and would be particularly useful for remote sensing researchers and interested scientists from related fields. The participation of interested MSc students (i.e. from MGI) is encouraged.