The role of Earth Observation (EO) technologies in supporting implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2234-2242

  MacKay, H ^a   Finlayson, C M ^b   Fernandez Prieto D ^c   Davidson, N ^d   Pritchard, D ^e   Rebelo, L M ^b  

^a Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^d Ramsar Convention Secretariat   (Switzerland)

^e BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Earth Observation; Inventory; Monitoring; Wetlands management

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); OBSERVATORIES;

'CURRENT; ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING; EARTH OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; INVENTORY; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

WETLANDS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FUTURE PROSPECT; INVENTORY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ITALY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPOSIUM; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349232753     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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