Call for papers of special issue on “Earth Observation for the Sustainable Development Goals”
摘要截稿:
全文截稿: 2018-08-30
影响因子: 9.085
期刊难度:
CCF分类: 无
中科院JCR分区:
• 大类 : 工程技术 - 1区
• 小类 : 环境科学 - 1区
• 小类 : 成像科学与照相技术 - 1区
• 小类 : 遥感 - 1区
Overview
Worldwide, countries are setting their national targets and determining indicators for monitoring advances towards the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which account for differing national realities, capacities and levels of development. Earth Observation (EO) systems have a definitive and preponderant role to play in supporting and tracking progress of the SDGs.
Remote sensing is progressively supporting ecosystems and land degradation mapping and monitoring. As well, policy-makers and practitioners are increasingly realising the potential of remote sensing technologies for planning land restoration and rehabilitation responses, especially in multifunctional landscapes.
This special issue welcomes contributions that showcase the application of EO systems to support countries in target setting of the SDGs, including baseline determination, as well as tracking progress of implementation, and informing sustainable development planning and decision making. This includes, but is not limited to:
- applications of EO in support of sub-national, national and/or regional policy and practice to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss,
- assessment of forest and above ground carbon stocks,
- land productivity and vegetation trend analysis,
- land use/land cover change,
- soil organic carbon estimations,
- land degradation trends,
- agricultural monitoring,
- monitoring of water-related ecosystems
- mapping urban growth
- monitoring air quality
- monitoring marine ecosystem health and inshore water quality[GM1]