EO-li

SDG2 Zero Hunger

SDG8 Decent work and Economic Growth

SDG9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

SDG13 Climate action

SDG15 Life on land

SDG17 Partnerships for the goals

activity - Thu, 07/05/2020 - 15:05

Earth Observation based location identifier

Globally, about 25% of the total land area has suffered from degradation, affecting 3.2 billion people. The ESA-coordinated EO-li project is a global platform aimed at bringing degraded land back into food production by using free and open EO data from Copernicus.

Source: Global Environment Facility GEF

Global platform aiming to bring degraded land back into food production by using Free Open EO data from Copernicus including Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3, Landsat, MODIS, ERS and more. The information derived from the EO-li platform is an important input for public administrations, for investors (whether international donors or private investments funds), small-holder aggregations, indigenous groups, NGOs, seed manufacturers, public and private organizations involved in food-production and/or land restoration, environmental services and CO2 compensation initiatives.

Target:

2.1 End hunger and ensure access by all people ... to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round

2.3 Double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers ...

2.4 Ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production ... that improve land and soil quality

8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation ...

8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation ...

9.b Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries ...

13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

13.b Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries ...

15.1 Ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems ... in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands

15.2 Promote the implementation of sustainable management of ... forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation ...