WetlandHealth4UNgoals

WetlandHealth4UNgoals

SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities

activity - Wed, 30/10/2024 - 17:56

Quantitative optical remote sensing methods for monitoring vegetation stress indicators for assessing ecosystem services and wetland health with regard to global sustainability goals.

The aim of WetlandHealth4UNgoals is to develop targeted EO-based information products on vegetation vitality, the condition of wetlands and the associated provision of ecosystem services using the examples of endorheic wetlands in the Rift Valley of Kenya. The project aims to support a sustainable wetland management, as well as to contribute to the fight against global challenges (climate change, disasters, biodiversity loss and land degradation) through implementing an improved monitoring and reporting service.

Target:

6.6 By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes

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

15.3 Combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods ...

15.5 Take ... action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and ... protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species

15.8 Introduce measures to prevent the introduction and ... reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems & control or eradicate the priority species

15.9 Integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts

Goal 16

Goal 17

17.18 Enhance capacity-building support to developing countries ... to increase ... availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age ...