"Learn to be able to view and interpret local remote sensing data associated with SDG 15 within Trends.Earth."

Learn about land cover change and soil organic carbon, how to monitor those metrics with remote sensing, and about country reporting requirements for SDG 15 - "to combat desertification, drought, and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation neutral world." Through this session, you will also be able to view and interpret local remote sensing data associated with SDG 15 within Trends.Earth.

Session Highlights

•  Learning about Global Dataset Limitations
•  Case Study Example of country measuring and reporting
•  Hands-on Exercise using local data in Trends.Earth

Prerequisites 

• Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
• Installing instructions for QGIS and Trends.Earth software HERE
• Download Exercises  HERE​

This training was created by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET), in partnership with Conservation International, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and UN-Habitat. ARSET is a part of NASA's Applied Science's Capacity Building Program. Learn more about ARSET HERE. 

In case of any questions regarding the session, please feel free to reach out to Ana I. Prados, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET), University of Maryland Baltimore County at aprados@umbc.edu.