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A new conceptual framework for integrating earth observation in large-scale wetland management in East Africa

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Title A new conceptual framework for integrating earth observation in large-scale wetland management in East Africa
 
Creator Steinbach, S.
Cornish, N.
Franke, J.
Hentze, K.
Strauch, A.
Thonfeld, F.
Zwart, Sander J.
Nelson, A.
 
Subject wetlands
environmental management
earth observation satellites
sustainable use
food security
environmental protection
surface water
land use
land cover
ecosystems
large scale systems
decision making
spatial data
ecology
 
Description Wetlands are abundant across the African continent and provide a range of ecosystem services on different scales but are threatened by overuse and degradation. It is essential that national governments enable and ensure the sustainable use of wetland resources to maintain these services in the long run. As informed management decisions require reliable, up-to-date, and large coverage spatial data, we propose a modular Earth observation-based framework for the geo-localisation and characterization of wetlands in East Africa. In this study, we identify four major challenges in spatial data supported wetland management and present a framework to address them. We then apply the framework comprising Wetland Delineation, Surface Water Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover classification and Wetland Use Intensity for the whole of Rwanda and evaluate the ability of these layers to meet the identified challenges. The layers’ spatial and temporal characteristics make them combinable and the information content, of each layer alone as well as in combination, renders them useful for different wetland management contexts.
 
Date 2021-10
2021-10-14T04:32:57Z
2021-10-14T04:32:57Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Steinbach, S.; Cornish, N.; Franke, J.; Hentze, K.; Strauch, A.; Thonfeld, F.; Zwart, Sander J.; Nelson, A. 2021. A new conceptual framework for integrating earth observation in large-scale wetland management in East Africa. Wetlands, 41(7):93. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-021-01468-9]
0277-5212
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115401
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13157-021-01468-9.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-021-01468-9
H050718
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 93
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Wetlands