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

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cg.contributor.donorGerman Aerospace Centeren_US
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germanyen_US
cg.coverage.countryRwandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2RWen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSander J. Zwart: 0000-0002-5091-1801en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-021-01468-9en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH050718en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13157-021-01468-9.pdfen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0277-5212en_US
cg.issue7en_US
cg.journalWetlandsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume41en_US
dc.contributor.authorSteinbach, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCornish, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFranke, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHentze, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStrauch, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorThonfeld, F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZwart, Sander J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNelson, A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-14T04:32:57Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-10-14T04:32:57Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/115401en_US
dc.titleA new conceptual framework for integrating earth observation in large-scale wetland management in East Africaen_US
dcterms.abstractWetlands 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.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2021-10-04en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSteinbach, 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]en_US
dcterms.extent93en_US
dcterms.issued2021-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectwetlandsen_US
dcterms.subjectenvironmental managementen_US
dcterms.subjectearth observation satellitesen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable useen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectenvironmental protectionen_US
dcterms.subjectsurface wateren_US
dcterms.subjectland useen_US
dcterms.subjectland coveren_US
dcterms.subjectecosystemsen_US
dcterms.subjectlarge scale systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen_US
dcterms.subjectspatial dataen_US
dcterms.subjectecologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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