Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action
Case Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems

Explains how satellite remote sensing informs and helps deliver successful conservation management through case studies, which highlight practitioner experience.

Allison K. Leidner (Edited by), Graeme M. Buchanan (Edited by)

9781108456708, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 August 2018

372 pages
22.7 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.59 kg

Satellite remote sensing presents an amazing opportunity to inform biodiversity conservation by inexpensively gathering repeated monitoring information for vast areas of the Earth. However, these observations first need processing and interpretation if they are to inform conservation action. Through a series of case studies, this book presents detailed examples of the application of satellite remote sensing, covering both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, to conservation. The authors describe how collaboration between the remote sensing and conservation communities makes satellite data functional for operational conservation, and provide concrete examples of the lessons learned in addition to the scientific details. The editors, one at NASA and the other at a conservation NGO, have brought together leading researchers in conservation remote sensing to share their experiences from project development through to application, and emphasise the human side of these projects.

1. A brief introduction to conservation and conservation remote sensing Graeme M. Buchanan and Allison K. Leidner
2. Introduction to remote sensing for conservation practitioners Andreas Brink, Cindy Schmidt and Zoltan Szantoi
3. Satellite remote sensing for the conservation of East Asia's coastal wetlands Nicholas J. Murray
4. Global forest maps in support of conservation monitoring Samuel Jantz, Lilian Pintea, Janet Nackoney and Matthew Hansen
5. Wildfire monitoring with satellite remote sensing in support to conservation Ilaria Palumbo
6. Ecosystem functioning observations for assessing conservation in the Doñana National Park, Spain Paula Escribano and Néstor Fernández
7. Predicting mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) harvest in real-time: Integrating satellite remote-sensing measures of forage quality and climate in Idaho, United States Mark Hebblewhite, Mark Hurley, Paul Lukacs and Josh Nowak
8. Lessons learned from WhaleWatch, a tool using satellite data to provide near real-time predictions of whale occurrence Helen Bailey, Elliott Hazen, Bruce Mate, Steven J. Bograd, Ladd Irvine, Daniel M. Palacios, Karin A. Forney, Evan Howell, Aimee Hoover, Lynn DeWitt, Jessica Wingfield and Monica DeAngelis
9. The evolution of remote sensing applications vital to effective biodiversity conservation and sustainable development Karyn Tabor and Jennifer Hewson
10. Synthesis Allison K. Leidner and Graeme M. Buchanan.

Subject Areas: Wildlife: aquatic creatures [WNCS], Conservation of wildlife & habitats [RNKH], Conservation of the environment [RNK], Environmental management [RNF], Biodiversity [RNCB], Applied ecology [RNC], Geographical information systems [GIS & remote sensing RGW]