Towards Sustainable Natural Resources : Monitoring and Managing Ecosystem Biodiversity

This book includes significant and up to date contributions in the field of sustainable natural resources conservation across the globe, it includes selected case studies and covers various themes.

Natural resources not only contribute to overall growth of the economy but also help reduce poverty by providing employment and food security to populations on the continent, and is thus the most inclusive growth sector of the economy of Asian countries. In addition, the forward and backward linkage effects of natural resources growth increase the incomes in the natural resources sectors.

Global weather and climate studies are increasingly being considered a vital source of information to understand the earth’s environment, in particular in the framework of human-induced weather and climate studies and land use transformation. Satellite earth observing systems provide a unique tool to monitor those changes. While the range of applications and innovative techniques is constantly increasing, this book provides a summary of key case studies where satellite data offers critical information to help understand the causes and effects of those environmental changes, allowing us to reflect on how to minimize their negative impacts.