The aim of WetlandHealth4UNgoals is to develop targeted EO-based information products on vegetation vitality, the condition of wetlands (hereafter referred to as wetland health) and the associated provision of ecosystem services using the example of Kenya in order to support sustainable wetland management, as well as contributing to the fight against global challenges (climate change, disasters, biodiversity loss and land degradation) through improved monitoring and reporting.
To achieve this, WetlandHealth4UNgoals has the following specific objectives:
- Methodological innovation and validation of remote sensing-based assessment of vegetative stress indicators and vegetation vitality of wetlands.
- Analyse the relationship between wetland health and the provision of ecosystem services.
- Development of targeted, quantitative information products for the monitoring of wetland health and its ecosystem services for the monitoring of SDGs and intergovernmental conventions at national level (using the example of Kenya).
- Dissemination of the developed and validated methods and information products via web services and the GEO Knowledge Hub.
- Investigation of the transferability of the innovative method and information products to other wetlands, as well as horizontal transfer to other countries and upscaling to a regional, continental or even global scale through co-operation with international institutions.
The WetlandHealth4UNgoals project is funded by the Space Administration of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
