September 1, 2020
Indonesia hosts the largest tropical peatland areas worldwide. These landscapes represent huge carbon sinks, formed over the last 15.000 years from deposited plant remains, which accumulate […]
August 5, 2020
Last year, ESA asked via the Open Space Innovation Platform for innovative ideas to detect and track marine plastic litter using satellites. Marine litter is one […]
Juli 22, 2020
Wetland extent tools for SDG 6.6.1 reporting from the Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service
November 21, 2019
In the framework of the Krombacher climate protection project, the WWF implemented a large peat restoration activity to improve the water balance of a peat swamp […]
November 20, 2019
Drought events pose a threat to crop productivity, can cause socioeconomic impacts such as decreased farmer income, and may even result in the need for international […]
September 5, 2019
RSS became a new member of the Global Peatlands Initiative and is now looking forward to contribute to peatland conservation through assessing the status of global […]
März 21, 2019
Enhanced wetland monitoring, assessment and indicators to support European and global environmental policy is the title of the SWOS policy report that identifies the links between […]
Oktober 19, 2018
Meet RSS at the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13) which will be held in Dubai, […]
April 12, 2018
Demo-Wetlands ist ein Forschungsprojekt, das sich explizit mit dem Bedarf an internationalen Übereinkommen für standardisierte Methoden der Feuchtgebietsüberwachung durch Satellitenfernerkundung befasst. Da diese empfindlichen Ökosysteme durch globale Erwärmung, Umweltverschmutzung, Übernutzung und Landnutzungsänderungen einem zunehmenden Druck ausgesetzt sind, sind aktuelle Informationen über den Zustand der globalen Feuchtgebiete der Schlüssel zu ihrem Schutz.
