Diversity II - Supporting the Convention on Biological Diversity
Final products available
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Objectives
The Diversity II project contributes to the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by assessing biological diversity in two important ecosystems of the Earth, Inland Waters and Drylands using satellite data. The work is carried out in close collaboration with the User Communities.
Approach
- Link biodiversity users and Earth Observation experts
- Selection of best algorithms
- Software and production
- Validation
- Communication and product dissemination
- Preparing the future
Consortium
- Brockmann Consult - Project Management and Inland Water
- GeoVille - Drylands
- Brockmann Geomatics - Biodiversity and User interface
- CIBIO - Validation
- Consultants - Support
Inland Waters
Global assessment of the availability of freshwater water and of its quality with the provision of key observations over a number of large perennial inland waters.
~300 lakes
Drylands
Assessment of the status and trends of the biological diversity in dry and sub-humid lands with the provision of global observations on land productivity and land conditions, over a large part of the drylands.
~10 000 000 km² drylands
Executive Summary
