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The GMW has generated a global baseline map of mangroves for 2010 using ALOS PALSAR and Landsat (optical) data, and changes from this baseline for epochs between 1996 and 2020 derived from JERS-1 SAR, ALOS PALSAR and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2. Annual maps are planned from 2015 and onwards. |
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The GMW has generated a global baseline map of mangroves for 2010 using ALOS PALSAR and Landsat (optical) data, and changes from this baseline for epochs between 1996 and 2020 derived from JERS-1 SAR, ALOS PALSAR and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2. Annual maps are planned from 2015 and onwards. |
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Bunting P., Rosenqvist A., Lucas R., Rebelo L-M., Hilarides L., Thomas N., Hardy A., Itoh T., Shimada M. and Finlayson C.M. (2018). The Global Mangrove Watch – a New 2010 Global Baseline of Mangrove Extent. Remote Sensing 10(10): 1669. doi: 10.3390/rs1010669 |
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<p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5em; padding:0px; border:0px;'><font size='3'>The <a href='https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/kyoto/mangrovewatch.htm' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>Global Mangrove Watch</a> (<span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>GMW</span>) was initiated as part of the <a href='https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/kyoto/kyoto_index.htm' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>JAXA</span> Kyoto & Carbon Initiative</a> in 2011. It is led by <a href='https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>Aberystwyth University</a> and <a href='https://www.soloeo.com/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>solo Earth Observation</a>, in collaboration with <a href='https://www.wetlands.org/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>Wetlands International</a>, the <a href='http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>International Water Management Institute</a> and the <a href='https://www.unep-wcmc.org/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre</a> (U.K.). The African part is supported by <a href='http://www.dobecology.nl/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>DOB</span> Ecology</a> through the <a href='https://www.wetlands.org/casestudy/mangrove-capital-africa/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>Mangrove Capital Africa</a> project. The <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>GMW</span> aims to provide geospatial information about mangrove extent and changes to the Ramsar Convention, national wetland practitioners, decision makers and NGOs. It is part of the Ramsar Science and Technical Review Panel (<span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>STRP</span>) work plan for 2016-2018 and a Pilot Project to the Ramsar Global Wetlands Observation System (<span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>GWOS</span>), which is implemented under the <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>GEO</span>-Wetlands Initiative. The primary objective of the <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>GMW</span> has been to provide countries lacking a national mangrove monitoring system with first cut mangrove extent and change maps, to help safeguard against further mangrove forest loss and degradation.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5em; padding:0px; border:0px;'><font size='3'>The <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>GMW</span> has generated a global baseline map of mangroves for 2010 using <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>ALOS</span> <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>PALSAR</span> and Landsat (optical) data, and changes from this baseline for epochs between 1996 and 2020 derived from <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>JERS</span>-1 <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>SAR</span>, <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>ALOS</span> <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>PALSAR</span> and <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>ALOS</span>-2 <span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px;'>PALSAR</span>-2. Annual maps are planned from 2018 and onwards.</font></p> |
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<a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/' rel='nofollow ugc'></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/' rel='nofollow ugc'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>. |
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