Application of Remote Sensing for Ex Ante Decision Support and Evaluating Impact

Autor/inn/en	Thieme, Alison; Glennie, Erin; Oddo, Perry; McCartney, Sean; Ruid, Madeline; Anand, Anupam
Titel	Application of Remote Sensing for Ex Ante Decision Support and Evaluating Impact
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 43 (2022) 1, S.26-45 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Thieme, Alison)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214020962579
Schlagwörter	Decision Support Systems; Forestry; Outcome Measures; Conservation (Environment); Evaluation Methods; Foreign Countries; Satellites (Aerospace); Prediction; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entscheidungshilfe; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Ausland; Satellit; Vorhersage; Kenia
Abstract	Deforestation is an environmental stressor that dramatically threatens biodiversity while having adverse, deep-rooted, socioeconomic impacts. Interventions to address deforestation require considerable long-term investments; therefore, assessing their impact is crucial. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity encourages establishing protected areas (PAs) as a strategy to conserve biodiversity, secure ecosystem services, support local livelihoods, and reduce climate change impacts. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has supported the conservation and management of PAs, yet site accessibility and data availability present challenges in assessing PAs using traditional evaluation methods. We present a novel application of satellite Earth observations for evaluating the effectiveness and impact of PAs as a deforestation mitigation strategy. Geospatial analysis and ecological forecasting methodologies provide an efficient way to quantify land cover change, estimate above ground carbon stock, and evaluate ecosystem services provided by the PAs ex ante. We demonstrate the value of a geospatial approach through the evaluation of GEF-supported PAs in Kenya. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01