Earth Observation and Sustainable Development in Marine and Freshwater Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The United Nations has issued a series of seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intended to increase the welfare of the world’s citizens by the year 2030. EO technologies and innovations are constantly evolving, and can help enhance the capability to monitor the Earth’s vital resources, and to support the planning, design, operation, and management processes of various sectors.

This Special Issue invites contributions demonstrating how EO technologies provide the information needed to confront key sustainable development challenges, spanning a whole range of themes such as: marine and freshwater systems, disaster response and early warning systems, water resources, agriculture, deforestation, land-use change, urban development, and health.

SDGs that are of particular interest include:

• SDG 14 – Life below water
• SDG 3 – Good health and wellbeing
• SDG 6 – Clean water and sanitation

The Special Issue will include contributions that address the power of Earth observation to support our ability to address issues related to these SDGs. Examples include remotely-sensed metrics of marine ecosystem status, fishery potential estimated using ocean-colour data, surveillance for governance on the high seas, early warning systems for floods and droughts, approaches for monitoring land cover change and so on.  

The scope is very broad. It will also include papers that deal with other SDGs that have an aquatic context. For example water-associated diseases impinge on SDG 3 (health) and on SDG 6 (clean water) as well as on SDG 14. Papers on applications of remote sensing to study water-associated diseases would therefore be welcome contributions to the Special Issue. There are many other such cross-cutting topics that could be contributed to the Special Issue. The SDGs, as well the related targets and indicators, can be found at

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300

Prof. Trevor Platt
Dr. Shubha Sathyendranath
Dr. Christine Gommenginger
Dr. Marie-Fanny Racault
Dr. Craig Baker-Austin
Dr. Gina Tsarouchi
Guest Editors

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