Delivering a Global, Terrestrial, Biodiversity Observation System through Remote Sensing

Land cover change is of major concern to conservationists because of its negative impact on biodiversity. There is a clear need to develop a system for these changes, contributing to a global biodiversity observation system. of biodiversity is an essential component of conservation, allowing problems be identified, priorities to be set, solutions to be developed and resources to be. Monitoring also allows assessments to be made of progress towards targets and in unilateral and international conservation policy instruments (e.g. Convention Biological Diversity - CDB), the impacts of international conservation policy and policy sectors. However, a paucity of information has led to a poor understanding the cost-effectiveness of conservation policies, exposing them to criticism.