Project Consortium

The project was implemented by a consortium of specialist service providers in the European Earth Observation sector.

The consortium integrated EO technical proficiency and a wide experience in developing geospatial operation services in the marine and coastal domain: National Oceanography Centre (United Kingdom) (lead), Brockman Consult (Germany), University of Twente – ITC (The Netherlands), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom), University of Tartu (Estonia), Arup (United Kingdom) and Seven (Greece).

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Website: https://eo4sd-marine.eu

PI: Dr Christine Sams
Email: chrams at noc.ac.uk

Dates
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Funding

European Space Agency

Aim

Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) is an ESA initiative which aims at increasing the uptake of EO-based information in regular development operations at national and international level.

Objectives

EO4SD-marine will work with a range of stakeholders to define and implement a large-scale demonstration of how EO-derived information can support sustainable development activities in marine and coastal environments. Specifically, we aim to demonstrate the use of EO to support, for example:

  • Mapping of coastal bathymetry, coastline change, and changes in coastal land cover and land use
  • Mapping the extent and status of benthic habitats such as coral reefs, macro-algae and seagrass beds
  • Monitoring of water quality and marine pollution
  • Assessments of coastal habitat extent and status
  • Monitoring of coastal environments required for the planning, implementation and management of marine protected areas
  • Surveillance of illegal and unreported fisheries
  • Monitoring of economic activities such as aggregate extraction and dredging
  • Marine spatial planning and the selection of suitable sites for aquaculture and other activities to develop blue economy activities such as tourism, transportation, and marine energy generation