The Regional Centre of Mapping for Resources Development (RCMRD) has recently conducted assessments of wetland areas in Kenya and Uganda. Their findings underscore the importance of continued wetland monitoring in order to guard against accelerating degradation.
The core mission of Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) is to produce decision-ready products through the processing of openly accessible and freely available Earth observation (EO) data. These EO data products help us better understand our natural resources and the human and climate impact on them. But how can we ensure they represent the reality on the ground?
Open and free data that fosters collaboration across diverse perspectives are driving principles of Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa), and we look to solutions that help achieve this across every facet of the program. Thanks to the support of SERVIR – a joint NASA and USAID initiative – the Collect Earth Online (CEO) tool has done just that by removing barriers to operationalizing the DE Africa validation strategy.