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CBD Technical Series No.32 Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Audience 1.3 Intended use 1.4 Organization Chapter 2. Remote Sensing and monitoring for the Convention on Biological Diversity 2.1 The 2010 biodiversity target framework: focal areas, goals, and subtargets 2.2 What is an indicator? 2.3 The 2010 target and formation of indicators 2.4 Use of biodiversity indicators in national assessments 2.5 National-global monitoring linkages 2.6 CBD and remote sensing needs 2.7 References Chapter 3. The Basics of Remote Sensing 3.1 Background 3.2 What exactly is remote sensing? 3.3 Spectral images 3.4 Issues that affect selection of images 3.5 Image classification 3.6 Additional issues to consider 3.7 References Chapter 4. Trends in Selected Biomes, Habitats, and Ecosystems: Forests 4.1 Delineating Cover and Estimating Change in Extent 4.2 Forest Quality 4.3 Threats 4.4 Data and Other Resources 4.5 References Chapter 5. Trends in Selected Biomes, Habitats, and Ecosystems: Dry and Sub-humid Lands 5.1 Delineating cover and estimating change in extent 5.2 Changes in habitat or ecosystem quality 5.3 Occurrence and distribution of threats to biodiversity 5.4 Data and other resources 5.5 References Chapter 6. Trends in Selected Biomes, Habitats and Ecosystems: Inland Waters 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Delineating extent 6.3 Changes in habitat and ecosystem quality 6.4 Summary of the use of satellite data for operational monitoring 6.5 Data and other resources 6.6 References Chapter 7. Trends in Selected Biomes, Habitats and Ecosystems: Marine and Coastal Habitats 7.1 Introduction to the remote sensing of coral reefs, seagrasses, and mangroves 7.2 Remote sensing measures of coral reefs and seagrasses 7.3 Remote sensing measures in mangroves 7.4 Data and other resources 7.5 References Chapter 8. Trends in Species Populations 8.1 Background 8.2 Remote sensing to directly monitor species populations 8.3 Remote sensing to indirectly monitor species populations: modelling species distributions by mapping habitat 8.4 Practical examples 8.5 Caveats 8.6 Resources 8.7 References Chapter 9. Coverage of Protected Areas 9.1 Background 9.2 Protected area network development 9.3 Potential role for remote sensing 9.4 Data and other resources 9.5 References Chapter 10. Habitat Fragmentation and Connectivity 10.1 Background 10.2 Potential role for remote sensing 10.3 Connectivity in the marine environment 10.4 Ecological and biodiversity relevance 10.5 Assessment at national or continental scales 10.6 Fragmentation/connectivity metrics 10.7 Key considerations for selecting metrics 10.8 Data and other resources 10.9 References Chapter 11. Trends in Invasive Alien Species 11.1 Remote sensing technologies for mapping invasive alien species 11.2 How does remote sensing distinguish invasive alien species? 11.3 Types of imagery for identifying invasive alien species 11.4 Tradeoffs between image resolution and mapping accuracy 11.5 Identifying the potential distribution of invasive alien species 11.6 Indirect identification of areas vulnerable to invasion 11.7 Limitations of remote sensing and modelling applications to invasive alien species 11.8 Data and other resources 11.9 References Appendices A.1 Abbreviations and Acronyms A.2 Glossary A.3 Satellites, sensors and data A.4 Three examples of how to obtain imagery A.5 Online tutorials and software resources A.6 Opportunities for operational support
