Amazonia Biodiversity Estimation
using
Remote Sensing
and
Indigenous Taxonomy

 Luigi Fabbro - Associação Amazônia

Project presented at the European Space Agency Symposium 2000 - Gotheborg, Sweden, 16 - 21 October 2000

  1. ABSTRACT
  2. INTRODUCTION
    1. The impending biosphere catastrophe
    2. The Convention on Biodiversity
    3. Indigenous People and Local Communities
  3. BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT
    1. Definition of Biodiversity
    2. Assessment of Biodiversity
    3. Identification, monitoring and assessment of species
    4. Identifying and monitoring ecosystems and habitats
    5. Existing Methodologies
  4. REGION
  5. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SISTEM (GIS)
    1. GRASS
    2. Region
    3. Cartography Maps
    4. Digital Maps
    5. Elevation Maps
  6. REMOTELY SENSED DATA
    1. Reflected Sun Radiation Spectral Data
    2. Vegetation Indices
    3. Spectral Mixture Analysis
    4. Clustering
    5. Fragstats
    6. Landsat 7
    7. Envisat Meris
    8. Back-scattered radar microwave data
  7. INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY TAXONOMY, KNWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW
    1. Rationale for utilising Indigenous and Locale Conmunities , knweledge and know-how
    2. Existing common names lists names lists
    3. Structuring of local communities taxonomy
  8. DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY
  9. TESTING AND CALIBRATION
  10. FUNDING
  11. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, EXTRACTIVE RESERVES AND BIOPROSPECTING
  12. REFERENCES