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Citation	Posadas, Linda S. “Application of Remote Sensing to Natural Resources Management: The Philippine Experience.” In Space Informatics for Grassland Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Space Informatics for Sustainable Development: Grassland Monitoring and Management, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 20-25 June 1995, 107-110. UNCRD Proceedings Series, no. 10. Nagoya, Japan: United Nations Centre for Regional Development; National Space Development Agency of Japan, 1996.
Title	Application of Remote Sensing to Natural Resources Management: The Philippine Experience
Year	1996
Author	Posadas, Linda S. Executive Director, Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology, Research and Development; and Chairman, National Coordinating Committee for Remote Sensing
Material Type	Conference Paper
Features
Pages	p. 107-110
Relationships	Part of 294 p. Space Informatics for Grassland Sustainable Development
Subjects	DATA PROCESSING 19.01.06 DEFORESTATION 07.08.03 EARTHQUAKES 17.04.02 NATURAL RESOURCES 16.02.02 OCEANOGRAPHY 17.06.01 PHILIPPINES 01.04.04 REMOTE SENSING 18.04.01 TRAINING PROGRAMMES 06.05.01 VOLCANOES 17.04.02
Abstract	The use of remote sensing technology as a tool for effective natural resources management in the Philippines is reported. The earliest activities date back to 1976, with extent and intensity of usage increasing over the years. The development of local capabilities in remote sensing technology has given impetus to efforts of conservation and protection of natural resources and in the monitoring of dynamic environmental processes affecting these resources. A number of problems are being faced in relation to the use of remote sensing as a tool for natural resources management. These include data acquisition problems in view of inadequate ground facilities; prohibitive acquisition costs of satellite imageries; lack of standardized data-coding formats; and few education and training programs in the country. Future plans include further intensification of activities in remote sensing and related geographic information systems, with the development and expansion of specialized applications for, among others, oceanography and fisheries resources management, hazard vulnerability risk mapping, and tropical cyclone research. These are important concerns of the Philippines by virtue of its archipelagic nature and its geographic location in the typhoon belt and in the volcanic "ring of fire". Development of academic programs will also be given attention. --author's abstract
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