Users in managed living resources refer to human activities exploiting natural organic resources. Knowledge and information products to forge a viable strategy for the user’s operations such as the assessment of the status of the resource due natural or human activity for effective commercial exploitation and conservation. This includes agriculture, fishing and forestry occupations for our society.
The EO/GI users in agriculture are active in Agricultural commodities/Trading, agricultural production / Horticulture, Agricultural services, Agriculture machinery, Agriculture and Rural Development Policy, Agro chemicals / Plants & Fertilizers, Animal production / Livestock. The EO/GI users also include agriculture and rural policy makers.
They benefit from EO information, for example, by managment support for their crop production through forecasting crop yield, assess risks of damage/loss because of storms, disease or other stress factors, and water monitoring. Use in agriculture: knowledge and information products to forge a viable strategy for farming operations. Understand the health of his crop, extent of infestation or stress damage, or potential yield and soil conditions
The users in fishing are active in Fish stock management, Fishing fleets, Fishery distribution logistics, Aquaculture / fish farms, Coastal management agencies. In addition, the users include Fisheries authorities / policy makers.
The marine environment in particular is relevant to fishing. Fishing fleets move to the fishing grounds to catch fish. Finding them is challenging. However, fish shoals can be directly visible from above. Navigating to the fishing grounds can be risky: Coastline and shallows may pose a risk to ships. Additionally, skippers may have to deal with challenging weather conditions at sea. Environmental threats to the fishing grounds are oil slicks and other types of pollution. A problem from an economical perspective and for adhering to catch quota is illegal fishing. Noumerous opportunities exist to support fishing with EO information.
The users in forestry are active in Forest management, Forest Services, Commodities, Logging industry, Wood, paper and pulp industry, Forest policy, Forest machinery. They also include Forest Policy makers.
Use in forestry: Understand depletion due to natural causes (fires and infestations) or human activity (clear-cutting, burning, land conversion), and monitoring of health and growth for effective commercial exploitation and conservation.
Forests are a resource that is harvested all over the Globe for different purposes like construction or heating. Additionally, the forests represent an ecosystem that provides various ecosystem services. Proper management is a key to a healthy forestry industry that has to be aligned well with global environmental management activities. There is a need to avoid deforestation and forest degradation, keep the environmental impact of forestry within bounds, be aware of changes in the carbon balance. Economically relevant is especially a good understading of forest types, forest damage due to storms or insects, as well as wildfires. A threat to the environment results from illegal forest activities.