Title :
Parage project assessing agri-environmental impacts in the French West Indies and French Guiana
Author :
Baillarin, F. ; Lainé, G. ; Dupuy, S. ; Ariaux, B. ; Fotsing, J.M. ; Osé, K. ; Gonzales, G.
Author_Institution :
Spot Image, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
The chief aim of the PARAGE project is to help public institutions and organizations to observe and analyze the impact of farming practices on the natural and urban environment using satellite data in combination with existing data and expertise. The project´s 3 pilot sites in French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe have permit to generate map products and geo-indicator derived from satellite data, and to build a Web-based GIS demonstrator to answer the following issue: land clearance monitoring in slash-and-burn farming in French Guiana, soil risk erosion assessment in Martinique and agriculture pressure on protected area evaluation in Guadeloupe.
Keywords :
Web services; agriculture; environmental factors; environmental science computing; erosion; geographic information systems; vegetation mapping; French Guiana; French West Indies; Guadeloupe; Martinique; PARAGE project; Web based GIS demonstrator; agrienvironmental impacts; farming practice effects; land clearance monitoring; natural environment; protected area evaluation; satellite data; slash and burn farming; soil risk erosion assessment; urban environment; Agriculture; Geographic Information Systems; Image databases; Information analysis; Remote monitoring; Risk analysis; Satellites; Soil; Spatial databases; Water pollution; GIS; agriculture; environment; geo-indicator; remote sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417790
