Water and Land Sustainability

Water and Land Sustainability

Water and Land Sustainability involves examining the interactions and interdependencies between water and land to promote their sustainable use, ensuring long-term resource availability and security.

GEO is uniquely positioned to monitor changes in water quality and quantity, land cover, and land use; track pollution from land to freshwater and marine systems; observe coastal erosion; and support holistic decision-making through comprehensive data that enhances land and water sustainability.

Driving Sustainable Water and Land Management

Through integrated Earth Intelligence solutions, GEO activities such as GEO-LDN, Earth Observations for Global Typical Karst, Aquawatch and GEO Blue Planet support:

  • Data-driven decision-making for integrated land and water management.
  • Real-time assessments of deforestation, urbanisation and agricultural impacts on water resources.
  • Improved land degradation monitoring and mapping.
  • Monitoring of water pollution and its impacts on ecosystems and human health.
  • Community-driven approaches that align sustainable practices with cultural and economic needs.

Key GEO Activities

AquaWatch

AQUAWATCHConvener

Focuses on global water quality monitoring and management.

GEO Blue Planet

GEO-BLUE-PLANETConvener

Focuses on ocean and coastal observations to support sustainable use.

Supporting Global Priorities

This work aligns with:

SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation):
Ensuring access to safe and sustainable water resources.
Paris Agreement:
Addressing the impacts of climate change on hydrological cycles.
Sendai Framework:
Enhancing disaster resilience through water management.

Looking Ahead

GEO will advance tools for water monitoring, promote innovative solutions like AI-driven analytics for pollution control, and integrate community-based approaches to foster global water sustainability.

Related GEO Activities

GEO Wetlands

GEO-WETLANDSPilot

Improves monitoring and management of global wetlands.

Space and Security

SPACE-SECURITYConvener

Uses Earth observations for enhancing security applications.

GEO Indigenous Alliance

GEO-IAEnabling Mechanism

GEO-IA contributes to a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable approach to Earth observation initiatives that benefit Indigenous communities, the scientific community, and global efforts to harmoniously coexist with our planet.

GEO Youth Community of Practice

GEO-YOUTHEnabling Mechanism

An step toward realizing the massive untapped potential for GEO and GEO Youth to mutually benefit from critical, deliberate engagement with one another.

Digital Earth Africa

DE AFRICAEnabling Mechanism

Provides accessible Earth observation data to support sustainable development in Africa.

Digital Earth Approaches for GEO

GEO-DECOPEnabling Mechanism

Advancing and operationalizing Digital Earth, at an initial stage, through the Earth Observation (EO) Data Cubes efforts, with a focus on implementing global principles in local contexts

Digital Earth Pacific

DE PACIFICEnabling Mechanism

Provides tailored Earth observation solutions for Pacific Island nations.