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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
R. Díaz-Delgado et al. (eds.), The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64332-8_1
Introducing the Book “The Roles of Remote
Sensing in Nature Conservation”
Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Clive Hurford, and Richard Lucas
Abstract Although many books describe recent advances in remote sensing, there
is a gap in the market for a book dedicated to the application of remote sensing to
aid nature conservation. Our activities in training workshops and seminars with
conservation managers and practitioners have clarified their requirements, particularly in relation to the low transferability of remote sensing tools in their day to day
work. Here, we outline each chapter and present the results of a survey carried out
in the context of a workshop on remote sensing tools for conservation management.
We provide the original questions and answers which support the common narrative
found in the different conservation forums: a need for examples of good practice in
the application of remote sensing tools.
Keywords Remote sensing applications • Remote sensing tools • Nature conservation • Nature conservation management • Workshop • Survey
The Need for a Book on RS and Conservation: Filling the gap
If we ‘Google’ for “Remote Sensing”, we find almost 30 million entries, and if we
then filter to “books”, we discover half a million entries. So why are we writing a
new remote sensing book? Well, the discipline of remote sensing offers the tools for
countless and varied applications, so much so that if we then search Google for
books on remote sensing applied in nature conservation, then the answer supplied
by Google Inc. is just one book (Katsch and Vogt 1999; Nagendra et al. 2013;
Spanhove et al. 2012). The reader will convene with us there is a gap to fill.
R. Díaz-Delgado (*)
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
e-mail: rdiaz@ebd.csic.es
C. Hurford
Natural Resources Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
R. Lucas
Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
The University of New South Wales, High Street, Kensington (Sydney), NSW 2052, Australia
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
R. Díaz-Delgado et al. (eds.), The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64332-8_1
Introducing the Book “The Roles of Remote
Sensing in Nature Conservation”
Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Clive Hurford, and Richard Lucas
Abstract Although many books describe recent advances in remote sensing, there
is a gap in the market for a book dedicated to the application of remote sensing to
aid nature conservation. Our activities in training workshops and seminars with
conservation managers and practitioners have clarified their requirements, particularly in relation to the low transferability of remote sensing tools in their day to day
work. Here, we outline each chapter and present the results of a survey carried out
in the context of a workshop on remote sensing tools for conservation management.
We provide the original questions and answers which support the common narrative
found in the different conservation forums: a need for examples of good practice in
the application of remote sensing tools.
Keywords Remote sensing applications • Remote sensing tools • Nature conservation • Nature conservation management • Workshop • Survey
The Need for a Book on RS and Conservation: Filling the gap
If we ‘Google’ for “Remote Sensing”, we find almost 30 million entries, and if we
then filter to “books”, we discover half a million entries. So why are we writing a
new remote sensing book? Well, the discipline of remote sensing offers the tools for
countless and varied applications, so much so that if we then search Google for
books on remote sensing applied in nature conservation, then the answer supplied
by Google Inc. is just one book (Katsch and Vogt 1999; Nagendra et al. 2013;
Spanhove et al. 2012). The reader will convene with us there is a gap to fill.
R. Díaz-Delgado (*)
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
e-mail: rdiaz@ebd.csic.es
C. Hurford
Natural Resources Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
R. Lucas
Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
The University of New South Wales, High Street, Kensington (Sydney), NSW 2052, Australia