PEOPLE-ECCO

PEOPLE-ECCO is a project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Earth Observation Science for Society (EO4Society) programme. The two overarching goals of the PEOPLE-ECCO project are: Goal 1: To engage CSOs/NGOs active in ecosystems conservation by involving them in the co-design of Earth Observation-supported methodologies applicable in their operational practices and though EO capacity building activities, and Goal 2: To develop, test, demonstrate and validate EO-integrated methods, based on the identified user requirements and co-design. Building on existing EO initiatives and projects, the EO solutions developed in this project will answer two parallel conservation objectives: monitoring conditions and management effectiveness of existing protected areas (Objective A), and site suitability identification of high-priority areas to be protected (Objective B).