International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXII Part 7C2, UNISPACE III. Vienna, 1999 
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UNISPACE III - ISPRS/EARSeL Workshop on 
“Remote Sensing for the Detection, Monitoring 
and Mitigation of Natural Disasters” 
2:30-5:30 pm, 22 July 1999, VIC Room B 
Vienna, Austria 
Local level 
National level 
Vegetation 
Land use/land cover mapping 
Rangeland mapping and inventory 
Forest/non forest zoning 
Monitoring of forest evolution 
Forest mapping 
Global vegetation monitoring 
Agro-climatic stratification 
Zoning of rangeland 
Cartography of overgrazing risk 
Evaluation of deforestation 
Forest fire localization 
Locust monitoring 
Soil 
Soil mapping and inventoiy 
Cartography of the stony zones 
Evaluation of the losses in soils 
Localization of sands 
Water 
Water Prospection 
Management of the irrigated areas 
Assessment of the flooding damages 
Evaluation of soil humidity 
Climate 
Evaluation of évapotranspiration 
Evaluation of temperature and albedo 
Localization of water stressed zones 
Table 1. Operational applications of remote sensing and GIS to the survey of desertification at local and national levels.