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T1 Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Ecosystems Annex 3: Use of Light Aircraft in the Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems - GEMS Sahel Series No. 3
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
A1 Senegal, 
K1 aerial photography
K1 aircraft
K1 arid zone
K1 mapping
K1 data analysis
K1 ecological research
K1 environmental monitoring
K1 geographic information system
K1 information transfer
K1 remote sensing
YR 1988
FD 1988
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29627
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29627
NO This manual introduces the concept of using light aircraft for ecological monitoring, and briefly discusses various techniques other than that of the systematic low—level reconnaissance flight (SRF), whose description and criticism form the basis of the rest of the document. A discussion of the use of the SRF for monitoring animal populations, especially Sahelian livestock, is followed by a description of methods used to monitor vegetation and soils. The technical capacity of the aircraft, the navigational equipment and the expertise of the crew necessary for the success of the SRF are given considerable attention. The analysis of the resulting data is briefly discussed. The manual ends with an exhaustive checklist for the various members of the crew and ground staff associated with the SRF. The analyses of the results obtained during four flights over the test zone of the Project and over a more wooded zone to the south are presented and discussed in some detail
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026