launched Sentinel 2 on 23 June 2015, and Sentinel 3A on 16 February 2016, greatly enhancing earth observation capacities in the region and globally. Once the remaining Sentinels are launched, the Sentinel family will collect a wide range of data covering land, oceans and atmosphere. The earth observation services will provide a wealth of data and information to support environmental management, and track progress to policy goals such as those identified in MEAs and SDGs.
Engaging the public in environmental decision-making can happen in a variety of ways, not least by making the public part of observing and monitoring the environment. In this regard, the region and in particular some EU countries are well advanced. The European Citizen Science Association is a growing network that includes NGOs, museums, universities, research institutions and other local and national citizen science groups that organize the collaboration of scientists and citizens with a view to increasing the scope, scale and depth of environmental monitoring.
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Transmission of environmental monitoring observations to
decision-makers using state of the art technologies Credit: Shutterstock/Naeblys
