South Africa Perspectives on Earth

Observation

Addressing Unemployment, Poverty and

Inequality

Dr Jane M Olwoch

Legislative Mandate

SANSA established by Act No. 36 of 2008 South African National Space Agency Act, 2008)

“...provide for the promotion and use of space and co-operation in space-related activities, foster research in space science, advance scientific engineering through human capital, support the creation of an environment conducive to industrial development in space technologies within the framework of national government policy...”

SANSA Earth Observation Directorate

Earth Observation Programme

SANSA Space Operations Directorate

Space Operations Programme

SANSA Space Science

Directorate

Space Science

Programme

Goal 1: World-class & efficient services & societal benefits (Societal Capital)

Corporate Support Programme

Corporate Office

Goal 2: Cutting-edge research, development, innovation, technology and applications (Intellectual Capital)

Goal 3: Human capital development, transformation & science advancement (Human Capital)

Goal 4: Globally competitive national space industry (Industrial Capital)

Goal 5: Make South Africa a recognised global space citizen (Global Capital)

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The 5 Goals also form a five-point value proposition to the Nation

SANSA Space Operations

(Hartebeesthoek)

SANSA Earth Observation Programme

• Landsat, 5, 7 and 8

• SPOT, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

• SPOT 6

• MODIS (Aqua and Terra)

• NOAA AVHRR

• CBERS 2B.

• Ready to receive CBERS4

• SUMBANDILA

Satellite Earth Observation: Unforgettable Déjà Vu

“We came all the way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth : Astronaut Bill Anders, Apollo 8”

Earth, the Only

Habitable Planet.. For

now!!

Earth Observation Addressing Poverty

and Inequality

• Both are very Complex to

measure

• The Gini score measures

Inequality ranges from 0-1

(Most equal and most

unequal respectively

• South Africa is about 0,6!!

• 40 percent of South

Africans are living in

poverty - with the poorest

15 percent in a desperate

struggle to survive

EO Addressing Poverty: Food Security

Rangelands : A Resource under Siege

Vegetation condition allows identification of hot spots of crop stress or failure where rainfall was insufficient to be identified.

Grazing Capacity Browse Capacity @ 1.5 m

EO Addressing Poverty and Inequality in SA

Electrification planning not a) to Drink!

Electrification planning using SPOT 5 imagery.

Electrification is an important part of a country’s infrastructure, electricity plays a very vital role in the economic development of every country. It improves welfare and enhances the quality of almost every sphere of life.

EO Addressing Poverty Integrated Water

Management Programmes

• Satellite EO has the potential to retrieve environmental variables involved in the water cycle such as water quantity, water quality, vegetation, erosion trends, river bed conditions, urbanisation, land use, land cover, topography, floods and evapotranspiration.

• Beyond our borders Satellite EO data has value in contributing to integrated management of Africa’s trans-boundary, surface and ground water systems allowing the generation of common databases, inter-country comparable information and shared water management information systems.

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EO Addressing Inequality

• Free Access to Satellite Imagery to National Stakeholders • FUNDISA Disc • FUNDISA Student Portal

1. Primary objective:

o Characterize the state and evolution of vegetation over selected land

areas

2. Secondary objectives:

o Monitor water and air quality

o Survey the built environment

o Support the management of natural hazards and man-made

disasters

3. Enabling objectives:

o Instrument calibration (characterization, on-board, Moon,

cross/vicarious)

o Algorithms benchmarking, intermediary and final products validation

o Atmospheric corrections (gases, aerosols, clouds)

4. Ancillary objectives

EO: Addressing Unemployment, Poverty and Inequality

Technology Development through EO-SAT 1 Programme

Earth Observation Addressing

Unemployment

SANSA EO Partnerships with Industry Creates Jobs

•

GTI

GTI

PULA’s P-System for monitoring service delivery

CSIR-MERAKA

Conclusion

• SANSA EO Partnerships with Industry Creates Jobs.. Addressing Unemployment issues

• EO has proven valuable resource in monitoring vegetation condition for

crops and livestock farming and diseases.. Poverty Reduction • Through numerous Human Capital Development projects, EO contributes

to addressing Inequalities by providing access to EO data and information to the most remote areas in the country

• SANSA EO partnership with the Dutch people and using success stories

from G4AW has potential to address some of these key National issues: Unemployment, Poverty and Inequality