Description
MISLAND is a land degradation monitoring and decision-support app developed under the GMES & Africa programme to support African countries in tracking progress toward SDG Indicator 15.3.1 (proportion of degraded land) and achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN).
The platform delivers timely, multi-scale geospatial information derived from Earth observation data captured by MODIS, Landsat, and Sentinel‑2 satellites.
MISLAND provides analysis across six key environmental indicators:
- SDG 15.3.1 Core Metrics: Land cover change, land productivity dynamics, and carbon stock trends
- Vegetation Loss/Gain: Based on NDVI, MSAVI, and SAVI vegetation index time series
- Forest Monitoring: Forest loss, carbon emission hotspots, fire risk zones, and post-fire assessment
- Desertification Sensitivity: Based on the MEDALUS model (soil, climate, vegetation, land use)
- Soil Erosion: Risk mapping of wind and water erosion across vulnerable regions
- Coastal Erosion: Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI), integrating slope, sea-level rise and other factors
MISLAND equips policymakers, land planners, and researchers with actionable tools to detect degradation, assess drivers, and support sustainable land use decisions.