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Responses to Questionnaire on the Uses of Earth Observation Data for SDG analysis and reporting by GEO Member Countries

The GEO EO4SDG team, in collaboration with the GEO Secretariat, conducted a survey of SDG user needs between the 24^th of October 2018 and the 18^th of December 2018. The objective was to assist EO4SDG identify and map how GEO Member Countries are using – or planning to use – EO data for the SDGs. Survey results will be used to gain insight on the current use of EO for SDG analysis and reporting, and to define areas where EO4SDG and GEO should reinforce these efforts. Responses will also enable the documentation, and promotion, of case studies and best practice examples.

This report provides a brief summary of responses and has been prepared to guide a full submission to the WGGI, and for consideration and inclusion in WGGI’s report to the IAEG-SDGs. It presents a summary of responses to each question, and collates and summarizes the open ended responses. A full list of questions is included in the appendix, as well as a table of open ended replies to “Other” comments, and a table of responses to the open ended questions. This report is accompanied with a spreadsheet export of the complete responses to the survey.

 

Use Cases by Surveyed Countries

The reports are ordered according to SDG and country below.

	2.4.1, Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture Ukraine
	6.4.2, Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources Canada, Supporting Documents 6.6.1, Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time Germany Japan Portugal
	9.1.1, Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road Colombia United Arab Emirates
	11.2.1, Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities Colombia 11.3.1, Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate Canada, Supporting Documents Colombia Portugal Sweden 11.7.1, Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities Colombia European Commission Germany Supporting Documents Sweden
	15.1.1, Forest area as a percentage of total land area Germany New Zealand Supporting Documents Ukraine 15.3.1, Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area Ukraine European Commission 15.4.2, Mountain Green Cover Index Germany Supporting Documents New Zealand Supporting Documents United Arab Emirates