Feature Article – Space2Place – An E-Learning Module to Empower Stakeholders of UNESCO Sites – Matusch et al. 2018

With World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Global Geoparks, the UNESCO has declared a huge variety of places that are worth being preserved in almost all countries. An increasing number of these sites are “in Danger”, being affected by environmental processes, or impacted by climate change and human devastation. The adaptive e-learning module Space2Place gives stakeholders of UNESCO sites the opportunity to benefit from advantages of Earth observation and to improve the management of their respective UNESCO sites. Space2Place is embedded in a larger e-learning environment and is connected with the online remote sensing analysis application BLIF. As e-learning module independent of time and location, it provides an introduction to Earth observation data and gives clear guidelines on how to incorporate such information into daily working routines of stakeholders of the various UNESCO sites.