by NetCDA | Sep 30, 2025 | Activities, News
In September 2025, NetCDA members Dr. Michael Thiel and Dr. Insa Otte traveled to Kumasi, Ghana, to deliver the first test-run of the MSc module Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Conservation, developed under the EOcap4Africa project. Hosted by the Kwame Nkrumah...
by NetCDA | Sep 23, 2025 | Activities, News
A new publication by NetCDA members Lilly Schell and Dr. Insa Otte (also EOCap4Africa project) was just published in the Journal Frontiers in Plant Science. Their study, “Synergistic use of satellite, legacy, and in situ data to predict spatio-temporal patterns of the...
by NetCDA | Sep 22, 2025 | Activities, News
A new study, led by Dr. Insa Otte, NetCDA and EOCap4Africa project member at the University of Würzburg, on the conflict between biodiversity conservation in protected areas and agricultural development in West Africa has been published in the journal Natur und...
by NetCDA | Sep 19, 2025 | Activities, News
We are pleased to share that Jean de Dieu Tuyizere, MSc student at the University of Würzburg, has successfully defended his thesis entitled: “Utilizing deep learning and Earth Observation data to predict land cover changes in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.” The...
by NetCDA | Jul 31, 2025 | News, Upcoming events
For more details about the 2025 WASCAL-GERICS School and its modules, please see the flyer below. (La version française se trouve ci-dessous.)
by NetCDA | Jun 30, 2025 | Activities, News
A recent publication by WASCAL doctoral researcher Aliou Gadiaga examines how urban residents in Abuja (Nigeria) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) respond to the impacts of climate change. The study, focuses on household-level adaptation and mitigation strategies related...