The changes in natural ecosystems provide opportunity to increase vegetation carbon sink capacity and thereby contribute to mitigation of climate change impacts. The Indian tropics and the large ecological variation within the country afford the advantage of diverse niches and offer opportunities to reveal the role of biotic factors at different levels of organization from populations to ecosystems. The last 4 decades of research and development in the Indian space science community has been primarily application driven in response to the government space programme for national development. The expenditure in R&D over next 5 year suggest that scientific research is higher on the country's agenda. The Indo-UK Terrestrial Carbon Group (IUTCG) comprising both Indian and UK scientists, funded jointly by the Department of Science and Technology, India and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills organised a workshop to explore ways in which Earth observation data can be effectively utilised in mitigating the impacts of climate change through vegetation management. Effective integration of field observations, collected through various monitoring networks, and satellite sensor data has been proposed to provide country-wide monitoring.

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印度对通过植被管理减轻气候变化影响的贡献

自然生态系统的变化提供了增加植被碳汇能力的机会，从而有助于减轻气候变化的影响。印度热带地区和该国境内巨大的生态变化为各种生态位提供了优势，并为揭示生物因子在人口和生态系统不同组织层次中的作用提供了机会。在印度太空科学界的最近4年研究和开发中，主要是应用程序驱动的，以响应政府为国家发展而制定的太空计划。未来5年的研发支出表明，科学研究在该国议程中处于较高位置。由印度和英国科学家共同组成的印度英陆地碳小组（IUTCG），由科学技术部联合资助，印度和商业，创新与技能部组织了一个研讨会，探讨通过植被管理有效利用地球观测数据缓解气候变化影响的方法。已提出有效整合通过各种监测网络收集的实地观测资料和卫星传感器数据来提供全国范围的监测。