Changes in vegetation and rainfall patterns in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade observed by satellites - a national and sub-national synthesis

The methodology proposed in this study allows comparing different regions and analysing a national, sub-national and regional synthesis of land conditions. The synthetic information on the rainfall and vegetation trends and current states aggregated at administrative scale are crucial for governmental institutions and decision makers at various levels to support the processes of the implementation of their environmental policies, as decided in the framework of NARMA/Geoland-2 project. The results of this study can be easily incorporated in Country Environmental Profile documents, based on which the European Commission services analyse the overall situation of each country of sub-Saharan Arica.