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Lisa-Maria Rebelo

Principal Researcher (Earth Observation for Sustainable Development)

Research team

Water data science

Areas of expertise

remote sensing natural resource management wetland monitoring basin water accounting water productivity

Lisa has served as Invited Expert and Vice Chair to the Ramsar Conventions Scientific and Technical Review Panel and as Wetland Coordinator for the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agencys international science team. She has worked extensively across the African continent, and in South and Southeast Asia. After being based in the UK, Ethiopia and Laos since august 2019, Lisa is now based at IWMI headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Recent publications

The potential for digital adaptation in agriculture in the Zambezi River Basin countries: regional assessment report.

Smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: country-level estimates of development potential.

Remote sensing assessment of available green water to increase crop production in seasonal floodplain wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Global mangrove extent change 1996–2020: Global Mangrove Watch version 3.0.

Increasing cropping options in seasonal floodplain wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: a remote-sensing approach for assessing available green water for cultivation [Abstract only].

Contact

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Languages

English

Profiles

Office

Sri Lanka (Global headquarters)

127, Sunil Mawatha Pelawatte, Battaramulla Colombo, Sri Lanka

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