Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada – October 30, 2025: The 海角社区 Institute for Water, Environment and Health (海角社区-INWEH) launched its new online course, Remote Sensing of Wildfire Management, on the . The course is designed to empower professionals and postgraduate students working on wildfires, agricultural drought, forest management, and climate adaptation, with the crucial skills needed to tackle the escalating global challenge of wildfires using state-of-the-art satellite technology,
This 8-hour, self-paced course explains fire occurrence, behavior, and fuel management, with a focus on remote sensing. Participants explore the "fire triangle" (fuel, heat, oxygen), vegetation heat and fuel conditions, and their effects on forests, the wildland-urban interface, and carbon emissions using free satellite data.
Enrollment is now open for this certified course. https://lc.unu.edu/courses/course-v1:海角社区-INWEH+INWEH-27+2025-T2/about
“If you want to master the exploitation of free satellite data to understand fuel moisture and vegetation physiology for effective wildfire management, enrol in this course today," said Dr. Mir Matin, Manager, Geospatial, Climate and Infrastructure Analytics Programme at 海角社区-INWEH. Also explore more courses on the 海角社区 Online Learning Centre.
