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Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery

Jackson, Bethany; Bales, Kevin; Owen, Sarah; Wardlaw, Jessica; Boyd, Doreen S.

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Authors

Profile image of BETHANY JACKSON

Dr BETHANY JACKSON BETHANY.JACKSON1@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Nottingham Research and Anne Mclarenfellowships

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KEVIN BALES Kevin.Bales@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Contemporary Slavery

SARAH OWEN SARAH.OWEN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Assistant Professor

Jessica Wardlaw

DOREEN BOYD doreen.boyd@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Earth Observation



Abstract

An estimated 40.3 million people are enslaved globally across a range of industries. Whilst these industries are known, their scale can hinder the fight against slavery. Some industries using slave labour are visible in satellite imagery, including mining, brick kilns, fishing and shrimp farming. Satellite data can provide supplementary details for large scales which cannot be easily gathered on the ground. This paper reviews previous uses of remote sensing in the humanitarian and human rights sectors and demonstrates how Earth Observation as a methodology can be applied to help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target 8.7.

Citation

Jackson, B., Bales, K., Owen, S., Wardlaw, J., & Boyd, D. S. (2019). Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery. Journal of Modern Slavery, 4(2), 169-199

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 10, 2018
Online Publication Date Jan 3, 2019
Publication Date Jan 3, 2019
Deposit Date Jan 18, 2019
Publicly Available Date Feb 4, 2020
Journal Journal of Modern Slavery
Electronic ISSN 2574-9897
Publisher SlaveFree Today
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 2
Pages 169-199
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1481184
Publisher URL https://slavefreetoday.org/journal_of_modern_slavery/v4i2a8_Analysing_Slavery_through_Satellite_Technology_How_Remote_Sensing_Could_Revolutionise_Data_Collection_to_Help_End_Modern_Slavery_jackson_bales_owen_wardlaw_boyd.pdf
Related Public URLs https://slavefreetoday.org/journal-of-modern-slavery-volume-4-issue-2-december-2018/

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