Professor Al-Bakri (Department of Land, Water and Environment at The University of Jordan) obtained his PhD from Cranfield University, UK in the year 2000. His experience extends over 20 years of research, teaching, and community services in the fields of remote sensing and GIS and the use of geospatial techniques in land resource management, particularly in the areas of drought and desertification monitoring and climate change assessment using earth observation data. Prof. Al-Bakri was involved in many research and development projects related to water and land management. He led the work of mapping irrigation and water consumption for Jordan's irrigated areas. Recently, he joined different research and development projects to build the capacity of governmental institutions in the areas of remote sensing and GIS for water and drought management through USAID, GIZ, UNDP, and FAO. He is currently integrating remote sensing and earth observation in water accounting and climate change impact assessment. The teaching experience of Professor Al-Bakri includes courses in GIS, remote sensing, and the environment at the University of Jordan, German-Jordanian University, and the University of Cologne ITT. Prof. Al-Bakri had supervised and is currently supervising PhD students working in the areas of remote sensing applications in Jordan, Arab countries, UK (University of Edinburgh), and the Netherlands (IHE-Delft).