Pedro Cabral (PC) is a Geospatial Information Environmentalist. His research interests are Global Changes of Ecosystem Services. Currently, he is Full Professor at NUIST, China. Currently, he is teaching Observing Earth from Space and Introduction to Earth System Sciences to Phd students. His research interests are Ecosystem Services, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems. He got a PhD Applied Mathematics to Social Sciences at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France. He holds a MSc in GIS (IST, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa). He was a post-doc Researcher at UMR AMURE (Ifremer-UBO, Brest) where he worked in marine and terrestrial ecosystem services. He has published in top academic journals, such as Ecosystem Services, Marine Policy, Land Use Policy, Biological Conservation, Journal of Cleaner Production, among many others. He is associate editor of the Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE) and editorial board member of Geographies (MDPI) and Frontiers in Environmental Science. PC has been listed on the Scopus World’s Top 2% Scientists 2021, 2022 and 2024. He is a committee member for major international conferences including AGILE and IGARSS. PC is Principal Investigator of several research and capatcity building projects related to Ecosystem Services, GIS and Remote Sensing. He has also coordinated work packages and participated as team member in several research and capacity building projects. He has (co)supervised >150 MSc concluded thesis and 10 PhD concluded thesis. He regularly participates as expert for selection of international projects (e.g. European Commission).