GlobDiversity ESA call
ESA Call for Bids on GlobDiversity for the development of remotely-sensed Essential Biodiversity V...
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Biodiversity Session at the ESA Living Planet Symposium
Biodiversity Session at the ESA Living Planet Symposium Prague, 9-13 May 2016 The European Space Agency recently announced the organisation of their forthcomi...
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Space – the final frontier for biodiversity monitoring?
This symposium will bring together leading experts in biodiversity monitoring and satellite remote sensing to discuss ways to better capitalise on this tech...
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GEO BON Open Science Conference 2016
The GEO BON Open Science Conference & All Hands Meeting will be a major event to bring together all of those interested in developing biodiversity monit...
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Special Issue on Remote Sensing–based Essential Biodiversity Variables
The concept of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) was introduced by Peirera and colleagues in 2013 to help coordinate biodiversity monitoring efforts world...
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3
Aug
GlobDiversity ESA call
ESA Call for Bids on GlobDiversity
for the development of remotely-sensed Essential Biodiversity Variables (RS-EBVs) on terrestrial ecosystems
The European Space Agency has issued on the 29th July 2016 an ...
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8
Jul
Free LiDAR data for some UK cities
The UK Environment Agency released a few hundred gigabytes of LiDAR data that provides information about building heights in some cities in England. Such data might be relevant for ecological urban studies and ...
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22
Jun
new 30m landcover data available
USGS in collaboration with the University of Maryland just released a new global land cover data set on 30m spatial resolution. It also provides information tree cover and bare ground (~2010) and water (2000-12...
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14
Jun
How do we want Satellite Remote Sensing to support biodiversity conservation globally?
A publication by Pettorelli, Owen and Duncan asks "How do we want Satellite Remote Sensing to support biodiversity conservation globally?" in Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
from the summary: 1. Essentia...
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9
May
Forest cover and forest cover pattern data by JRC
The EU-JRC forest branch provides various forest cover maps and forest cover pattern maps for download. All data sets can be downloaded for Europe for different years:
http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/down...
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28
Apr
Data and Information for Reefs
eReefs is an information system that provides a picture of what is currently happening on the reef, and what will likely happen in the future. Visualisations as well as data and models including remote sensing ...
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14
Apr
special issue on remote sensing for protected area monitoring
Special Issue in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation Novel Remote Sensing Approaches to Inform the Ecology and Conservation of Protected Areas Worldwide
Remote sensing techniques provide a formidable o...
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14
Mar
Conference on Space Technology and Applications for Wildlife Management and Protecting Biodiversity
Conference on Space Technology and Applications for Wildlife Management and Protecting Biodiversity
27-30 June 2016, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
The protection and conservation of biodi...
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4
Mar
article: Monitoring plant functional diversity from space
A highly interesting article by Jetz and colleagues got just published in Nature Plants dealing with the importance of remotely sensed environmental monitoring for plant functional diversity.
The world...
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2
Mar
agenda online of the conference: Space – the final Frontier for Biodiversity?
the agenda of the conference “Space – the final frontier for biodiversity monitoring” at ZSL in London is now finalised and all talks are listed.
Space – the final frontier for biodiversity monitoring?
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Conference on Space Technology and Applications for Wildlife Management and Protecting Biodiversity
27-30 June 2016, United Nations Offic...
Conference on Space Technology and Applications for Wildlife Management and Protecting Biodiversity
the agenda of the conference “Space – the final frontier for biodiversity monitoring” at ZSL in London is now finalised and all talks are ...
agenda online of the conference: Space – the final Frontier for Biodiversity?
the ESA Living Planet Symposium list of talks and sessions is online and can be accessed here:
http://lps16.esa.int/page_programme_overv...
ESA LPS program online
This symposium will bring together leading experts in biodiversity monitoring and satellite remote sensing to discuss ways to better cap...
Space – the final frontier for biodiversity monitoring?
The GEO BON Open Science Conference & All Hands Meeting will be a major event to bring together all of those interested in developin...
GEO BON Open Science Conference 2016