
How can science help us work together to restore landscapes?
Partnerships convened for landscape restoration can involve diverse stakeholders with different interests and perspectives. Through the development of a unique…
January 6, 2023
Monitoring the progress of restoration is essential if the impact of interventions is to be assessed and used in adaptive management. However, monitoring at the landscape scale can be challenging, especially where landscapes are remote and inaccessible. Ecological monitoring data have traditionally been collected through field surveys which can be expensive and are often based on sampling a small fraction of the area of interest. These issues can limit our ability to effectively track progress towards landscape restoration goals and adapt management along the way.
Remote-sensing data collected by satellites can be used to describe conditions across extensive areas of habitat. After processing, these images can be standardised, allowing comparisons to be made across space and time. They can also be examined retrospectively, for example to assess habitat condition before a project began. However, remote-sensed data are frequently not used to their full potential in conservation management, due to barriers including a lack of awareness of the possibilities of remote-sensed data, limited technical capacity, and a lack of a clear framework for their use.
This project will facilitate the use of satellite remote-sensing data in ELP projects and large-scale restoration projects more widely, enhancing their ability to monitor the effectiveness of their actions and informing adaptive management.
The project also aims to enable ELP restoration projects to monitor and evaluate the progress of landscape-scale restoration through time using satellite remote-sensing data, and to use such data to prioritise future restoration activities.
This project aims to have the following impact:
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