Remote sensing for mapping natural habitats and their conservation status - New opportunities and challenges
(2015) In International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 37. p.7-16- Abstract
Safeguarding the diversity of natural and semi-natural habitats in Europe is one of the aims set out by the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) and one of the targets of the European 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, and is to be accomplished by maintaining a favourable conservation status. To reach this aim a high-level understanding of the distribution and conditions of these habitats is needed. Remote sensing can considerably contribute to habitat mapping and their observation over time. Several European projects and a large number of scientific studies have addressed the issue of mapping and monitoring natural habitats via remote sensing and the deriving of... (More)
Safeguarding the diversity of natural and semi-natural habitats in Europe is one of the aims set out by the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) and one of the targets of the European 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, and is to be accomplished by maintaining a favourable conservation status. To reach this aim a high-level understanding of the distribution and conditions of these habitats is needed. Remote sensing can considerably contribute to habitat mapping and their observation over time. Several European projects and a large number of scientific studies have addressed the issue of mapping and monitoring natural habitats via remote sensing and the deriving of indicators on their conservation status. The multitude of utilized remote sensing sensors and applied methods used in these studies, however, impede a common understanding of what is achievable with current state-of-the-art technologies. The aim of this paper is to provide a synthesis on what is currently feasible in terms of detection and monitoring of natural and semi-natural habitats with remote sensing. To focus this endeavour, we concentrate on those studies aimed at direct mapping of individual habitat types or discriminating between different types of habitats occurring in relatively large, spatially contiguous units. By this we uncover the potential of remote sensing to better understand the distribution of habitats and the assessment of their conservation status in Europe.
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- Corbane, Christina ; Lang, Stefan ; Pipkins, Kyle ; Alleaume, Samuel ; Deshayes, Michel ; García Millán, Virginia Elena LU ; Strasser, Thomas ; Vanden Borre, Jeroen ; Toon, Spanhove and Michael, Förster
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- Earth observation data, European Habitats Directive, Natural and semi-natural habitats, Satellite image analysis
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- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
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- 37
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- 10 pages
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- Elsevier
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- scopus:84926370730
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- 1569-8432
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- 10.1016/j.jag.2014.11.005
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- English
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- 704c4139-7dbe-43d1-95ad-4b1151e10176
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abstract = {{<p>Safeguarding the diversity of natural and semi-natural habitats in Europe is one of the aims set out by the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) and one of the targets of the European 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, and is to be accomplished by maintaining a favourable conservation status. To reach this aim a high-level understanding of the distribution and conditions of these habitats is needed. Remote sensing can considerably contribute to habitat mapping and their observation over time. Several European projects and a large number of scientific studies have addressed the issue of mapping and monitoring natural habitats via remote sensing and the deriving of indicators on their conservation status. The multitude of utilized remote sensing sensors and applied methods used in these studies, however, impede a common understanding of what is achievable with current state-of-the-art technologies. The aim of this paper is to provide a synthesis on what is currently feasible in terms of detection and monitoring of natural and semi-natural habitats with remote sensing. To focus this endeavour, we concentrate on those studies aimed at direct mapping of individual habitat types or discriminating between different types of habitats occurring in relatively large, spatially contiguous units. By this we uncover the potential of remote sensing to better understand the distribution of habitats and the assessment of their conservation status in Europe.</p>}},
author = {{Corbane, Christina and Lang, Stefan and Pipkins, Kyle and Alleaume, Samuel and Deshayes, Michel and García Millán, Virginia Elena and Strasser, Thomas and Vanden Borre, Jeroen and Toon, Spanhove and Michael, Förster}},
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title = {{Remote sensing for mapping natural habitats and their conservation status - New opportunities and challenges}},
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