Abstract Zone Umide della Capitanata, located in the northeastern part of Apulia Region, is one most extensive coastal wetlands Italian peninsula and largest components Mediterranean wetland system. Despite its high ecological importance, this site has been undergoing a variety pressures intensified recent decades. This study analyzes evaluates changes occurred area between 2010 2020. Land cove...

Abstract The management of a UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) requires vast wealth miscellaneous scientific knowledge that can be successfully organised using Geographical Information System (GIS). This paper presents pragmatic GIS database to assist in the suitable governance Courel Mountains UGGp (2017) Northwest Spain. is structured 66 coverages compiled from public sources and previous works or...

The fight against deforestation and forest degradation is now a major challenge for the preservation of global ecosystems. remote sensing monitoring methods that are currently deployed not always adapted to Ivorian context because high cloud cover, diversity shaded crops, land clearing techniques. This study proposes drone-based approach assess intra-annual tree losses in Bossématié classified ...

Land consumption is the increase in artificial land cover, which a major issue for environmental sustainability. In Italy, Italian Institute Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) National System (SNPA) have institutional duty to monitor yearly, through photointerpretation of high-resolution images. This study intends develop methodology order produce maps consumption, by use semi-automa...

High spatial and thematic resolution of Land Use/Cover (LU/LC) maps are central for accurate watershed analyses, improved species, habitat distribution modeling as well ecosystem services assessment, robust assessments LU/LC changes, calculation indices. Downscaled Switzerland were obtained three time periods by blending two inputs: the Swiss topographic base map at a 1:25,000 scale national st...

This investigation illustrates the spatial and temporal dynamics of a Zostera marina seagrass meadow affected by clam harvesting. Photointerpretation satellite imagery corresponding to years 2007, 2013, 2017 2018, combined with field monitoring in 2019 allowed assessing coverage, population genetic characterization Z. areas impacted non-impacted shellfishing activity. The displayed highly fragm...

In the last 50 years, forest disturbances, caused mainly by insect outbreaks and windstorms, had a significant impact on subalpine Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) stands across Europe. The high intensity of these factors often led to complete dieback existing stands, as in Gorce National Park (Southern Poland). aim this study was monitor land cover changes their dynamics NP years 197...

The cost of forest sampling can be reduced substantially by the ability to estimate forest and tree parameters directly from aerial photographs. However, in order to do so it is necessary to be able to accurately identify individual treetops and then to define the region in the vicinity of the treetop that encompasses the crown extent. These two steps commonly have been treated independently. I...

Knowledge of tree-crown parameters such as height, shape, and crown closure is desimble in forest and ecological studies, but those pammeters are difficult to measure on the ground. The stereoscopic capability of high-resolution aerial images provides a method for crown-surface reconstruction. However. 'existing digital photogrammet~packages, designed to map terrain surfaces. cannot accuratelv ...

Given the high precipitation verified in Azores, peatlands, as water retention structures, are promoters of landscape balance, reducing frequency major events such landslides. However, these ecosystems face increased land-use change disturbances that placing future security critical ecosystem services doubt. This study aims to estimate current and potential hydrologic services, particularly, st...