Ms.Monina
Description
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MS.Monina |
| Multi-scale Service for Monitoring NATURA 2000 Habitats of European Community Interest |
| Contact |
Birgen HAEST |
Start (End) Date |
01/12/2010
(01/12/2013) |
| Consortium |
16 partners |
Project Coordination |
Paris-Lodron Universität |
| Website |
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Related Projects |
Habistat, Hypermix,
DigiKart, HyperKart |
| Keywords |
Natura 2000, habitat mapping, multi-scale, GMES,
Europe, monitoring |
Project Objectives
The EU Habitats Directive requires a standardised monitoring of the habitat types and a reporting every six years. For this reason, an operational, objective, economically priced and as far as possible automated application is required. The rapidly developing remote sensing sensor technique and also new image processing methods offer new possibilities to apply remote sensing data for NATURA 2000 monitoring. Today, with (i) GMES as an umbrella for utilizing latest EO-based achievements form both space- and in-situ sensors to provide European solutions for global problems of the environment-security-nexus, (ii) INSPIRE as a pan-European endeavour of obeying standards and other prerequisites of interoperable use, and (iii) the vision of a unified and integrated (i.e. single) European Information Space (SEIS), set the stage for a technologically mature, integrated, and user-centric system, more effectively to be used than ever. Users are in need, as imposed by the legally binding character of the directives, and this is what this project will service, from European to local scale.
Methodology
MS.Monina follows a pan-European, multi-scale approach that on the one hand reflects the specifics and the variety of habitats in the different biogeographical regions, and on the other hand guides the specifications of the service chains and their implementations as service cases and pilots. The multi-scale (MS) concept reflects the fact that on different (administrative) levels there are specific requirements for sensitive sites-related reporting, monitoring, management, etc.
(Expected) Results
A pan-European remote sensing framework to support the reporting needs for the Habitat Directive, delivering data from a European to a local scale.
VITO Contribution
VITO is involved in algorithm development and integration, and the design and maintenance of the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).
Partners
Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg (Austria)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Centre national du Machinisme Agricole, du Genie Rural, des Eaux et des Forets (France)
Vlaams Gewest - INBO (Belgium)
EFTAS Fernerkundung Technologietransfer (Germany)
National Observatory of Athens (Greece)
Accademia Europea per la Ricerca Applicata ed il Perfezionamento Professionale Bolzano (Italy)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Germany)
Instytut Geodezji I Kartografii (Poland)
Technische Universität Berlin (Germany)
EOVISION (Austria)
Specto Natura limited (United Kingdom)
Mouseio Goulandri Fysikis istorias (Greece)
LUP-Luftbild Umwelt Planung (Germany)
Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Ländliche Raume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels du Languedoc Roussillon association (France)
Contact:
Birgen Haest
Tel. + 32 14 33 67 11
Fax + 32 14 32 27 95
Send a message to Birgen Haest
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