Remote Sensing for sustainable use of seasonally dry tropical forests - Learning to live with the forest
Lead Research Organisation:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Department Name: Biodiversity Informatics
Abstract
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| Title | Reforest card game |
| Description | Card game featuring this project and the caatinga ecosystems. Games allow participants to understand the ecosystem and its impact on it (negative and positive) . |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Release at COP26 to VIP's and decision-makers. Games is being reviewed for wider release. |
| Description | Capital, remote sensing |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Equipment- Hyper spectral camera and LiDAR for UAV |
| Amount | £131,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Equipment: Terrestrial LiDAR |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | LiDAR and plant survey. Quantifying biomass and NbS |
| Amount | £109,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2022 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Measuring the wood and the trees. What are Kew's natural assets worth? |
| Amount | £7,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change at the Landscape Scale |
| Amount | £12,500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2021 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | OCBILs from space: using remote sensing to characterise heterogeneity in campo rupestre |
| Amount | £7,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Title | Three dimension output from first fact finding trip to demonstrate workflow and results |
| Description | Three dimension output from first fact finding trip to demonstrate workflow and results |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | These have only just been released and we will build on this resource as the project and methods are developed |
| URL | https://www.pointbox.xyz/users/5e3d7837ffe65b80c9d5a204 |
| Description | Functional-structural plant model in the caatinga of Brazil |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint PhD Student with Imperial to Functional-structural plant model in the caatinga of Brazil. The student will be using data gathered from this project for modelling of caatinga vegetation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in systems and vegetation |
| Impact | Increased exposure to growth models and additional grants for equipment. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Applications of Drones in Environmental Regulation and Monitoring. Drones in Pursuit of Plants Conservation and Science: Real World Experiences. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion and presentation to DEFRA and other government organisations, on the use of UAV for research etc. - 29th January 2019, North Wales, UK. Applications of Drones in Environmental Regulation and Monitoring. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.ukeof.org.uk/news/drone-conf-2019 |
| Description | British Ecological Society: Unifying tropical ecology: strengthening collaborative science. British Ecological Society: Unifying tropical ecology: strengthening collaborative science. What's the Point? Point clouds for Restoration monitoring: in A view from the top - using drones in tropical ecology and conservation. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | British Ecological Society: Unifying tropical ecology: strengthening collaborative science. What's the Point? Point clouds for Restoration monitoring: in A view from the top - using drones in tropical ecology and conservation. Talk and discussion of new ideas and outcomes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/ute2019/ |
| Description | COP26 card game. Featuring this project and ecosystems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Reforest card game developed featuring this project and the cattinga ecosystems. The game give to COP26 participants and at a dinner of VIP's and donors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Demostration activity and sandpit at Wakehurst place |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration and sandpit activity at Wakehurst place for UK local stakeholders and site managers. To demonstration and test equipment and to engage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Kew drone pilots map deforestation and fire damage around the world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press article which mentions this project and others. plus associated paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2021/02/21/kew-drone-pilots-map-deforestation-fire-damage-ar... |
| Description | London DEFRA computing group, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk was given to DEFRA policymakers, on the computing power needed for the next generation of data to be captured. Details of these projected used to show data capture and potiental. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | London DEFRA computing group, Kew Spatial Analysis for Plant Conservation and Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Demostration to DEFRA and policy makers of high level computing from spatial data. 26th July 2019, London DEFRA computing group, Kew Spatial Analysis for Plant Conservation and Science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Monitoring and new technologies,?in Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture and Livelihoods: |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chaired session at Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture and Livelihoods conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6BYJ6GBHw |
| Description | Presentation of project at COP26 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A session presentation at COP26 UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub Pavillon. This project and other featured and acknowledge etc. Innovations in measuring biodiversity as Nature's carbon storage to inform future initiatives Prof. Thomas Meagher, University of St. Andrews Dr. Justin Moat, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr. Hugh Mortimer, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rachel Purdon, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr Laura Meagher, Technology Development Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notXRiFi2MA |
| Description | STFC IAA, which reviewing the Integration of novel remote sensing technology into biodiversity policy and management. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to review this project and the Integration of novel remote sensing technology into biodiversity policy and management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |