Kyle Forsyth’s Post

How effectively are we managing residential land use within our natural reserves? 🏞️ By visualizing these patterns on a map, are we uncovering areas of concern for wildlife habitats and flora? 🌿🗺️ Delve into our project's output map, revealing disturbances and indicating substandard land use practices. Through the lens of mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), explore our solution to promote sustainable development while preserving biodiversity. 📧 Need assistance? Reach out to support@mapog.com for personalized guidance. 🌐 Visit our website to learn more about our mapping solutions: https://lnkd.in/dtGVY9uA #GISMapping #MAPOG #MappingTechnology #SpatialAnalysis #GeospatialData #GeographicInformationSystems #LandUsePlanning #ConservationMapping #BiodiversityProtection #WildlifeHabitats #FloraConservation #EcosystemHealth #SustainableDevelopment #EnvironmentalConservation #ResidentialDevelopment #UrbanPlanning #EcologicalBalance #GISAnalysis #MappingSolutions #LandUseManagement

This is great : a science-led approach which will in time feed in to new metrics for monitoring biodiversity and show the impact of restoration programmes

Geoimage explored the potential for using Pléiades Neo 6-Band for accurately classifying the distribution of two mangrove species in an area that has been under study since 2017. The challenge was to map the distribution of two dominant mangrove species, Avicennia marina and Rhizophora stylosa, in a sensitive tidal environment, allowing a local industrial development to monitor any impact operations it may have on the the mangrove habitats. Interested in reading more about this case study and how Geoimage came to a solution, visit the link here: https://lnkd.in/gqQFjRsA #pleiades #mangrove #environment #conservation #monitoring #nature #satellites

Removing knotweed from #SSSI sites can be challenging. These sites of special scientific interest are mostly in conservation areas, and often have protected species (flora and fauna) as well as geology or geomorphology features which have to be factored in to the project. Invasive weed removal on this type of site is best left to the experts, as this project example demonstrates: https://lnkd.in/ezc8_7x9 #construction #protectedland #environmental #development #SSSI #protectedspecies

How are #seagulls able to live in landlocked countries? 🤔   #CLMS' #CORINE Land Cover, in combination with citizen science efforts, has recently been used to quantify lesser black backed gulls' habitat preferences in Hungary. It turns out these birds have a remarkable ability to #adapt to not coastal environments and thrive in places often thought of as inhospitable, like landfills. Read more about the research that uncovers the impact of human activity on animal behaviour and the conservation paradox that arises when some species not only survive but thrive in #urbanization instead of being threatened by it. 🏙️🐦 👉 https://lnkd.in/dsJDcVMk

🚨 Over recent centuries we have lost large areas of the habitats that make up the seascape; including up to 92% per cent of seagrass meadows, 85% of saltmarsh habitats and 95% of native oyster reefs. This severe loss has left our coastal ecosystems fragmented and vulnerable to further degradation.     To deliver a thriving healthy ocean, we need to apply the concept of landscape ecology, which has taken off across terrestrial restoration initiatives, and apply it to the nascent field of seascape scale restoration within our coastal habitats.    Our new report, “Restoring our Seascapes: evidence and actions for coastal habitat restoration at scale” presents a series of recommendations to enable and accelerate whole scale seascape restoration and follows findings from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) symposium on ‘Ecological connectivity across temperate coastal habitats’ and is written in collaboration with the UK UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), University of Essex, University of Portsmouth and Zoological Society of London (ZSL).   The time to restore Britain's 12,500km of coastline and support our marine environments to thrive once more is now     Read the full report 👉  https://lnkd.in/eTCGDyda   Discover our three policy recommendations 👇 Thanks to Platform Earth for supporting this report. #Restoration #MarineRestoration #Policy #Seascape #NatureRecovery Aisling McGarrigle, Jennifer Murray, Dan Crockett, Prof Joanne Preston, Angus Garbutt, Graham J C Underwood

🦋 📊 Butterfly numbers vary naturally with weather, but long-term trends are shaped by human impacts like habitat loss, climate change, pollution and pesticide use. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) has been telling the story of how butterfly species have changed from almost 50 years of data gathered since 1976. UKBMS data are gathered by thousands of volunteers who record butterfly species every year at more than 3000 sites around the UK using different survey methods. Data are used widely in research and policy: Data from nature, for nature 💚 The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) for Ornithology, and JNCC. The UKBMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme 👏 The most recent annual UKBMS results were published last month: https://lnkd.in/e_JKtuMu Explore our #DataNature datasets: https://lnkd.in/eUZv_jW6 #conservation #EnvironmentalScience

On March 1st it was #worldseagrassday - a day that raises awareness of seagrasses in relation to #marinebiodiversity, their contribution to #climatechangeadaptation, #sustainabledevelopment and not least the threats they are facing all over the World. At DHI we have developed an intuitive web-based platform – Coastal Mapper for Marine Habitats – that facilitates satellite-based coastal habitats mapping, including seagrasses, mangroves and coral reefs. The platform is specifically designed for users without experience in satellite data processing but with extensive local knowledge, i.e. marine biologists, public authorities, local communities or environmental organizations. Using the platform, users can produce up-to-date habitat classifications for their areas of interest quite easily and gain insights and knowledge about the state of these important coastal habitats. On March 12th we are hosting a free webinar were the platform is presented. If curious, please join us and learn more about the innovative solution. You can sig up at this link: https://lnkd.in/dV2_h-EZ #eoatdhi #dhi #machinelearning #copernicus #humanintheloop #localknowledge #coastal #mapping

Last week I gave an interactive session on the 'Ecoconnectivity map' and 'Less disruption plan ecology' at the IENE 2024 conference in Prague. We use both in the Werken aan de Ring project, the renewal of the Brussels Ring. The Ecoconnectivity map visualizes all fauna barriers that need to be solved in the development phase. It's a guide for orientation, dimensions, habitat type and lay-out of wildlife crossings in the project. The Less disruption plan is an upcoming evacuation plan for fauna that is not solely limited to (EU) protected species, but also includes the common ground and air dwellers. It's the first time ever a Flemish project has this level of detail of accompanying measures for ecology in an infrastructure project. Applying this plan has two goals: the ambition to stabilize the entire local ecosystem during the construction phase in view of a swift repopulation afterwards; and guaranteed migratory routes throughout the entire duration of the project. #iene2024 #werkenaandering #swecobelgium #transformingsocietytogether

New use case published! 📢 Check how #CLMS #CORINE Land Cover was used as input data to study the behavior of #seagulls in Hungary in the article linked below 👇