Ecopotential Project

ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations

ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations

ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations

ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations

ECOPOTENTIAL is a large European-funded H2020 project that focuses its activities on a targeted set of internationally recognised Protected Areas, blending Earth Observations from remote sensing and field measurements, data analysis and modelling of current and future ecosystem conditions and services. ECOPOTENTIAL considers cross-scale geosphere-biosphere interactions at regional to continental scales, addressing long-term and large-scale environmental and ecological challenges.

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ECOPOTENTIAL community on Zenodo

The ECOPOTENTIAL community on Zenodo: How to find the ECOPOTENTIAL data and products?ECOPOTENTIAL final data and products have been archived in the community “ECOPOTENTIAL: the legacy” on the Zenodo repository (https://zenodo.org) to enhance their findability [https://zenodo.org/communities/ecopot...

VLab

The ECOPOTENTIAL Virtual LaboratoryThe ECOPOTENTIAL Virtual Laboratory Platform (VLab) is a major output of the ECOPOTENTIAL project. Its development and enhancement has also been supported by other H2020 projects (EOSC-hub, EDGE, ERA-PLANET) where VLab was used to develop showcases including the ...

EODESM

What is EODESM?The Earth Observation Data for Ecosystem Monitoring (EODESM) presents a new approach to the classification of land cover and change by simply combining essential descriptors (EDs) of the environment retrieved from Earth observation (EO) data.The classifications follow the Food and A...

ECOPOTENTIAL FACTSHEETS

ECOPOTENTIAL produced a varied array of tools and products available to be used by protected area managers and nature conservation scientists and practitioners; Models, algorithms, web-based tools for extracting Earth Observation maps and more… in this collection of “factsheets” it is possible to ...

ECOPOTENTIAL again in ESA’s Sentinel...

Groundwater‐dependent ecosystems (GDEs) provide multiple ecosystem services for humankind and are globally at risk due to unsustainable groundwater extraction and climate change. Copernicus Sentinel-2 data are lending a hand in establishing these ecosystems. The Ziziphus lotus arborescent matorral...

ECOPOTENTIAL research on Wadden Sea...

The research done by ECOPOTENTIAL partner DELTARES in the Wadden Sea has been reported in the ESA website “Sentinel On Line”. It reports about the use of 3D-biogeophyiscal process-based or Bayesian Networks - which are probabilistic models - to investigate ecological structures behind shifting tre...

Latest ECOPOTENTIAL newsletter

Our latest newsletter is out! It presents highlights of our recent work: events we attended during the last months, the latest scientific publications, and news on the models and tools in the Virtual Laboratory. If you are interested where you can get in touch with us, you also find future events ...

“SPACED”: ECOPOTENTIAL BOOK RELEASED, 2nd...

We are happy to announce the release of the second edition of the book: “SPACED: USING EARTH OBSERVATION TO PROTECT NATURAL LANDSCAPES”, edited by Cristina Domingo and Joan Maso (CREAF). The book describes how Earth observation is used for monitoring and studying ecosystems in the 24 protected are...

ECOPOTENTIAL again in ESA’s Sentinel...

Our project has made it on the Sentinel news website of ESA once again. The article features Samaria National Park on Crete, Greece, where we use Sentinel1 and 2 imagery to map the habitat for species of high conservation value, as endemic lizards. The earth observation data are combined with spec...

New Storymap online – Discover...

All ECOPOTENTIAL protected areas encapsulate fascinating stories about their past, present and future, which fuel the project’s research. Telling those stories and sharing passion for the work we are doing is one of the goals of ECOPOTENTIAL. Now you have the chance to learn more about Har HaNege...

Special Issue “Remote Sensing for...

The mapping of natural and semi-natural habitats is increasingly required in environmental policies, as well as in spatial planning, land management, and the designation of protected areas. Habitats are effective indicators of biodiversity and their periodic and consistent monitoring, in terms of ...

Special Issue “Remote Sensing in...

Ecosystem models are fundamental for a deeper understanding of associated spatiotemporal dynamics. They also support the forecasting of ecological responses to future climate and land use changes, thus supporting relevant decision-making processes. Ecosystem modelling is challenging, given the com...