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Innovators II - Insect CombatInsect Outbreak Mapping
Major causes of forest damages are insects, often in combination with or intensified by abiotic stresses such as drought or storm. Recent disastrous insect calamities in forests indicate that due to climate change effects like drought, storm and warm winters insect infestation are an increasing problem in areas which have only been marginal affected in the past. In order to keep ecological and economical damages as low as possible rapid monitoring and mapping of insect damages is needed in order to apply suitable abatement measures. Embanking damaged areas is crucial to preserve important forest functions adjacent to affected areas. |
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Project References |
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| Name | Innovators II - Insect Combat |
| Title | Insect Outbreak Mapping |
| Programme | DUE (Data User Element) |
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Innovators Land |
| Cost | €100k |
| Type | Service Demonstration |
| Status | Completed (01/03/2009-30/08/2010) |
| Sensors |
ALOS : PALSAR ENVISAT : ASAR Landsat 4/5 : TM Landsat 7 : ETM SPOT 4 : HRVIR |
Project Description |
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| Objectives | The objective of this study is to formulate and to develop a method for an implementation of long-term, low-cost, and high-quality monitoring program for a rapid assessment of forest insect damages and to identify trends in forest health, caused by insect calamities. An aim is the development of an operational tool for monitoring damages in the forest and predicting potential areas at risk as basis for management activities. |
| Results |
Evolution and Evaluation Report |
Project Consortium |
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| Prime contractor | Steinbeis-Transferzentrum FeLis : Steinbeis-Transferzentrum FeLis |
| Subcontractors |
FGI : Finnish Geodetic Institute UH : University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Ecology/Department of Forest Resource Management |
User Partnership |
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| Users |
FVA : Forest Research Institute Baden-Wurttemberg LWF : Landesanstalt fur Wald und Forstwirtschaft Bayern Tornator : Tornator |
Contact Points |
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| Project Manager | Prof. Dr. Barbara Koch Email: barbara.koch@felis.uni-freiburg.de |
| Technical Officer | Dr. Bojan Bojkov European Space Agency/ESRIN via Galileo Galilei I-00044 Frascati (Roma) ITALY Tel.: +39 06-941.80543 Fax: +39 06-941.80552 Email: bojan.bojkov@esa.int |