This session will explore how Earth Observation, ecological measurements, and modeling
can support the planning, monitoring, and assessment of climate-smart ecosystem restoration
across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems for nature positive futures.
The focus will be on understanding how restoration contributes to biodiversity recovery,
ecosystem functioning, local climate regulation, and resilience to environmental change.
Applications may include forests, wetlands, grasslands, peatlands, agricultural landscapes,
marine ecosystems, freshwater and subterranean ecosystems and other degraded or
recovering environments.
We welcome methodological advances and case studies combining satellite, airborne, or
UAV observations with field measurements, ecological data, and AI\/machine learning.
Particular emphasis will be placed on approaches that move beyond mapping land cover
changes to assessing ecosystem condition, recovery trajectories, biodiversity outcomes, and
ecosystem services.
We encourage contributions that investigate where, when, and under what conditions
restoration supports ecological recovery, climate adaptation, and ecosystem resilience,
including comparisons of restoration approaches, their effectiveness, uncertainties, and
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List of topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sara Alibakhshi, <\/strong>Chair of Data Science in Earth Observation, Technical University of Munich, Germany Felicia O. Akinyemi, <\/strong>Geomatics, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad University, Sweden Jan Haas, <\/strong>Geomatics, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad University, Sweden Chima Iheaturu, <\/strong>Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management Unit, Institute of Geography, University\n
structural change, and recovery trajectories using optical, radar, LiDAR,
hyperspectral, and satellite time-series observations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
evapotranspiration, moisture conditions, albedo, and related indicators, including links
with field-based microclimate measurements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
habitat quality, vegetation structure, and environmental heterogeneity with ecological
observations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
stress, fire, flooding, degradation, and other pressures, alongside indicators of
ecosystem vulnerability and recovery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
and environmental datasets to identify restoration priorities, compare scenarios, and
quantify uncertainty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nOrganizers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sara.alibakhshi@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
felicia.akinyemi@kau.se<\/a>;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
jan.haas@kau.se<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
of Bern, Switzerland chima.iheaturu@unibe.ch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n