Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have become powerful tools for environmental and cultural heritage monitoring and management. Their ability to provide high-resolution, cost-effective, and flexible data acquisition has revolutionized the way ecosystems, natural resources, landscapes, and cultural heritage sites are studied and managed. UAVs are increasingly being used in applications ranging from precision agriculture and forestry to biodiversity conservation, disaster response, climate change adaptation, and the documentation, conservation, and management of cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The growing integration of UAV technologies into sustainable environmental and cultural heritage management practices opens new opportunities for informed decision-making, efficient resource use, proactive hazard mitigation, and the documentation and conservation of heritage assets. With advancements in sensors, autonomous navigation, and data analytics\u2014including artificial intelligence and machine learning\u2014UAVs offer unprecedented potential for addressing global sustainability challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This workshop aims to showcase the latest research, innovations, and applications of UAVs in environmental and cultural heritage management, while also exploring challenges such as data processing, regulatory frameworks, and ethical considerations. The event will provide a forum for interdisciplinary dialogue between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, emphasizing the contribution of UAVs to achieving sustainability goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We welcome contributions on, but not limited to, the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– George P. Petropoulos, Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece – gpetropoulos@hua.gr<\/a> The organization of this workshop is being supported by the project ACCELERATE, funded by the European Union\u2019s Horizon Europe research and innovation program grant agreement no. 101182930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have become powerful tools for environmental and cultural heritage monitoring and management. Their ability to provide high-resolution, cost-effective, and flexible data acquisition has revolutionized the way ecosystems, natural resources, landscapes, and cultural heritage sites are studied and managed. UAVs are increasingly being used in applications ranging from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"SymAth27","author_link":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/?author=3"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have become powerful tools for environmental and cultural heritage monitoring and management. Their ability to provide high-resolution, cost-effective, and flexible data acquisition has revolutionized the way ecosystems, natural resources, landscapes, and cultural heritage sites are studied and managed. UAVs are increasingly being used in applications ranging from…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Lammert Kooistra, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands (WUR) (lammert.kooistra@wur.nl<\/a>)
– Jo\u00e3o Fonte, ERA Arqueologia, Portugal (joaofonte@era-arqueologia.pt<\/a>)
– Salvatore Manfreda, University of Naples Federico II, Italy salvatore.manfreda@unina.it<\/a>
– Ionu\u021b Sandric University of Bucharest, Romania ( Universitatea Bucure\u0219ti ) ionut.sandric@geo.unibuc.ro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAcknowledgement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n