The EO4NATURE project focuses on increasing expertise and accessibility to an ecosystem's state (habitats and species subcomponents) and on maintaining their capability to provide services even under climate pressures, analyzed through indicators derived from Earth observation data and validated with in situ measurements.
The ecosystem assessment is essential in generating information on the state of ecosystems and ecosystem-derived services in order to support the sustainability of the environment, as well as local businesses. The sustainability analysis will focus on specific case studies, assessing the ecological footprint and biocapacity of natural capital. The performance of local bioindustries and bioeconomy will be quantified through carbon and water footprints.
Biodiversity management is ensured by recommending a set of indicators derived from satellite data to support the implementation of national and European regulatory directives (e.g., the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), the Birds Directive (2009/147/EC), the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), and the Invasive Species Directive (1143/2014)) as well as management plans at the level of Natura 2000 sites. For this, parameters relevant to ecosystem integrity and functionality as well as to distinguish normal ecosystem evolution from biodiversity loss will be investigated and measured.
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