CARTOVEGE 2
- Creators
- Space Climate Observatory
Description
The CARTOVEGE2 project is an extension of the CARTOVEGE1 initiative, focusing on habitat mapping and biodiversity monitoring in the French Southern Territories. These islands—Crozet, Kerguelen, St Paul, and Amsterdam—are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a national nature reserve, hosting unique ecosystems threatened by climate change and biological invasions.
Building on previous successes in high-resolution remote sensing, CARTOVEGE² aims to:
- Enhance habitat classification to account for subtropical plant formations on St Paul and Amsterdam.
- Integrate satellite and drone imagery with environmental data to assess ecosystem dynamics.
- Monitor the effects of invasive species eradication (RECI project) on Amsterdam Island's vegetation.
- Develop predictive models for climate change impact assessments on plant communities.
The project supports scientists and conservation managers by improving habitat mapping, ecological forecasting, and biodiversity conservation strategies. Data and findings will be accessible via open platforms (Dryad, CarHab, GitHub) and integrated into national and international biodiversity monitoring networks.
Knowledge Resources
Additional details
- Subtitle
- CARTOgraphy by remote sensing for the management and restoration of polar ecosystems: maps of plant formations and inference of the effects of global change on the occurrence of plant species