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oa Cartographic Monitoring of the State of Natural Reserve Fund Objects of Ukraine in Temporarily Occupied Territories
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Nov 2023, Volume 2023, p.1 - 5
Abstract
The necessity to restore biodiversity in objects within the Natural Reserve Fund (NRF) of Ukraine and their territories following de-occupation requires the development of appropriate programs and effective practical steps for their implementation.
Due to the inability to currently gain direct access to the temporarily occupied territories where NRF objects are located, the authors propose fundamental enhancements to the state’s environmental monitoring system. These improvements are exclusively based on utilizing remote observation tools to monitor the condition and dynamics of NRF objects. They entail the subsequent integration of information obtained from comprehensive remote, ground-based, and, if necessary, underground observations after the territory’s de-occupation.
Additionally, these enhancements involve the integration of acquired and categorized monitoring data from satellite imagery with the essential and thematic components of the national geospatial data infrastructure. This process includes visually comparing monitoring data with reference models (virtual realistic models obtained through lidar scanning of the terrain, if conducted before temporary occupation) or interactive cartographic models.
Furthermore, these improvements encompass enhancing mapping indicators on maps with additional informational descriptions and meta-characteristics. The level of detail depends on the frequency of observations, which is related to the intensity of natural and anthropogenic processes’ development in the monitoring area.