Imperial College London
Dr Panagiota (Tania) Stathaki

Dr Panagiota (Tania) Stathaki

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Reader in Signal Processing
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6229t.stathaki Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Vanessa Rodriguez-Gonzalez +44 (0)20 7594 6267

 
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Location

 

812Electrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Petrou:2015:10.1007/s10531-015-0947-z,
author = {Petrou, ZI and Manakos, I and Stathaki, T},
doi = {10.1007/s10531-015-0947-z},
journal = {Biodiversity and Conservation},
pages = {2333--2363},
title = {Remote sensing for biodiversity monitoring: a review of methods for biodiversity indicator extraction and assessment of progress towards international targets},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0947-z},
volume = {24},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Recognizing the imperative need for biodiversity protection, the Convention onBiological Diversity (CBD) has recently established new targets towards 2020, the so-calledAichi targets, and updated proposed sets of indicators to quantitatively monitor the progresstowards these targets. Remote sensing has been increasingly contributing to timely, accurate,and cost-effective assessment of biodiversity-related characteristics and functionsduring the last years. However, most relevant studies constitute individual research efforts,rarely related with the extraction of widely adopted CBD biodiversity indicators. Furthermore,systematic operational use of remote sensing data by managing authorities has stillbeen limited. In this study, the Aichi targets and the related CBD indicators whose monitoringcan be facilitated by remote sensing are identified. For each headline indicator anumber of recent remote sensing approaches able for the extraction of related propertiesare reviewed. Methods cover a wide range of fields, including: habitat extent and conditionmonitoring; species distribution; pressures from unsustainable management, pollution andclimate change; ecosystem service monitoring; and conservation status assessment of protectedareas. The advantages and limitations of different remote sensing data and algorithmsare discussed. Sorting of the methods based on their reported accuracies is attempted, whenpossible. The extensive literature survey aims at reviewing highly performing methods thatcan be used for large-area, effective, and timely biodiversity assessment, to encourage themore systematic use of remote sensing solutions in monitoring progress towards the Aichitargets, and to decrease the gaps between the remote sensing and management communities.
AU  - Petrou,ZI
AU  - Manakos,I
AU  - Stathaki,T
DO  - 10.1007/s10531-015-0947-z
EP  - 2363
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1572-9710
SP  - 2333
TI  - Remote sensing for biodiversity monitoring: a review of methods for biodiversity indicator extraction and assessment of progress towards international targets
T2  - Biodiversity and Conservation
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0947-z
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53344
VL  - 24
ER  -
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