OpenPAS

Evaluation of pasture conservation using open science, sensors, and machine learning

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Evaluation of pasture conservation using open science, sensors, and machine learning

Descripción

Grassland habitats of community interest play a fundamental role in shaping the landscape and maintaining biodiversity in the Sudoe area. This type of habitat is not only crucial for flora and fauna diversity, but also provides indispensable ecosystem services, acting as large carbon sinks, helping to prevent soil erosion, and contributing to water cycle regulation. Furthermore, their importance connects with key economic activities in rural environments, such as traditional grazing, extensive livestock farming, and other high-nature-value agricultural activities. Despite their legal protection and their consideration as types of Habitats of Community Interest for the purposes of the 1992 Habitats Directive, the conservation status of many of these grassland habitats is not entirely favorable, and they show degradation compared to previous periods. Among other reasons, the effects of climate change (droughts, alterations in precipitation and temperature patterns), pollution, changes in land use, and abandonment of traditional activities that shape this ecosystem, such as grazing, explain this trend. The development of smarter, more precise, and more affordable evaluation systems is a necessary step to improve the conservation status of grasslands, which will allow for preventive and comprehensive decision-making. Currently, the evaluation of the conservation status of habitats is usually carried out through field sampling, which can be invasive in highly fragile contexts, difficult to perform in remote areas, and entails a high cost. In this context, the objective of the OpenPAS project is to improve the methodology for evaluating the conservation status of grassland habitats of community interest by developing a tool based on remote sensing, image processing, and machine learning. This will allow natural space managers and other users to receive highly accurate and relevant information oriented towards decision-making.

Periodo de programación: 2021-2027
Convocatoria: 2nd call
Fecha de inicio: 01/06/2025
Fecha fin: 31/05/2028
Temática: Sustainable management of natural resources
Estado: On going
Público objetivos: 1 - Preserving Sudoe's natural capital and adapting to climate change
Prioridad: 1 - Preserving Sudoe's natural capital and adapting to climate change
Objetivo específico: SO 2.7 (...) Protection and preservation of nature / biodiversity / green infrastructure
Idiomas: English , Español
Países: France , Portugal , Spain
Regiones: Andalucía , Aquitaine (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) , Aragón , Castilla y León , Comunidad de Madrid , Midi-Pyrénées (Occitanie) , Norte
Coste subvencionable: 1.160.000,00 euros
Ayuda FEDER: 870.000,00 euros

Beneficiarios

Principal Beneficiary
Universidad Católica de Ávila, Facultad de Ciencias y Artes, Tecnologías y Métodos para la Gestión Sostenible del Medio Natural, Rural y Urbano (TEMSUS)

Nombre del beneficiario: Universidad Católica de Ávila, Facultad de Ciencias y Artes, Tecnologías y Métodos para la Gestión Sostenible del Medio Natural, Rural y Urbano (TEMSUS)

Región: Spain,Castilla y León,Ávila

Persona de contacto: Javier Velázquez Saornil

Email: [email protected]

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2 - GENERANDI, S.L.U

Nombre del beneficiario: GENERANDI, S.L.U

Región: Spain,Comunidad de Madrid,Madrid

Persona de contacto: Beatriz del Castillo Parra

Email: [email protected]

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3 - FUNDACIÓN MONTE MEDITERRÁNEO

Nombre del beneficiario: FUNDACIÓN MONTE MEDITERRÁNEO

Región: Spain,Andalucía,SANTA OLALLA DEL CALA

Persona de contacto: Juan Luis Gázquez Guerrero

Email: [email protected]

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4 - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología

Nombre del beneficiario: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología

Región: Spain,Aragón,Zaragoza

Persona de contacto: Yolanda Pueyo Estaún

Email: [email protected]

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5 - Floradata - Biodiversidade, Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, Lda

Nombre del beneficiario: Floradata - Biodiversidade, Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, Lda

Región: Portugal,Norte,Porto

Persona de contacto: Paulo Alves

Email: [email protected]

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6 - Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Minho

Nombre del beneficiario: Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Minho

Región: Portugal,Norte,Viana do Castelo

Persona de contacto: Sandra Estevens

Email: [email protected]

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7 - Association des éleveurs de Dordogne

Nombre del beneficiario: Association des éleveurs de Dordogne

Región: France,Aquitaine (Nouvelle Aquitaine),PERIGUEUX Cédex 9

Persona de contacto: Bruno Geneste

Email: [email protected]

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8 - Syndicat mixte d'aménagement et de gestion du Parc naturel régional des Causses du Quercy

Nombre del beneficiario: Syndicat mixte d'aménagement et de gestion du Parc naturel régional des Causses du Quercy

Región: France,Midi-Pyrénées (Occitanie),Coeur de Causse

Persona de contacto: Nils Brunet

Email: [email protected]

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