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ECOPOTENTIAL is a large European H2020 project focused on the use of Earth Observation (EO) data for monitoring natural ecosystems in a number of European and a few non-European protected areas spanning a wide range of biogeographical regions. ECOPOTENTIAL is a major contributor to the GEO ECO Initiative and to EuroGEOSS. The ECOPOTENTIAL project intends to analyse long-term and present environmental changes that affect the health state of ecosystems and the services they provide, to address future conservation scenarios. Value added products, essential variables from EO as well as meteoclimatic data are ingested into suitable modelling approaches. Major findings useful for reporting on SDG 15 will be discussed.

The event will address the following question:

How can ECOPOTENTIAL  achievements contribute to:

• Understand the effects of climate change on ecosystems;
• Define and monitor resilience indicators and Essential Variables;
• Data cube exploitation: linking the past (time series analysis) to future scenario modelling;
• Provide insights for nature based solutions;
• Support Sustainable Development Goals (SDG15 and others);

Programme

 Chair P. Blonda (CNR)

1. Preliminaries  
   • Side event objective and proposed discussion themes (Palma Blonda - CNR) [5 min]
   • The ECOPOTENTIAL project goals (Carmela Marangi - CNR) [5 min]
   • GEO ECO: motivation (Joan Masò - CREAF) [5 min]
2. EO change detection - Chair: S. Gamberini (CNR)
   • Ecosystem change detection: why and how through EODESM and FAO-LCCS. The present (Palma Blonda - CNR) [5 min]
   • From land cover to land use for ecosystem monitoring through FAO-LCML. The future (A. Di Gregorio-FAO Consultant) [15 min]
   • EV change detection for biodiversity monitoring (Letitia Navarro – GEOBON) [10 min]
3. Products for GEO ECO
   • From EODESM to the Virtual Lab (Paolo Mazzetti and Mattia Santoro - CNR video) [10 min]
   • Standardized global ecosystem mapping for terrestrial, freshwater, and marine domains - The GEO ECO approach (Roger Sayre - USGS) [10 min]
   • EO products for ecosystem modelling at regional scale (Carmela Marangi - CNR) [10 min]
   • Past and future snow cover changes in the Alps and driving mechanisms (Elisa Palazzi - CNR) [5 min]
   • Snow cover evolution using the Swiss Data Cube in Gran Paradiso (Gregory Giuliani-UnepGRID) [10 min]
4. Perspectives
   • After ECOPOTENTIAL: what comes next (Silvia Giamberini - CNR) [5 min]
   • What else for contributing to  SDG15 (Douglas Cripe- Geosec) [10 min]
5. Final Discussion [10 min] – lead by Palma Blonda (CNR) and Joan Masò (CREAF)

Organizers

National Research Council of Italy (H2020 ECOPOTENTIAL Coordinator)

Contact

Antonello Provenzale (antonello.provenzale@cnr.it)