EKPYDO - Forest Satellite Monitoring Against Illegal Logging
The natural environment and especially forest ecosystems are rapidly and extensively changing due to natural processes as well as intense human intervention. More specifically, illegal logging is a major concern in Greece over the last years as a result of the current economic situation and the dramatic increase in the cost of oil heating. Illegal logging in conjunction with the existing administrative scheme and the particularities of Northern Greece and the neighbouring countries geography, constitute forest monitoring highly problematic.
EKPYDO aspires to develop a systematic monitoring methodology building upon the combination of ICT tools in order to facilitate forest monitoring and the timely detection of illegal logging activities. The geographic focus of EKPYDO project is Central Macedonia forest ecosystems. The project will harness remote sensing techniques, Geographic Information Systems and image processing software to support and enhance forest management and protection practices. As a final outcome, EKPYDO will offer a prototype tool that could be utilised mainly by relevant forest authorities for every forest area of interest, enabling the identification of areas suffering from illegal logging activities, the improvement of forest management capacity and the development of more thorough decision-making mechanisms regarding forest protection measures.
EKPYDO project is co-funded by Greece and the European Union under the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2007-2013 - Action: "Strengthening employment of researchers in industry".
EKPYDO aspires to develop a systematic monitoring methodology building upon the combination of ICT tools in order to facilitate forest monitoring and the timely detection of illegal logging activities. The geographic focus of EKPYDO project is Central Macedonia forest ecosystems. The project will harness remote sensing techniques, Geographic Information Systems and image processing software to support and enhance forest management and protection practices. As a final outcome, EKPYDO will offer a prototype tool that could be utilised mainly by relevant forest authorities for every forest area of interest, enabling the identification of areas suffering from illegal logging activities, the improvement of forest management capacity and the development of more thorough decision-making mechanisms regarding forest protection measures.
EKPYDO project is co-funded by Greece and the European Union under the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2007-2013 - Action: "Strengthening employment of researchers in industry".
