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World Environment Day and International Synthesis Project: Collaborative Research at Krkonoše National Park
International Synthesis Project: Collaborative Research at Krkonoše National Park In an innovative and interdisciplinary effort, PhD and master’s students from various institutions and countries convened at Krkonoše National Park for a unique synthesis project. This initiative aimed to harness the diverse disciplinary backgrounds of the participants to develop novel research ideas and address pertinent questions…
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World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics
CZU Joins the Global Project: WORLD ECOSYSTEM EXTENT DYNAMICS (WEED) CZU (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague) has become an integral part of the groundbreaking project, WORLD ECOSYSTEM EXTENT DYNAMICS (WEED). This ambitious initiative, aimed at enhancing global ecosystem mapping and monitoring through advanced cloud-based tools, is organized into two distinct phases. Phase 1: Building…
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EarthBridge in Clover Day in Velke Hostěrádky
The EarthBridge project proudly participated in the „Clover Day“, event held on Saturday, May 18th, in Velké Hostěrádky, Czechia. The event, which welcomed hundreds of participants, aimed to present organic agricultural land and officially open a new biodiversity trail, a collaborative effort with the FRAMEWORK H2020 project. The 7 km trail offers breathtaking views of…
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CZU researchers in Bologna
A group of three researchers from CZU, namely Vítězslav Moudrý, Kateřina Gdulová, and Jiří Prošek, visited the University of Bologna in April 2024. The main aim was to collaborate with Professors Duccio Rocchini and Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, along with Matilde Martini, on two common topics: the quality of input data in species distribution modeling and…
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GEDI
Thanks to #EarthBridge we had the pleasure of hosting Matthias Forkel and Xiao Liu from the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at TUD. Our discussion was mainly about the Global Ecosystems Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) data. Up to now, the group at CZU has primarily focused on evaluating the measurements, while Xiao and Matthias have…
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“Flower power”
Michela Perrone’s latest article about How flowering affects spectral diversity metrics and their relationship with plant diversity. 🌸🌿 Introduction: Challenges in Biodiversity Monitoring Biodiversity monitoring, especially in dynamic ecosystems like grasslands, presents significant challenges due to the high costs and labor involved in traditional field methods. Recent research suggests that spectral diversity (SD), measured through…
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Visit of Malaga
At the beginning of April, Vitezslav Moudry and Jan Komarek visited the University of Málaga (UMA) workplace. The first was the KHAOS group (https://khaos.uma.es/), represented by Dr. Virginia Garcia (Remote Sensing expert), and the second was ITIS (https://itis.uma.es/), represented by Prof. Pedro Merino (Internet services on mobile networks). The visit aimed to strengthen mutual relations…
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Exploring New Frontiers in Bird Diversity Modeling
Objective: Testing Unclassified Multispectral Data for Bird Species RichnessThe study investigates whether unclassified multispectral data from Landsat 8 can replace classified land cover data for bird species richness modeling and tests the Spectral Variability Hypothesis (SVH). Using bird data from the Czech Republic’s 2014–2017 Atlas of Breeding Birds, the authors modeled species richness at two…
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Tisá – partners‘ meeting
During our partners’meeting in Tisá (13-15 March 2024) we delved into some crucial discussions and made significant progress towards our shared goals. First and foremost, we discussed the development of a comprehensive handbook for stakeholders. This handbook will serve as a vital resource, providing guidance and information for all those involved in our project. One…
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UBO has joined the EarthBridge team.
As of March 1, 2024 the university of Bonn has joined the EarthBridge project. The leader of the UBO team is Anna Cord. She and her collegue Rubben moved to Bonn. Welcome on board!