{"id":25869,"date":"2022-10-03T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=25869"},"modified":"2022-10-03T14:25:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:25:21","slug":"new-methods-of-biodiversity-monitoring-to-be-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/new-methods-of-biodiversity-monitoring-to-be-created\/25869\/","title":{"rendered":"New methods of biodiversity monitoring to be created"},"content":{"rendered":"
To create comprehensive EU policies, regularly updated, unbiased, and integrated ecosystem data is vital. However, current efforts to monitor animals and plants are spatially and temporally divided. With data and methods not integrated, a gap in biodiversity monitoring is created, negatively impacting policymaking. Biodiversity monitoring can be upgraded through the use of modern technologies such as drones, <\/span>Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/a> algorithms, and remote sensing. However, these technologies are not widely used at present. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To assist in this endeavour, the MAMBO project (Modern Approaches to the Monitoring of BiOdiversity) has been created to develop new methods of biodiversity monitoring in the EU and beyond. The project will help fill the knowledge gaps that exist when monitoring certain species and habitats.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The MAMBO project recognises that the gaps in biodiversity monitoring need to be filled, and thus aims to develop, test, and implement tools that monitor the conservation status and ecological requirements of species and habitats that have these existing gaps. To achieve this, a multi-disciplinary approach will be implemented, utilising the technical expertise of sectors such as computer science, remote sensing, social science expertise on human-technology interactions, environmental economy, and citizen science. Knowledge of species, ecology, and conservation biology will be combined with this expertise.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAbout the MAMBO project<\/h3>\n