Identification

Title

Cost effective methods to measure extent and condition of habitats: Earth Observation Phase 3

Alternative title(s)

Project Code WC1082

Abstract

Report contains data that can be used under Open Government Licence. Phase 1 of the Making Earth observation work for conservation series of research projects created the Crick Framework, which demonstrated ways that remote sensing technologies could be used to report on extent and condition of Annex 1 and Priority Habitats. Phase 2 refined the framework to produce a user’s guide and undertook practical trials of some technologies to see if they met expectations. This Phase 3 project aims to extend the work, building on existing knowledge and maps, to describe and map selected upland areas in the UK, looking in particular at the phenotypic manifestations of the communities of interest in relation to Earth Observation (EO). This project will trial and develop the object orientated rule base approach, to transfer the ecological manifestation of the habitats in upland areas to further develop the rule base approach. It will provide a business case for national roll out for further consideration by policy makers in collaboration with other works that are ongoing for Countryside Survey. A strategic mapping pilot of upland areas will be undertaken to assess the transferability of object orientated rule base mapping to an area where the habitats and context in which they are found are very different. It will make full use of available ancillary data. The work will include as assessment of the economic and practical application, and give critical evaluation of the methods and uncertainties. This work would test the adaptability of the technique to incorporate enough ecological variation to support a more strategic rollout at a national or UK wide scale. The project will involve a Knowledge Exchange component to ensure that potential users are aware of the potential and engaged in development of this. It is directly relevant to priority actions stated in Biodiversity 2020 to put robust, reliable and more co-ordinated arrangements in place, to monitor changes in the state of biodiversity and also the flow of benefits and services it provides us, to ensure that we can assess the outcomes of this strategy. Attribution statement:

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=18867&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=WC1082&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10#Description

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

description: link to report and data.

Unique resource identifier

code

17f1f7c2-0c92-4ec1-86ea-b4d67dbeb2cf

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

Environment

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.7

East bounding longitude

1.8

North bounding latitude

55.8

South bounding latitude

50

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2015-03-01

End position

2015-03-02

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2015-03-02

date type

publication

effective date

2015-03-02

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data created by contractor during production of report.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Portable Document Format - Standardized (PDF)

version of format

Version 11

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

email address

open@defra.gov.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

description: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

email address

open@defra.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-08-28

Metadata language

eng