Intelligent models and methods for determining land degradation indicators based on satellite data

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Project within the NRFU competition “Science for the safety of human and society”

Project duration: 2020-2021

Supervisor: prof. Andrii Shelestov

Project abstract

The problem of land degradation is relevant today. Many signs of land degradation, such as declining crop yields, deforestation identification or uncultivated land cultivation, can be tracked using satellite data, in particular vegetation indices.… Continue reading

Amazon-GEO

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Project name: Methodology for SDGs indicators assessment

Acquirer: Group on Earth Observation

Project leader from Ukraine: PhD, prof. Nataliia Kussul

Period of execution: 2019 – 2022

Link to the program description: https://www.earthobservations.org/aws.php

About project

As part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI), the program allows remote sensing of the Earth and the creation of applications to support sustainable development, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.… Continue reading

H2020 ERA-PLANET GEOEssential

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Acquirer: European Commission

Project leader from Ukraine: Prof. Nataliia Kussul

Project Coordinator: Anthony Lehmann, Université de Genève, Switzerland

Duration: 01.09.2017 – 31.08.2020

Project Overview

GEOEssential (Essential Variables workflows for resource efficiency and environmental management)  is addressing the need for trusted sources of data and information to monitor the progresses made on environmental conditions towards policy targets.… Continue reading

H2020 ERA-PLANET SMURBS

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Acquirer: European Commission

Project leader from Ukraine: Prof. Nataliia Kussul, Prof. Andrii Shelestov

Project Coordinator: Evangelos Gerasopoulos, IERSD/National Observatory of Athens, Greece

Project Overview

SMart URBan Solutions for air quality, disasters and city growth (SMURBS) ultimate goal is to promote the “smart-city” approach, serving the need for a common approach to enhance environmental and societal resilience to specific urban pressures, through the integration of EO.… Continue reading

Deep Green Ukraine

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Acquirer: Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in partnership with the USAID / UK aid project “Transparency and Accountability in Public Management and Services / TAPAS”, Eastern Europe Foundation and 1991 Open Data Incubator

Organisations: National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Space Research Institute NAS Ukraine and SSA Ukraine (Department of Space Information Technologies and Systems), “Government Monitoring Center”(Kyiv), “Forest Initiatives and Society – LIiS – ForestCom”(Lviv)

Project leader of department: graduate student of the Institute of Physics and Technology in 2020 Leonid Shumilo

Duration: 2020 – 2021

About the project

The project aims to implement a monitoring system of the illegal deforestation presence based on open data from the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, the State Land Cadastre and satellite data.… Continue reading