Project description
Growing solutions for forest and biodiversity protection
The protection of forests and cultural resources, along with the preservation of biodiversity, presents significant challenges for humanity. To address these, regular and systematic inventories of natural resources are essential. In this context, the EU-funded E-FORESTER (Effective FOrest Research Electronic System Terrain Exploration Rover) project aims to develop an autonomous rover that can navigate diverse environments and collect critical data on forest ecosystems. By fostering an international team of foresters, biologists, archaeologists, engineers and machine learning experts, E-FORESTER seeks to meet the goals of the European Green Deal. This innovative rover will continuously monitor forests, document species and identify archaeological relics whilst complying with the Natura 2000 network and Valetta Convention recommendations.
Objective
The need to protect forests and cultural resources and preserve biodiversity are among the basic challenges of mankind. A step towards the effective implementation of these tasks is conducting the periodic, systematic inventory of naturThe need to protect forests and cultural resources and preserve biodiversity are among the basic challenges of mankind. A step towards the effective implementation of these tasks is conducting the periodic, systematic inventory of natural resources and their constant monitoring. Such activities require modern tools to assist in protecting the most valuable natural resources, including forests. In terms of monitoring and inventory of forests, there is planned an autonomous device, capable of navigating in a diverse environment and recording a wide variety of data. The main aim of E-FORESTER (Effective FOrest Research Electronic System Terrain Exploration Rover) project is to create and integrate, through staff exchange, an international team capable of responding to the challenges posed by the European Green Deal in the field of forestry. Such a large-scale project requires the selection and cooperation of an interdisciplinary team, which will include foresters, fauna and flora specialists, archaeologists, as well as engineers and machine learning analysts. The result of their work should be a rover with research tools, capable of operating continuously, regardless of terrain diversity and weather conditions, providing data and cartographic materials constituting documentation presenting the diversity of the forest environment. By detailed documenting plant and animal species, and through appropriate algorithms, also natural habitats, the project should also meet the challenges posed by of the European Union's tasks, which is the Natura 2000 network. Identification of archaeological relics through non-invasive methods will fulfil Valetta Convention (1992) recommendations and open a new area for archaeological/historical investigations.
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- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries forestry
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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1096 Nicosia
Cyprus
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