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PILOT STUDY ON THE USE OF LANDSCAPE SCIENCES
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
A Science Framework for International Cooperation
Committee on the Challenges of Modern SocietyCommittee on the Challenges of Modern Society
North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Pilot Study will explore the potential of quantifying and assessing environmental condition, processes of land degradation, and subsequent impacts on natural and human resources, including security, by combining the advanced technologies of remote sensing, geographic information systems, spatial statistics, and process models with landscape ecology theory.
Pilot Study Goal
NATO/CCMS Pilot Study Objectives:
• To illustrate the utility of this approach in public health and environmental decision-making, planning and ecological preservation/restoration projects
• To demonstrate the use of landscape sciences for environmental assessment
Landscape Ecology
Landscape ecology is the study of the distribution patterns of communities and ecosystems, the ecological processes that affect those patterns, and changes in both pattern and process over time.
Environmental Assessment A process by which scientific evidence and technological information are analyzed for the purpose of evaluating present condition or forecasting the outcomes of alternative future courses of action.
Assessments related to socially relevant endpoints:
• Sustainability
(economic, environmental, and public health)
• Watershed condition
(water quality and quantity)
• Biodiversity
(wildlife habitat)
Emphasis Areas of the Pilot Study
Landscape characterization (land use/land cover)
Land cover change detection
Landscape indicators
Landscape theory and models
Landscape assessment
• Project proposal accepted at NATO/CCMS Plenary Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 22-23 March 2001
• First Organizational Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 3-5 April 2002
• 2nd Project Meeting, Kulturzentrum Salzau, Germany, 19-21 November 2002
• 3rd Project Meeting, Debe, Poland, 3-5 September 2003
• 4th Project Meeting, Lecce, Italy, 5-9 September 2004
• 5th Project Meeting, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria, 4-8 September 2005
Landscape Sciences Pilot Study History
• Workshops/Conferences• Published Conference Proceedings• Digital maps, analytical tools, models,
and database summaries• NATO/CCMS Report with national project summaries
Proposed Products
National Participants:National Participants:
Austria ItalyAustria Italy Romania Romania
Bulgaria LatviaBulgaria Latvia Russian FederationRussian Federation
Finland LithuaniaFinland Lithuania TurkeyTurkey
Georgia NorwayGeorgia Norway UkraineUkraine
Germany PolandGermany Poland United StatesUnited States
Australia: Non-member
Further information on the Use of Landscape Sciences Further information on the Use of Landscape Sciences for Environmental Assessment can be obtained fromfor Environmental Assessment can be obtained from:
William KepnerWilliam KepnerU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Las Vegas, Nevada, USAand Development, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
kepner.william@epa.govkepner.william@epa.gov
Felix MuellerFelix MuellerEcology Center, University of Kiel, GermanyEcology Center, University of Kiel, Germany
felix@ecology.uni-kiel.defelix@ecology.uni-kiel.de
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