The forest, environmental and agri -food unit command of the carabinieri participated in Biospace25, the first international conference on satellite remoteness of biodiversity organized by ESA. During the event, the forest carabinieri presented the Italian case, underlining the role of the national forestry inventory in the sustainable management of the territory
Biospace25: an event dedicated to satellite remoteeling
The Biospace25 conference, held in Frascati on February 14, was oganized by theESA (European Space Agency) and its international partners. The meeting saw the participation of scientists, ecologists, satellite monitoring professionals and representatives of governments and NGOs. The event was entirely dedicated to the application of satellite remoteeling (SRS) for biodiversity, with a focus on terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
The role of the forest carabinieri: the project “Smart Forest Monitoring”
Among the participating entities, the Forestry, environmental and agri -food carabinieri unit command illustrated its activities to detect forest resources. All within the project “Smart Forest Monitoring”. The program, developed with the contribution of important Italian research institutes and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of Boston, has the purpose of improving the quality of the Forest monitoring through advanced technologies.
Presentation of the Italian national forestry inventory
During the conference, the scientific committee ofItalian Forestry Inventorycomposed of CREA (Council for Research in Agriculture and Analysis of the Agricultural Economy), the Italian Academy of Forest Sciences e Ispra (Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), under the coordination of the Forestry Carabinieri, presented the document “Earth Observation in the framework of the Italian National Forest Inventory for Biodiversity Monitoring”.
The report is underlined that the monitoring of forest resources by the national forest inventories is a crucial tool in many countries for the management of the territory and an in -depth evaluation of the health of the forests.
In the Italian case, with the new Italian national forest inventory – IFNI, scheduled for the year 2025, in addition to traditional forestry measures, new variables have been introduced for the monitoring of biodiversity, including the presence and abundance of microhabitats related to trees, epiphytes and vegetable morphological groups.
Advanced technologies for forests monitoring
A central aspect of the presentation was the use of Earth Observation Technologies For a complete mapping of forest variables. The integration of satellite data and terrestrial reliefs will allow to improve the precision of estimates and to simplify field work. The implementation of advanced remote control tools represents a step forward in the sustainable management of forests and in the protection of biodiversity.