Starting conference SeaForest LIFE
SEAFORESTLIFE STARTING CONFERENCE - SEA FORESTS: conserve Posidonia oceanica to combat climate change
The initial conference of the SeaForest LIFE project will take place on 30 September 2019, in Rome at the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) in Via Brancati 48.
The event will focus on the aims and objectives of the project, illustrating the potential of Posidonia in Italian protected areas belonging to the Natura 2000 network. These environments are in fact an opportunity for the environment and the community. Good practices for their proper management will be discussed and shared.
ONGOING SEISMIC SURVEYS
The project partner CNR - IAS of Oristano (Institute for the study of anthropogenic impacts and sustainability in the marine environment) is processing seismic data in the area of the National Park of the La Maddalena Archipelago . These data will be useful for some project actions: A1 (Quantification of carbon deposits and rate of change in relation to habitat degradation), A1.1 (Cartography and characterization of the 1120 * habitat for the protected areas involved in the project); C2 (Definition of Good Practices for the Conservation of Habitat 1120 *: Management Plan for Anchors and Moorings), C3 (Definition of Good Practices for Conservation of the 1120 Habitat *: Interventions on Moorings). The elaboration will also be useful to provide information on the conservation of the Posidonia oceanica habitat and for the management of anchorages and moorings.
The illustrated seismic section shows the main acoustic facies detected in the Porto della Madonna (La Maddalena National Park, Sardinia)
SeaForest LIFE: WORK IN PROGRESS...
ISPRA, one of the partners of the SeaForest LIFE project, is processing high resolution Pleiades multispectral satellite images, to update the distribution of Posidonia oceanica grasslands in the parks involved in the project: La Maddalena Archipelago National Park, Asinara National Park and the Cilento National Park, Vallo di Diano and Alburni. The Pleiades satellite images were previously corrected with the radiometric correction algorithm of the water column, using the Lyzenga 1978 method "depth-invariant index". The mapping of the P. oceanica meadows was carried out with the classification software object oriented Ecognition.
The updated data on the distribution of the Posidonian meadows were compared with the mapping of marine phanerogams financed by the Ministry of the Environment and dating back to 1999. Both mapping datasets will be used to estimate the production of Blue Carbon and Carbonsink using the Invest model "Natural Capital Project”.
Asinara National Park: Color orthophoto year 2000 (WMS service National cartographic portal)
Asinara National Park: Pleiades Multispectral Satellite image 2018 (PANDA ESA service - Copernicus)
Asinara National Park: updated cartography regarding Posidonia oceanica meadows distribution
The new brochure of SEAFOREST LIFE is online!
The new brochure of SEAFOREST LIFE is available online! If you wish to download it, you can find it here.
SEAFOREST LIFE @ Slow Fish in Genoa on May 10th!
SEAFOREST LIFE partecipated at the event Slow Fish in Genoa, on the 10th of May!
Slow Fish is an event completely dedicated to the sea, its economy and sustainable fishing. The theme of the 2019 edition was "The Sea: the common good". Many topics related to the environment and climate change have been presented, and it is here that the SEA FOREST project has been inserted, with a space in which we have told our commitment to the protection of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and the fight against climate change in act.
