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Project Code [2009-PhD-ET-6]
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Project title
Remote sensing of grasslands for evaluating compliance with key environmental legislation
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University College Dublin (UCD)
Lead Applicant
Nicholas Holden
Project Abstract
In Ireland grasslands are extensive covering 51.4% of the country. Recent legislative instruments (The Kyoto protocol, the Nitrates Directive and REPS ) implemented at global, European and national scales impinge on grassland agriculture. There are issues with monitoring compliance to these instruments because of the spatial extent of Irish grasslands. Remote sensing offers methodologies that can be used to monitor compliance with the above instruments. This research will focus on the development of a low cost remote sensing tool for reliable, rapid, spatially extensive quantification of clover, the presence of slurry applied to fields and habitats diversity.
Grant Approved
�95,000.00
Research Hub
Natural Environment
Research Theme
Soils and Land-Use
Initial Projected Completion Date
01/10/2012