[OSGeo-Announce] OS guidebook on lidar and conservation by WWF

[Jorge Sanz]

Dear OSGEO community,

WWF-UK has compiled easy-to-read guidelines related to the practical use of
LiDAR remote sensing in conservation and ecological research. The main
argument behind creating these guidelines was that as vegetation and
terrain structure has been known to determine habitat quality, lidar
could/should be used more widely in these disciplines as it provides data
about this structure on a sub-meter scale. Especially since nowadays
numerous countries are making their nationwide lidar datasets open-access.
In a nutshell, the guidelines introduce lidar, help one decide if it is
right for their needs and then provide key information needed when using
it: programs to use, what have other people done with it, where to get data
etc.. All the material is found from the newly launched webpages:

https://www.wwf.org.uk/conservationtechnology/

where you will also find useful FAQs (this is the one for lidar):

https://www.wwf.org.uk/conservationtechnology/lidar-faq.html

that provide basic information on each of the conservation technologies
(lidar, camera trapping, acoustic monitoring). The FAQ is most suited for
those who are new to the technology and interested in learning whether it
might be suitable for their needs. All of the guidelines are also available
as peer-reviewed pdf files:

https://www.wwf.org.uk/conservationtechnology/documents/Lidar-WWF-guidelines.pdf

You may distribute the web-page and the guidelines and use them as you wish
for any teaching/research/general purposes as this is what we ultimately
hope you to do. Kind regards on behalf of WWF,

Dr. Markus Melin
mmelin at bournemouth.ac.uk
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Markus_Melin
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