Environmental Conservation
Environmental Conservation
The protection and preservation of natural landscapes requires an inventory of the areas to be protected and knowledge of the changes to the area over time. In addition to protection of floodplains and renaturalization of old river arms, marshlands and moors have become increasingly relevant for international nature conservation over the last few decades. Attempts are currently underway to renaturalize many moors, which are denaturalized due to drainage and subsequent uses such as forestation, peat digging and agriculture, for example. For a carefully targeted development of nature conservation strategies, including revitalization of marshlands and moors, detailed geographical data about the surface of the land and vegetation are essential.
With the aid of aerial laser scanning technology, highly precise surface and terrain models can be created for areas relevant to nature conservation - even in regions that are difficult to access due to unapproachable or marshy terrain.
Dornacher Ried, true ortho image RGB
© Pro Regio Oberschwaben, Germany
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Dornacher Ried, true ortho image CIR
© Pro Regio Oberschwaben, Germany
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Photo Dornacher Ried
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Possible applications of laser scanner data from marshlands and other ecological areas-at-risk include:
- Taking stock of the surface
- Documentation of changes
- Revitalization and regeneration measures
- Management and development planning
- Basic ecological studies and success checks
- Measures for re-flooding capability
- Planning of damming systems and measuring point concept
- Modeling of optimum dam heights
- Identification of subsidence and shrinkage areas
- Recording of peat loss and resaturation
- Moorland charting
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