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With ever-increasing demand for precise and comprehensive data, hyperspectral imaging has emerged as a beacon of innovation, illuminating aspects of the world invisible to the naked eye. This article explores the intricacies and possibilities hyperspectral data offers across various sectors, from environmental monitoring to agriculture and mining, highlighting the technology’s benefits and the complexities involved in its utilization. https://lnkd.in/ehS6giwY #ClimateAction #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #Environment #Biodiversity #EcoFriendly #Conservation #ClimateChange #climatechangesolutions

This is an interesting post for any organisation considering using hyperspectral data for environmental or biodiversity projects; it provides great insights into the immense potential as well as the pitfalls and challenges of working with such a complex data set. #hyperspectral #hyperspectralimaging #Environment #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Sustainability #ClimateAction

I'm happy to share that one of my paper got published online in Resource Conservation and Recycling Advances (Q1) #research #phd #concrete #LC3

🌱 Attended an exciting webinar on "Soil Carbon Footprints to Identify Climate-Smart Soils for Carbon Trading," organized by the Centre of Excellence on Watershed Management (CoEWM). This insightful session explored the concept of quasi-equilibrium values and their role in understanding the potential of soils to sequester carbon. It also emphasized the importance of maintaining a balance between #organic and #inorganic #carbon in soils to enhance carbon sequestration and sustainability 🌍. #SoilHealth #CarbonSequestration #ClimateSmartAgriculture #CarbonTrading #Sustainability #SoilScience

Our new chapter on Phytoremediation of contaminated soils using halophytes is now available: The halophytes have a great and special potential to grow in contaminated and saline areas. They can work as bioaccumulate potentially toxic elements present in the soil as a phytoremediation strategy. 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 https://lnkd.in/ezCNgB-V

Buildings and forests are effective carbon sinks at gigaton scales and more importantly our future built environments can support biodiversity and compensate for what we have done in the past by mining forests for dimensional lumber, even if we promise CLT and its reuse going forward. Most of the last century of old growth harvested is still in the built environment in the form of the wood products that we traditionally built our homes from and that material will be incinerated or landfilled as obsolete and inefficient infrastructure gets demolished. There is a third option. Harvesting wood for consumer products has always been incredibly inefficient, better at producing vast quantities of solid waste derived biofuels than actually producing first generation consumer products. The current mainstream narrative that we can simply harvest and waste more to produce a relatively slight improvement is another form of hopium. What if that 150 year material timeline for stored biometric carbon in buildings could be extended indefinitely by re-harvesting the 100 gigatons of waste now coming from across the material universe and it gets used for building efficient biodiverse environments.

After spending a few weeks on site, we have realised so many biodiversity offsetting opportunities as part of the mine closure planning assessments. We as leaders in the mining industry have made landmark commitments to support the natural environment by protecting our pristine areas and to halt biodiversity loss at all mine sites. Nature Positive refers to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by achieving measurable gains in the health, abundance, diversity, and resilience of species, ecosystems, and natural processes. The goal is to become nature-positive by 2030, measured against a 2020 baseline. Integrating nature-positive actions into closure planning is essential for responsible mine management. Some steps to consider include: -         Screening and assessment: Nature-positive actions (like ecosystem restoration and environmental markets) should undergo the same rigorous screening as other projects -         Co-benefits from biodiversity restoration (Social, economic and compliance) -         Monitoring and adaptive management: Regularly assess the effectiveness of nature-positive actions during closure and adjustment of strategies based on monitoring results #Closure #MineClosurePlanning #NaturePositive #IntegratedClosure

The image is a satellite view of the African continent with an overlay that indicates the direct drivers of deforestation from the year 2001-2021. Different colors represent various causes such as pasture, mining, small-scale cropland, roads, and various plantations like coffee, tea, and oil palm. This kind of map would be used in environmental studies to understand the impact of human activities on forest cover and to monitor changes in land use over time. It is evident that deforestation is not uniform across the continent and is instead concentrated in specific areas, likely reflecting the economic activities in those regions. Policymakers, conservationists, and researchers could use this map to target conservation efforts, plan sustainable land management, and mitigate the impact of deforestation. Link to the published research article: https://lnkd.in/d35GUkxH

Why Value #Indigenous Trees Indigenous trees are a very #important aspect when it comes to our #ecosystems. They provide a range of environmental, social, and economic benefits. Indigenous trees have #evolved over years and have #adapted to specific local #conditions and this enables them to #support the #diverseecosystems that depend on trees. The #preservation of indigenous tree species is therefore increasingly crucial in the face of #environmentalchallenges. 

During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it has proven to be one of the most cost-effective nature-based solutions to reduce and mitigate the effects of climate change. Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon pool and this soil component is one of the key factors in soil health and therefore contributes to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 15, "Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss" https://lnkd.in/gQ9pHHWZ