The laboratory was established in 2022 to conduct research in ecology and geography. In its approaches, the team merges experimental methods of ground-based measurements of ecosystem functioning with the math-based methods of remote sensing (RS) data processing.
The main goal is to develop a set of approaches for RS data processing that will allow to use them most effectively as a source of information about landscape structure and organisation. Thereby, the key research focus of the lab is to develop methods for:
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Ivan Kotlov, a researcher at the laboratory, presented the report "Modeling the suitability of the habitats of the Central Asian leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica) in the Chechen Republic."
On November 7, 2024, the second seminar of the series "Spatial and temporal dynamics of a stand based on long-term measurements and remote information on the example of the Central Forest Biosphere Reserve" was held
On October 31, 2024, the first seminar of the series "Mapping of recreational infrastructure and calculation of recreational capacity of the Tunka National Park" was held
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From 2 to 7 September in the Central Forest Reserve (Tver region) a school for young researchers “Actual methods of landscape structure analysis based on remote sensing data, digital elevation models and field data” organized by the International Laboratory of Landscape Ecology was held. The School was attended by 24 students from 10 regions of the country, including three students from Belarus. The speakers of the School were the staff of the Laboratory, the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems (A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems, Moscow). A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IPEE RAS), Institute of Geography RAS (IG RAS), Central Forest Reserve.
From August 1 to August 12 the student expedition of the project “Rediscovering Russia” took place under the guidance of the head of the international laboratory of landscape ecology Robert Sandlersky and researcher Marina Tsydypova. Students of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies conducted research work in the territory of the Tunka National Park in order to map the objects of its infrastructure, as well as accounting and sociological surveys of recreationists within the framework of the park's preparation of a recreational activity plan.
In June-July of this year, the head of the laboratory, Robert Sandlersky, took part in long-term field studies of Mongolia's forest geosystems as part of the Joint Russian-Mongolian Integrated Biological Expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia.
In the beginning of June 2024, the annual conference of the European Society for Risk Analysis was held in Athens, organized by the Faculty of Geography of the Charokopio University of Athens (Greece).
The final workshop "What defines the High-Low Arctic tundra boundary, where it is and how to map it?" was held on 5 June 2024.
At the workshop, which took place on 29 May, an independent researcher, candidate of economic sciences Alexey Anatolievich Kotko spoke about modelling and economic valuation of ecosystem services.
On May 22, 2024, the next seminar "Mapping of disturbed peatlands for fire hazard assessment and implementation of climate projects using remote sensing data" was held.