December 2019: An important part of the project has been the post-project legacy, ensuring that the tools and expertise are available in the UKOTs to update the broad-scale habitat maps, refresh aerial imagery datasets (through flying new drone mapping missions), and creating new fine-scale habitat maps. This long-term coastal habitat mapping and monitoring handbook was created to provide an overview of the Earth Observation (EO) and subtidal mapping technologies used in the Coastal Habitat Mapping project. It features examples from work undertaken in the Falkland Islands & South Georgia.
November 2019: A final project workshop was hosted by JNCC in Peterborough, UK. The aim of this workshop was three-fold, to (1) provide an overview of the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project and reflect on its key outputs, (2) fulfil the projects legacy objective, by exploring ideas for the practical future application of spatial tools and frameworks developed through the project, and (3) provide a dedicated horizon scanning session to facilitate the development of future project concepts. A report from this final project workshop is available here.
30th September 2019: Dr Gwawr Jones, a partner of the Coastal Mapping project, writes about the times she has spent in the Falklands
23rd September 2019: The DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project manager Neil Golding gave the new Harbour Lights Cinema’s inaugural public talk, all about the projects collaborative expedition to South Georgia, titled “South Georgia, from Air, Land and Sea”
September 2019: An article published in Archaeology Magazine (a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America) on the South Georgia Archaeological Project expedition to South Georgia, supported by the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project
July 2019: As part of the Coastal Habitat Mapping training workshop, a series of videos were created as part of the workshop, and covers the various topics that were discussed.
July 2019: Over the last two years, the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project developed a range of tools and methods to model, map and monitor the coastal margins of both the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. An important component of the Coastal Habitat Mapping project’s legacy was the transfer of this knowledge to relevant individuals in both Territories, and a dedicated workshop facilitated this transfer. The report from the training workshop can be found here.
In July 2019, Neil Golding presented a DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project update at the Rural Business Association’s Farmers Week
25th June 2019: Enjoy some drone imagery highlights from South Georgia, captured by the SAERI Darwin DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project manager Neil Golding during the South Georgia Archaeological Project expedition to South Georgia in February & March 2019 (Regulated Activity Permit: 2019/002). As well as collecting imagery and ground validation data to help support the mapping of South Georgia’s coastal margins, Neil also supported the archaeological team in its mission to uncover and discover more about South Georgia’s 19th century sealing industry. A big thank you to Iridium Communications and MailASail Satellite Communications for generously supporting the expedition, and for making the drone mapping possible
The Darwin (DPLUS065) Coastal Habitat Mapping project got a mention in the June 2019 edition of the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands newsletter. Read it here: http://www.gov.gs/june-19/
24th May 2019: A short video case study produced by http://www.springcreekconservation.com/ for https://www.iridium.com/, highlighting the contribution and support provided by Iridium Communications to the South Georgia Archaeological Project and the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project expedition to South Georgia island in February & March 2019
A short review of existing, relevant stakeholder groups, and associated data creation/management initiatives and protocols within the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, and a consideration of how the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project could integrate and expand these current initiatives is available here
A letter of thanks received from the South Georgia Heritage Trust for the support provided through the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project for the South Georgia Archaeological Project expedition to South Georgia in February & March 2019
The article ‘Using drones to map South Georgia’s coastal habitats’ was published on the Penguin News on the 5th April 2019
Project manager, Neil Golding, and the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project provided aerial mapping support to the South Georgia Archaeological Project expedition in February/March 2019. This is described on the article ‘Tracing the birth of a global economy’ published on the Penguin News on the 5th April 2019
April 2019: A new aerial perspective of South Georgia’s coastal habitats – SGA Newsletter.
The article ‘South Georgia Archaeological Expedition 2019: collection of news from the field’ published by South Georgia Heritage Trust, includes the contribution to the expedition made by the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project.
March 2019: the report from a Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) pilot for the Falkland Islands undertaken by Environment Systems on behalf of the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project, validated using data collected by the project.
The presentation ‘Mapping the coastal margins of the Falklands & South Georgia’ given to the Environment Committee was held on the 20th February 2019
The article ‘Using drones to create fine scale models of minefields’ was published on the Penguin News on 15th February 2019
The report from the fine-scale habitat mapping stakeholder prioritisation workshop for the Falkland Islands is now available to download here
Bran Black, a grad student from Oregon State University recently visited the Falklands and joined project manager Neil Golding to finish island-wide maps based on satellite imagery for both the Falklands and South Georgia, as well as to help create the more detailed maps of localized areas of interest. Bran wrote a blog sharing her experience on the islands and working with SAERI
The report from the fine-scale habitat mapping stakeholder prioritisation workshop for South Georgia is now available to download here
Shackleton Scholar, Nicole Durfee from Oregon State University, leads a series of talks and workshops about drones, in conjunction with the DPLUS065 Coastal Habitat Mapping project
The article ‘Drones as a tool for our future – drone expert to visit the Falkland Islands’ was circulated on the SAERI network on 21st November 2018
The article ‘Mapping South Georgia’s dynamic coastal margin‘ was posted on the South Georgia Association Newsletter #34 on April 2018
