Geospatial Intelligence for Environmental Compliace Assurance

Geospatial Intelligence Possible Contributions to Environmental Compliance Assurance - Demo Cases and Possible Users Interaction

Geospatial Intelligence for Environmental Protection Against Illegal Activities (GEOINT4ENV) is an activity funded by the EU Commission within the framework of the Caroline Herschel Framework Partnership Agreement for Copernicus User Uptake Programme (FPCUP). The activity focused on showcasing the potential of remote sensing for different fields of environmental pollution and other activities affecting the environment and to define suitable implementation options in close exchange with user groups. In this way, environmental protection agencies and NGOs were provided with an extended information and decision-making basis thanks to satellite remote sensing.

GEOINT4ENV was developed by a team involving experts from CBK PAN (Poland), CUT (Cyprus), German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) Potsdam, ISPRA Italy, Meteo Romania, Romanian Space Agency, with significant experience acquired while investigating the potential of satellite remote sensing for different aspects of environmental compliance assurance such as: illegal landfills, illegal building, unauthorised logging, illegal manure spreading, water pollution, air pollution.

The workshop addressed the Romanian organisations, took place in a hybrid format and was attended by 37 participants. The discussion was organised around the consideration of possible actions and resources that need to be planned or allocated for supporting the uptake of the activities described, as they relate to the application of the geospatial intelligence principles for supporting environmental compliance assurance in the sense defined in the EU Environmental Crime Directive. These related to data and instruments, legal framework, knowledge sharing and governance.

Workshop objectives and final agenda ar attached. For more information, please contact rosa-hq [at] rosa.ro.