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Monitoring albatrosses using very high resolution satellites and citizen science

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Darwin Plus
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£87,246
WHERE ICON
WHERE
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Summary

Monitoring the world’s threatened albatross species is challenging because of their remote nesting locations, making ground or aerial surveys expensive, infrequent and often incomplete. In this project, we will launch a citizen science campaign, using 31-cm resolution satellite imagery to count wandering albatrosses on South Georgia and Tristan albatrosses on Gough Island directly from space. Counts will be used to develop an automated, standardised and efficient monitoring protocol for future satellite surveys, greatly improving our understanding of archipelago-wide population dynamics.
 
Status Current
Reference DPLUS132
Round 9
Start 01/12/2021
End 30/11/2023

Project Leader


Project Partners
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)


Regions
UKOT

Biomes
ISLAND BIODIVERSITY

Production
FISHERIES

Threats To Biodiversity
INVASIVE SPECIES

Broad Approches
SPECIES CONSERVATION, IN SITU, GENERAL MEASURES, POLICY

Specific Tools
PARTICIPATORY, CEPA, MONITORING, NBSAP

Countries
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Conventions
CBD CITES

Documents:
Download: Half Year Report - DPLUS132 HYR3 - 12/02/2024

Download: Annual Report - DPLUS132 AR1 - 17/01/2023

Download: Application Form - DPLUS132 App - 21/06/2021