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From Abandonment to Opportunity: Alexander V. Prishchepov Discusses Global Land Abandonment at the EORC

What are the main drivers and global patterns of farmland abandonment? How can remote sensing help address the challenges of studying farmland abandonment? In what ways might abandoned farmland contribute to biodiversity conservation and carbon reduction? These...

Visit at the Institute for Geoinformatics (IFGI) at University of Münster

Two days ago, our PostDoc Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann visited the Institute for Geoinformatics at University of Münster to give a talk at IFGI’s GI Forum titled “Can animals be used to classify land use? Employing movement-tracked animals as environmental informants using deep learning”.

New publication on how tree size, neighbourhood composition and structure affect vitality of European beech after extreme drought

Our EO4CAM staff member Julia Rieder from the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) has just published an exciting new study in Forest Ecology and Management, based on the BeechDecline project coordinated by TU Dresden, in collaboration with colleagues from the...

Master Thesis Defense: „Comparing LiDAR-Based Acquisition Strategies for Forest Management Planning in a Mature Beech Stand”

On November 11, 2025, Sonja Maas will defend her master thesis on “Comparing LiDAR-Based Acquisition Strategies for Forest Management Planning in a Mature Beech Stand” at 12:30 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Forests are inherently...

Dr. Ines Standfuß and Dr. Jeroen Staab were honored by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)

At the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and at our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) at the University in Würzburg, we are proud of the achievements of our former doctoral researchers. Recently Dr. Ines Standfuß and Dr....

Guest lecture on UAV remote sensing of the cryosphere at UNIS, Svalbard

In the last two weeks, EORC employees Sebastian Buchelt and Jakob Schwalb-Willmann traveled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. There, they were hosted by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in...

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December 19, 2019

From Abandonment to Opportunity: Alexander V. Prishchepov Discusses Global Land Abandonment at the EORC

Visit at the Institute for Geoinformatics (IFGI) at University of Münster

New publication on how tree size, neighbourhood composition and structure affect vitality of European beech after extreme drought

Master Thesis Defense: „Comparing LiDAR-Based Acquisition Strategies for Forest Management Planning in a Mature Beech Stand”

Dr. Ines Standfuß and Dr. Jeroen Staab were honored by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)

Guest lecture on UAV remote sensing of the cryosphere at UNIS, Svalbard