The Coastal Ecosystem Mapping and Media Viability Project

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THE COASTAL ECOSYSTEM MAPPING AND MEDIA VIABILITY PROJECT

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1. P ROJECT D ESCRIPTION : 2. A CKNOWLEDGMENTS

3. B ACKGROUND

I. W HAT IS B LUE C ARBON ? II. R ELEVANCE OF B LUE C ARBON

III. M AJOR F INDINGS FROM THE B LUE C ARBON D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT (2014) IV. M AJOR F INDINGS FROM THE AGEDI N ATIONAL B LUE C ARBON P ROJECT (2015) 4. T HE NEED FOR U NMANNED A ERIAL V EHICLE (UAV) OR D RONE MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES I. W HY USE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (D RONES ) TO CALCULATE ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS ?

5. C OMMUNICATIONS & O UTREACH

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6. R EPORT P URPOSE 7. S UCCESS FACTORS

U SING RELATIVELY LOW COST CONSUMER DRONES :

T HE SOFTWARE USED TO PROCESS THE IMAGERY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FREE : T HE PROJECT ITSELF SHOULD BE A CAPACITY BUILDING PROCESS : T HE FIELDWORK SHOULD BE USED AS AN OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY :

T HIS METHODOLOGY SHOULD BE EASY TO FOLLOW :

A NYONE WITH THE CORRECT ENTHUSIASM COULD REPLICATE THE DATA COLLECTION PART OF THIS PROJECT

8. M ETHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATION OF ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS FOR MANGROVES

9. P RE F IELDWORK P ROJECT P LANNING

10. D URING THE F IELDWORK

P RE - FLIGHT I N - FLIGHT

11. A FTER THE F IELDWORK P ROCESSING D ATA IN P IX 4D

C ALCULATING V OLUME USING P IX 4D

C ALCULATING V OLUME USING GIS S OFTWARE

D ETERMINING T REE H EIGHT C ALCULATING T REE V OLUME

12. L IMITATIONS OF M ETHODOLOGY TOWARDS CALCULATING CARBON BY VOLUME

13. N EXT S TEPS 14. R EFERENCES

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