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Address: «Lidlauks», Priekuļi Parish, Priekuļi County, LV-4101 Tel.: +371 64127951 Mob. tel.: + 371 26425688 E-mail: [email protected] www.videsinstituts.lv Investing in root cause analysis and environmental status assessment – the key to effective problem solving

GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

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Page 1: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Address: «Lidlauks», Priekuļi Parish, Priekuļi County, LV-4101

Tel.: +371 64127951

Mob. tel.: + 371 26425688

E-mail: [email protected]

www.videsinstituts.lv

Investing in root cause analysis and environmental status assessment – the key to

effective problem solving

Page 2: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Partnership Network

Science Institutes – Higher Education – NGO – Public Sector

Science – Technologies – Art – Applied Environmental Solutions

Page 3: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Freshwater

Terrestrial

Marine

Ecosystem

structure

Chemical

composition

Spatial

characteristics

Airborne Surveillance and Environmental Monitoring System

ARSENAL

YL-FBI

Page 4: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Landscape

ecologyLand use planning

Water resources &

management

Nature

conservation

Ecosystem

processesCultural heritage

Mineral

exploration

Forest

management

Page 5: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

LiDAR data: terrain data acquisition and analysis

Digital Terrain Model of the Gauja River ancient

valley in the Gauja National Park.

Page 6: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Development of Methodology for Identification and Biomass

Assessment of the Giant Hogweed (Heracelum sosnowskyi)

1 tonne of the Giant Hogweed’s (Heracleum sosnovskyi) biomass

can be used to produce 30 to 50 litres of biofuel.

Page 7: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Sentinel – 2: improved classification

of land use/ land cover;

Sentinel – 3: analysis of the Baltic

Sea waters

PECS: Simulation of Future Satellites of

European Space Agency

Page 8: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Mapping Lake’s Overgrowth using Hyperspectral Sensors

Page 9: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Content of heavy metals and other pollutants in soils could be directly correlated with spectral stress indicators in vegetation

Remote Sensing applications for pollution evaluation

Page 10: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Remote Sensing applications for resource assessment

Airborne Snow Observatory measurements of snow water equivalent (left image) and snow albedo, or reflectivity (right image)

The water equivalent measured the total water contained as snow in the basin 375 million cubic meters

NASA

Changes in and pressure on snowmelt-dependent water systems are motivating water managers, governments and others to improve understanding of snow and its melt

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Sustainable, Intelligent and Effective Use of the Resources

challenge of radical redirection

Growing of crops and herbal plants for

medical and beauty products

Page 12: GBF 2015, April 17th, Presentation of Mr. Gundars Skudrins

Mr.Gundars Skudriņš, Chairman of the Board

Address: «Lidlauks», Priekuļi Parish, Priekuļi County, LV-4101

Tel.: +371 64127951

Mob. tel.: + 371 26425688

E-mail: [email protected]

www.videsinstituts.lv

Thank you for your attention!