Environmental sensing of ecosystem services for developing climate smart landscape framework to improve food security in East Africa

Pellikka, Petri (PI)
Alakukku, Laura (PI)
Vesala, Timo (PI)
Johansson, Tino (Participant)
Heiskanen, Janne (Participant)
Räsänen, Matti (Participant)
Tuure, Juuso (Participant)
Adhikari, Hari (Participant)
Piiroinen, Rami (Participant)
Abera, Temesgen (Participant)
Tang, Zhipeng (Participant)
Wachiye, Sheila (Participant)
Mäkelä, Pirjo (Participant)
Karhu, Kristiina (Participant)
Di Minin, Enrico (Participant)
Autio, Antti (Participant)

Project Details

Acronym	TAITASMART
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	01/03/2018 → 01/03/2022

Taita Research Station
Faculty of Science
Facility/equipment: Equipment

2 Active
7 Finished

GHG-TAITA: Greenhouse gas emissions (CH4, N2O, CO2) from dominant land cover types in Taita Hills region, Kenya
Pellikka, P., Wachiye, S., Räsänen, M., Rinne, J. & Merbold, L.
01/10/2017 → 30/09/2021
Project: Research project
Geospatial monitoring and modelling of environmental change using geoinformatics (GIMMEC)
Pellikka, P., Hjort, J., Luoto, M., Stenberg, P., Anttila, S., Clark, B., Gonsamo Gosa, A., Heiskanen, J., Hendriks, J., Tokola, N., Hohenthal, J., Johansson, T., Maeda, E., Muukkonen, P., Mäkiaho, J., Mõttus, M., Heinilä, A. M. K., Omoro, L., Rautiainen, M., Salonen, M., Siljander, M., Toivonen, T. & Virtanen, T.
28/02/2011 → …
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
GACBE: Geo-information Analysis Capacity Building in Ethiopia
Pellikka, P., Abera, T., Maeda, E. & Heiskanen, J.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project

2 Article

Mapping forest structural heterogeneity of tropical montane forest remnants from airborne laser scanning and Landsat time series
Adhikari, H., Valbuena, R., Pellikka, P. & Heiskanen, J., Jan 2020, In : Ecological Indicators. 108, 16 p., 105739.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File
Do airborne laser scanning biomass prediction models benefit from Landsat time series, hyperspectral data or forest classification in tropical mosaic landscapes?
Heiskanen, J., Adhikari, H., Piiroinen, R., Packalen, P. & Pellikka, P. K. E., Sep 2019, In : International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 81, p. 176-185 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File

14 Academic visit to other institution
9 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
7 Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
5 Invited talk
8 More

AFRICA 2030- STRENGHTENING THE CAPACITY OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO HANDLE THE CHALLENGES OF A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT - THE 3rd SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
Tino Johansson (Speaker: Keynote)
23 Jan 2020 → 24 Jan 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Taita Research Station of University Helsinki
Petri Pellikka (Visiting researcher)
30 May 2019 → 4 Jun 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
University of Nairobi
Petri Pellikka (Visiting researcher)
25 May 2019 → 30 May 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution

Interview for an online article on Desert locusts in Maailma.net
Tino Johansson
29/04/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media