Successful joint workshop of our Natural Capital and EO Cal Val Working Groups

In May 2024 two of our working groups, Natural Capital and Earth Observation Calibration and Validation, organised a joint workshop in London.

Accurate assessments of natural capital are essential to enable the management of nature for the continued delivery of the benefits on which the economy and society rely. There is an urgent need to produce this data before our natural capital stocks diminish further.

Despite ever-expanding volumes of earth observed data, evidence gaps on the quantity, quality and location of natural capital assets remain. Whilst earth observation data (e.g., from satellites & drones) can play a vital role, our ability to derive information from these data is constrained by a lack of suitable ground-based observations and a lack of clarity over what is needed.

This UKEOF workshop brought together EO and ground-based monitoring specialists with natural capital specialists from across the UK to explore novel ways to enhance environmental monitoring for natural capital assessments.

We've now prepared a summary of the key outcomes of the workshop, which you can find on the EOCV Working Group's activity update page.