Remote Sensing - SLU

Rewildering Albedo pilot project
Our main purpose is to build a new, interdisciplinary GCUA2030 network that will: (1) jointly tackle the crucial knowledge gaps on the effects of African megafauna on land surface albedo and energy feedbacks between ecosystems and the atmosphere, and (2) explore rewilding as a novel tool to mitigate climate change in semi-/arid African landscapes.

Last week we have been in South Africa working on two of the project goals:
1. Using a drone based Albedometer, quantify the effects of rewilding on changes in land surface albedo across African semi-/arid rangelands.

2. Transfer skills and expertise in drone technology and drone applications in ecology and land surface studies between the SLU and Nelson Mandela University drone labs.