Forum Carpaticum 2012

We invite you to take part in the 2nd Forum Carpaticum "From data to knowledge, from knowledge to action", which will be held on 30.05 - 2.06 in Stara Lesna, Slovakia.

The Forum Carpaticum is an open meeting of the Science for the Carpathians (S4C) initiative. Including a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines from both, the natural and social sciences, as well as practical knowledge, the Forum Carpaticum is an attempt to integrate different fields of expertise to generate value for the Carpathian mountain region.

More information on: www.forumcarpaticum.org

Habitat connectivity of European Bison in the Carpathians - bringing together subpopulations of an almost extinct species

The European bison (Bison bonasus) was almost extinct in the 20th century, the last wild bison was poached in 1927 and only 54 individuals survived in captivity. Nowadays the total population has recovered to more than 4200 individuals across Europe, 2600 of them in the wild.

In the Carpathians European bison was reintroduced in the 1960s and 1970s and now we have in this region around 350 of individuals, in five free-ranging herds. However, conservation success will depend on substantially enlarging existing herds, and their home ranges, and ensuring connectivity among them. In this study we combine habitat suitability modelling, least-cost analysis and graph theory to identify areas suitable for bison reintroductions, and habitat patches that are crucial for connecting existing bison herds.

The results of our work can be found in the paper "Potential habitat connectivity of European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Carpathians" (doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.017).

Mountain.TRIP: Transforming Research Into Practice Final Conference

The Mountain.TRIP final conference "Looking up, reaching out - new horizons in communicating mountain research" was held on the 17 November 2011 in Brussels. During the two years of Mountain.TRIP, we have identified EU-funded mountain research, which might be relevant for practitioners. On that basis we have developed and tested various communication products which can serve a better knowledge exchange between science and practice in European mountains. To get know more about Mountain.TRIP please visit www.mountaintrip.eu.

Krakow GISDay celebration

"Searching for water ..." - was the motto of the 3rd Krakow GIS Day this year. The event, which took place at Cracow University of Technology, was addressed to students as well as primary and secondary school pupils. As every year, the workshops were especially interesting for the participants. This time the workshops were prepared by students' associations. More details can be found at gisday.pk.edu.pl.

ESA ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE IN LAND REMOTE SENSING

International remote sensing training has been organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Department of GIS, Cartography and Remote Sensing, IG&SM, UJ in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, UJ between 12 and 16 September 2011.

55 PhD students, post - doctoral researches and users from European countries and Canada interested in land remote sensing joined this training. The participants attended in lectures and practical classes carried out by the international group of specialists, scientists and practitioners, dealing with issues relating to optical, thermal and SAR remote sensing.

More information at earth.eo.esa.int/trainingcourses/LandTrainingCourse2011

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Mountain.TRIP: Regional Workshop

Mountain.TRIP Regional Workshop "Knowledge on Sustainable Development: Transfer Between Mountain Areas" took place in Krakow. The aim of the workshop was to evaluate the communication products elaborated withing the project. More details about the workshop and products can be found at http://www.mountaintrip.eu/

The doctoral dissertation defense

The final defense for a doctoral dissertation of MSc Andrzej Kotabra took place in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management. The title of the dissertation was "Evaluation of MODIS data as
a source for a cloud amount estimation".

Congratulations!

The 3rd ESA advanced training course on land remote sensing will be held in our Institute from 12 to 16 September 2011.

 Ph.D. students, post-doctoral, research scientists and users from Europe and Canada interested in land remote sensing applications are invited to apply to attend the 5 day advanced training course on the subject.  Information about the course, the programme, the teaching team and the application form are available on line at the following web address:-

 http://earth.eo.esa.int/trainingcourses/LandTrainingCourse2011

 The deadline for applications is 30 April 2011.

MSc semminar presentation by Mr. Said Nawar

During the last MSc seminar Mr. Said Nawar, a new scholar of Egyptian government scholarship in the GIS Lab, has presented results of his MSc thesis.

Said Nawar is a PhD student in Soil Science Department, Suez Canal University in Ismailia, Egypt. His research interests focus on issues related to GIS, remote sensing and digital soil mapping (DSM).

2nd Krakow GIS Day

This year we met on AGH - as the program was very rich, we could choose among interesting lectures, workshops and field exercises. The total numer of participant was estimated on 1000! Many thanks to the organizers and see you next year - this time on the Cracow University of Technology!

Unigs Workshops

During the last weekend the UNIGIS Workshop for intake 2010 took place. That edition of UNIGIS studies is supported by Polish Agency for Enterprise Development within the European Programme Human Capital.

Among lectures and practical exercises the participants were scanned by laser scanner.
The results available below.

1st Forum Carpaticum - Integrating Nature and Society towards sustainability

The challenge of sustainability - as an integration of nature and society - raises numerous theoretical, methodological and empirical questions. The first Forum Carpaticum attempted to highlight various aspects of these issues and answer the related questions, in the Carpathian region.

See more details at www.forumcarpaticum.org

The map of the Chornohora

A new map of the Chornohora Range in the Ukrainian Carpathians was published. Map is the result of longtime project managed by Wojciech Krukar (PWSZ Krosno) and Mateusz Troll (IGiGP UJ). The reviewers of the publication were prof. Janusz Gołaski and prof. Janusz Gudowski, consultant from Ukrainian side was Jurij Nesteruk (Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv). Digital version of this map is available at KARPATY.TRAVEL.PL, and the paper one can be obtained from  WYDAWNICTWO RUTHENUS

Mountain.TRIP

The mountain.TRIP project aims to transfer research findings on sustainable mountain development into practice and to address the gap between the available scientific information and the information needs of practitioners in mountain regions. The project is funded by the European Commission.
For more information on the project, please see www.mountaintrip.org.

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