HISPARES

Better spatial planning is needed to reduce further deterioration of ecological conditions of the Baltic Sea. Special attention needs to be paid to the most vulnerable coastal and archipelago areas. A lack of scientifically-sound background information and/or the high cost of getting the information were limiting the effectiveness of spatial planning in coastal waters.

HISPARES combined knowledge of high spatial resolution remote sensing, marine benthic biology/ecology, GIS (Geographic Information System) and spatial modelling into a map-based tool that allows for spatial planning decisions to be made in shallow coastal water areas on the basis of scientifically-sound data.

The partners tested their methods and trialled the map-based tool in the most sensitive archipelago areas in Estonia and Sweden covering Natura2000 areas, fish spawning sites and locations with ongoing or planned human activities. The results from the test sites were made publicly available through a GIS-server to demonstrate the usefulness of the map-based tool in national environmental monitoring programmes, assessing environmental impact of human activities and increasing navigation safety in shallow archipelago areas.

GIS tools on the field mapping activities and spatial modelling of archipelago areas

The Web Map Services allow making spatial planning decisions in shallow coastal water areas, based on scientifically sound data.

One of the Web Map Services is developed for users with a broad knowledge in marine biology and ecology within the fields of environmental monitoring, protection and management. The second GIS tool is directed towards users that work with spatial planning and do not have a broad knowledge in marine biology and ecology.

www.hispares.eu/gis-server

Publications and presentations on marine ecology and mapping of archipelago areas

Presentations are available from different events and conferences in Swedish, Estonian and English.

Exempel på data som vi skulle vilja leverera till slutanvändare och publicera på projektets hemsida SWE
Põhjaelustiku ja -elupaikade kaardistamine Eestis EST 
Kas kaugseire piltide mitmekesisus peegeldab põhjaelustiku mitmekesisust? EST  
Matemaatilise modelleerimise, optilise kaugseire ja sonari rakendamine merepõhja kaardistamisel EST
Ruumiline planeerimine madalas rannikumeres ning kaugseire võimalustest rannikumere uurimisel.EST
Kaugseire, in situ mõõtmiste ja ruumilise mudeli sünergia merepõhjakoosluste ja vee sügavuse kaardistamisel.EST
Kaugseire võimaluste piirid madalate vete põhjataimestiku kaardistamisel. EST
Projekti HISPARES kaugseire tulemustest. EST
Spatial planning in archipelago waters by high spatial resolution remote sensing.ENG 
On the possibility to use remote sensing in mapping of biodiversity in shallow water coastal environments. ENG

Other publications are available at project's website:

www.hispares.eu/presentations