"Aerospace methods and GIS technologies in forestry and forestry"

5 All-Russian Conference (with international participation), the memory of outstanding foresters VI Dry and G.N.Korovina "Aerospace methods and GIS technologies in forestry and forestry" was held from April 22 to April 24, 2013 The organizers of the conference - Department of Biological Sciences Division (SBS RAS), the Centre for Ecology and Productivity of Forests ( CEPF RAS) and the Institute of Space Research. The conference was held in Moscow at the Institute for Space Studies.

The purpose of the conference was to demonstrate, discuss existing problems and assessing the current state of basic and applied research and development in the field of remote sensing, mapping and GIS technology to solve scientific problems of Forestry and their practical use in forestry. A separate section meeting intended to discuss the features of the teaching of disciplines "Remote Sensing" and "GIS" in the universities and colleges of the country.

The Conference was attended by 100 people representing academia, industry research, production and design, educational institutions, commercial companies. Was heard more than 70 papers. Forms of participation in the event were diverse - a report to the plenary and breakout session or poster. During the event, there were two parallel sections "Aerospace methods in forestry, forestry and the environment" and "Mapping and GIS technology in forestry, forestry and the environment." The program of the Conference report and the resolutions at its completion are available on the website: www.cepl.rssi.ru.

The format chosen by the organizers of the conference very well, which allowed group activities on the themes and forms of participation. Actively participated in the conference all the parties concerned - the developers of technologies from commercial entities, academic staff of academic and industrial research organizations, university teachers.

In the framework of the Conference members sector mapping software analyzes forest management VNIILM was presented three oral presentations and one poster presentation. The presented research results were of great interest among the participants and appreciated.

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