Green Wellbeing Indicators in Poland

Copernicus Sentinel data is being used by Statistics Poland (GUS) to improve the quality of its national and local data and to better monitor green areas and wellbeing indicators. Urban green spaces are important for the quality of life and health, but policies affecting them are often characterised by inconsistent evidence. By integrating traditional data … Read more

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Growing Potatoes in Belgium

Potatoes are very important for Belgium! Pommes frites or more appropriately Belgian Fries are at the heart of a very important part of the Belgian industrial sector. Recognising this importance and future challenges to the sector, VITO in cooperation with other players in the field has developed WatchITgrow (WIG), an application that makes use of … Read more

Grassland Monitoring in Estonia

Sentinel data is being used by the Estonian paying agency responsible for CAP subsidy payment distribution to better monitor grassland mowing activities. KappaZeta, a remote sensing company, have collaborated with the Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board (ARIB) to develop a system which replaces onthe-spot compliance checks of CAP grassland mowing requirements with automated, remote … Read more