Since the beginning of May, the Institute for Environmental Solutions started remote sensing data acquisition flights within the Gulf of Riga and Irbe Strait  to collect first set of high resolution RGB images and thermal images for seabird counting. At the same time on similar locations visual bird counts from the airplane were started in cooperation with the Latvian Fund for Nature. Similar activities are foreseen also for the investigation of marine habitats.

Images below are  from the project area: Gulf of Riga

A new method for inventory of benthic vegetation is being tested in the Swedish study area, the Hanö Bight. The field work is carried out by AquaBiota Water Research and the county administrative board of Blekinge in June 2011. The method, which was developed within the MARMONI project, will be used to supply data for newly developed biodiversity indicators.