Supporting elephant conservation in Sri Lanka through MODIS imagery
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Paper/Presentation Title | Supporting elephant conservation in Sri Lanka through |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Perera, Kithsiri (Author) and Tateishi, Ryutaro (Author) |
Editors | Entekhabi, Dara, Honda, Yoshiaki, Sawada, Haruo, Shi, Jiancheng and Oki, Taikan |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of SPIE 8524 Land Surface Remote Sensing |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Japan |
ISBN | 9780819492630 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1117/12.979382 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/8524/1/Supporting-elephant-conservation-in-Sri-Lanka-through-MODIS-imagery/10.1117/12.979382. |
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie |
Conference/Event | Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Conference (SPIE 2012) |
Event Details | Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Conference (SPIE 2012) Event Date 29 Oct 2012 to end of 01 Nov 2012 Event Location Kyoto, Japan |
Abstract | The latest national elephant survey of Sri Lanka (2011) revealed Sri Lanka has 5,879 elephants. The total forest cover for these elephants is about 19,500 sq km (2012 estimation) and estimated forest area is about 30% of the country when smaller green patches are also counted. However, studies have pointed out that a herd of elephants need about a 100 sq km of forest patch to survive. With a high human population density (332 people per sq km, 2010), the pressure for land to feed people and elephants is becoming critical. Resent reports have indicated about 250 elephants are killed annually by farmers and dozens of people are also killed by elephants. Under this context, researchers are investigating various methods to assess the elephant movements to address the issues of Human-Elephant-Conflict (HEC). Apart from various local remedies for the issue, the conservation of elephant population can be supported by satellite imagery based studies. MODIS sensor imagery can be considered as a successful candidate here. Its spatial resolution is low (250m x 250m) but automatically filters out small forest patches in the mapping process. The daily imagery helps to monitor temporal forest cover changes. This study investigated the background information of HEC and used MODIS 250m imagery to suggest applicability of satellite data for Elephant conservations efforts. The elephant movement information was gathered from local authorities and potentials to identify bio-corridors were discussed. Under future research steps, regular forest cover monitoring through MODIS data was emphasized as a valuable tool in elephant conservations efforts. |
Keywords | MODIS; human-elephant conflict; Sri Lanka; animal conservation |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401304. Photogrammetry and remote sensing |
379999. Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified | |
410407. Wildlife and habitat management | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments |
Chiba University, Japan | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1wy8/supporting-elephant-conservation-in-sri-lanka-through-modis-imagery
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