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Friday 14th of February 2025

DRONES4BLUECARBONSEAGRASS: A Capacity-Building Program for Mapping Seagrasses using Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Technology in the Philippines

Coastal blue carbon ecosystems, like mangroves and seagrass meadows, play vital environmental roles but face global decline due to human activities. While traditional seagrass monitoring methods are time-consuming, remote sensing and UAS (unmanned aerial systems) offer efficient alternatives. UAS, with its high resolution, complements satellite data to improve seagrass mapping accuracy. Through the BlueCARES Project, a drone training program was launched to teach stakeholders with UAS operations, flight planning, and drone image processing. This initiative supports seagrass conservation and fosters collaboration among government, academe, and communities for sustainable ecosystem management.


This paper is part of the ISPRS TC V Mid-term Symposium “Insight to Foresight via Geospatial Technologies” on 06-08 August 2024 in Manila, Philippines.

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Appropriate citation:

Candido, C., Blanco, A., Tamondong, A., Martinez, K., and Nadaoka, K.: DRONES4BLUECARBONSEAGRASS: A Capacity-Building Program for Mapping Seagrasses using Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Technology in the Philippines, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-5-2024, 9–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-5-2024-9-2024, 2024.