The EO4Nature project is developing a toolbox and national portal for monitoring nature conservation application and natural climate protection. A series of indicators developed from earth observation data will be provided in an online toolbox. The project is part of the Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity (ANK) and can support action monitoring and evaluation for the ANK. Different action areas are covered, such as peatlands, forests, and soils. 

In the service Reference Area, consistent, German-wide landcover will be mapped as a baseline for the project used in all action areas. The service provides detailed land cover maps from 1990 until today using 1D-Convolutional Neural Networks, from Landsat and Sentinel-2 (30m from 1990 until 2017, 10m from 2017 until now).

Within the action area Peatlands, the service Land Use, Land Use intensity and Vegetation Dynamics on peatlands addresses monitoring peatland rewetting. Different indicators will be provided on peat extraction (1990 until today), mowing intensity, drought and shrubification processes on organic soils since 2021 based on Landsat, Sentinel 1, Sentinel 2 and high resolution PlantScope data.

Within the funding to DUENE e.V., an additional service on Greenhouse gas emissions is also developed in the action area Peatlands.