Will Simonson

My doctoral and post-doctoral work in the Forest Ecology and Conservation Group at Cambridge focused on the application of airborne lidar to study the structure, composition and ecosystem services (habitat quality, carbon storage) of woodlands in southern Iberia. This has led to a broader interest in remotely-sensed vegetation structural indicators of biodiversity. I am also interested in optical remote sensing for measuring land use land cover changes in Mediterranean and other landscapes, and linking this to conservation and restoration prioritization. At UNEP-WCMC I have been involved in a number of remote sensing initiatives including SWOS: Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (a Horizon 2020 project).