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Hear the team of EXPERTS explain the science behind the MI-SAFE package, the resources and services on offer, and how to get access.
Join us for the international WEBINAR 20 July 2017, 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
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Check out the new short documentary about the FAST project and its mission to support Nature Based Solutions.
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Learn about MI-SAFE in one of Europe's most spectacular cities
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Foreshore Assessment using Space Technology
Funded by the EU's 7th Framework Programme to support cost-effective, nature-based shoreline protection using Copernicus.
Image: FAST project
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ESA's Sentinel satellites are specifically designed for the operational needs of the Copernicus programme.
Image: ESA/ATG medialab
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In a future that includes sea level rise and increasing coastal populations, shoreline defence is going to become increasingly expensive.
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Vegetated coastal ecosystems attenuate waves and stabilise sediments, providing cost-effective protection against flooding and erosion.
Photo: Iris Moeller via Flickr
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FAST will conduct detailed field studies to link biophysical parameters of coastal vegetation to wave attenuation, and validate the remote sensing of these using the Sentinel satellites.
Photo: Iris Moeller via Flickr
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The FAST team is actively engaging in out reach and dissemination activities. Contact us if you would like to learn more.
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Down-stream services
“FAST aims to offer tailor made services that will help end-users to include nature-based solutions into coastal protection schemes” Mindert de Vries, Project Leader.
Creator: EDEA, UCA via Flickr


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Foreshore Assessment using Space Technology (FAST, 2014 - 2018) is a project funded by the European Union's (EU) Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement number 607131.
FAST is developing down-stream services for the European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus to support cost-effective, nature-based shoreline protection against flooding and erosion.
Demonstration services are planned for 2017, if you are as excited as us about the FAST project and would like to hear more about the smart service that will allow you to easily include ecosystem engineering concepts into coastal protection follow us @FP7FAST or on facebook
The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the European Commission.