September 25, 2019 – Our colleague Ivona Žiža participated in the 9th Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing: Agriculture. The five-day training was held in Louvain-la-Neuve (Universite catholique de Louvain) in Belgium 16 – 20 September 2019. For the first time this year, ESA has focused on one area only – Agriculture. Through this … Continued
September 25, 2019 – While most of the Oikon staff was sharing knowledge at the HUSZPO conference last week, a couple of Oikon employees have embarked on the knowledge upgrading journey. Alen Berta, Phd, Head of our Laboratory for Remote Sensing and GIS was in Piacenza, Italy on week-long course titled „COPERNICUS Sentinels: Remote sensing … Continued
September 20, 2019 – the 4th Regional Conference on Environmental Impact Assessment, organized by the Croatian Association of Nature and Environment Professionals (HUSZPO) and with OIKON as the main sponsor, has taken place over the past two days in Vodice, Croatia. The intensive programme, divided into three sections: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental and Nature … Continued
September 9, 2019 – Our three laboratories, in order to gain recognition, now have their logos: “In the 20 years of its existence, Oikon has developed into a leading institute in the field of environmental and nature protection in Croatia and the region. The Institute offers professional services in several professional fields of activity and … Continued
September 3, 2019 – You have probably noticed these small translucent insects up to 2 mm in size that have been annoyingly „biting“ us this summer. They are called oak lace bugs (Corythucha arcuata) and are pests of oaks. Native to North America, they were first spotted in Europe in 2000. In Croatia, this … Continued
August 23, 2019 – Forest road for which our design team, with Alen Berta, Phd as their leader, has prepared all necessary documentation (Main Design and Efficiency Report) for the application for Rural Development Fund financing in 2017 – activity type 4.3.3. „Investment in forest road infrastructure“, has just been built. This forest road is … Continued
July 18, 2019 – We are very pleased to announce that Oikon has been accepted as a member of Copernicus Academy. Launched by the European Commission, Copernicus Academy is a network that connects European universities, research institutions and business schools with the goal of linking research and academic institutions, facilitating collaborative research, developing lectures, training … Continued
July 5, 2019 – Oikon and Fraunhofer ITWM held a three-day workshop at Kaiserslautern in Germany to identify common themes and areas for collaboration in the scientific and professional field. Possible joint projects have been identified and work on their implementation will start with the signing of the Cooperation Agreement. More details will follow based … Continued
July 4, 2019 – Our team member Ivona Žiža participated in the 39th EARSeL Symposium, held in Salzburg, Austria. For the occasion, Ivona and other colleagues prepared a poster – Random Forest Based Automated Crop Mapping in Small-Scale Farming Using Stacked Multitemporal Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 Satellite Imagery: A Case Study for Croatia. For … Continued