Evolution of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

EvoLand will develop twelve new product candidates for Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS), through innovative approaches in data fusion, continuous monitoring, AI and biomass mapping, as well as through the integration of novel EO and in-situ data.

Discover EvoLand

Methods

EvoLand will develop new methods to transform traditional land cover maps (status and change at multi-year intervals) towards continuous monitoring of land cover dynamics. These methods include change detection techniques on surface reflectance/backscatter time series, as well as continuous mapping of land surface characteristics.

Artificial intelligence

Innovative, state-of-the-art methodology to reduce the size and complexity of Copernicus Sentinel 1 & 2 EO data making it more accessible to core downstream...

Biomass mapping

New methods to map above-ground biomass in forests, and Gross Primary Production mapping in cropland and grasslands.

Novel EO data

Evaluating the full potential of space-based novel EO Data to meet Copernicus user needs and efficiently develop new products or improve existing...

Novel IT

Scalable, stable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure.

Novel in-situ data

We are compiling existing sources of in situ data and filling in data gaps, where necessary, by using novel approaches and tools for training data...

Continuous monitoring

From (multi-)annual snapshots to continuous monitoring of forestry, urban and Land Use, and Land Cover Change (LULCC) products.

Data fusion

Fusing data to improve spatial, spectral and temporal resolution

Discover methods

Thematic domains

The 12 CLMS candidate prototype services are looking to address challenges across five domains.

Agriculture

Supporting agribusiness actors ranging from policy makers to farmers with cutting edge Copernicus products.

Water

Finer spatial resolution for improved water mapping and sound decision-making.

Forest

New and upgraded Copernicus products to support EU Forest and Biodiversity Strategies for 2030.

Urban

Frequently updated urban mapping for sustainable and efficient planning

General land cover

Continuous and on-demand land cover mapping at a finer resolution to support EU and international policies.

Discover

12 CLMS
prototypes

Discover domains Discover CLMS Prototypes

Newsroom

Welcome to EvoLand newsroom. Here you will find the latest news, publications, and materials.

News 16 Dec 2025

EvoLand’s new STAC Catalogue: Open data for exploring planetary change

If you’ve ever tried to piece together from academic publications how our planetary landscapes are shifting — from forests...

News 30 Oct 2025

Unveiling EvoLand’s final results: live webinar on 4 December 2025

Join EvoLand for an interactive webinar showcasing the project’s latest achievements in land monitoring. The session will...

News 23 Oct 2025

Super-Resolution Satellites: how AI reveals the details of Sentinel-2

Super-resolution satellites are changing how we extract information from Earth observation data. While ESA’s Sentinel-2...

News 25 Sep 2025

From space observations to biomass mapping: the EvoLand approach

Understanding the carbon balance of Europe’s ecosystems depends on one key question: how much biomass is stored in forests,...

Discover newsroom

Newsletter

Stay current! Subscribe to our EvoLand newsletter!