Reposted by Francesc Comaladakim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026Rivers and wetlands matter to people, but management rarely reflects it relationalthinkingblog.com/2026/06/… Read full paper here doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70386relationalthinkingblog.com 001
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026New paper out!!! Ecological restoration alone doesn't guarantee success without social legitimacy. We reviewed 155 studies (2010–2024) to understand why CES are still systematically left out of decision-making. 020
Reposted by Francesc ComaladaPacific Whale Watch Association @pacificwhalewatchassociation.com · 20/04/2026No "case of the Mondays" here! It's a gorgeous day in the Salish Sea and we're off to find some whales! 😎🐳 📷: Prince of Whales Whale Watching 423054320
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Urban rivers and protected areas emerged as key cultural hotspots, crucial for inclusive and effective river management. All code and data are fully open & reproducible: github.com/francesc30/C...github.comGitHub - francesc30/Cultural-Ecosystem-Modelling: This is a methodological framework to model Cultural Ecosystem Services at large scales. It is composed by an Artificial Intelligence and a Machine Le...This is a methodological framework to model Cultural Ecosystem Services at large scales. It is composed by an Artificial Intelligence and a Machine Learning model. - francesc30/Cultural-Ecosystem-M... 000
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We trained a ResNet-152 deep learning model (>90% accuracy) to classify Flickr images of river-related activities and combined them with biophysical variables via XGBoost (>85% accuracy) to identify the main drivers of river recreation and aesthetics. 110
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 23/10/2025New Open Access paper out in Journal of Environmental Management! Together with colleagues at @icrawater.bsky.social , we show how AI and social media data can reveal the cultural value of rivers across the Iberian Peninsula. linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii... 111
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Recap of my first weeks in Helsinki. I am very grateful to the Digital Lab for hosting me!! @helsinki.fi @digigeolab.bsky.social 010
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025The framework integrates biophisical data, deep learning, and social media data theory to identify CES hotspots 🔬 Publications are underway (J. Env. Management & MethodsX)! 000
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025💧🌿I developed an AI-based framework to model freshwater cultural ecosystem services at large spatial scales using social media data. 100
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Key Findings There is a strong correlation between the naturalness of freshwater ecosystems and Aesthetic Value. More CES-related tweets are posted on weekends (when people have more leisure time), and during spring and summer when the weather is favourable. 000
Francesc Comalada @francesc1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Model training The Ter River basin was selected to train the AI model using the Multinomial Naive Bayes (MNB) algorithm, and the Forth, Scarce, and Fluvià basins were used to test the model’s performance. The model achieved an accuracy of over 80%. 100
