A5010962165- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Forest Management and Policy
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
Joint Research Centre
2019-2021
Higher Institute on Territorial Systems for Innovation
2021
Various prioritisation strategies have been developed to cope with accelerating biodiversity loss and limited conservation resources. These could become more engaging for decision-makers if they reflected the positive effects can on future projected biodiversity, by targeting net outcomes in rather than reflecting negative consequences of further losses only. Hoping inform post-2020 framework, we here apply this approach phylogenetic diversity (PD) re-identify species areas interest...
Protected areas (PAs) are a key strategy in global efforts to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services that critical for human well-being. Most PAs have some built-up structures within their boundaries or surrounding areas, ranging from individual buildings villages, towns cities. These structures, the associated activities, can exert direct indirect pressures on PAs. Here we present first analysis of current patterns observed long-term trends terrestrial immediate surroundings. We...
Tracking changes in total biomass production or land productivity is an essential part of monitoring transformations and long-term alterations the health productive capacity that are typically associated with degradation. Persistent declines impact many terrestrial ecosystem services form basis for sustainable livelihoods human communities. Protected areas (PAs) key to globally conserve biodiversity critical well-being, cover about 15% worldwide. Here we assess trends PAs at least 10 km2...
A vast cross-societal effort will be needed to achieve the ambition of protecting and conserving 30% earth’s lands oceans by 2030, as called for in Target 3 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. While focus is often given coverage aspect this target, other elements – on location effectiveness protected conserved areas are equally important. As implementation progresses, it increasingly acknowledged that non-profit organisations, for-profit individual landowners play a key role...
Protected and conserved areas are a key area-based strategy to address the biodiversity climate change crises. Fundamental understand their performance over time indicators. The Digital Observatory for Areas (DOPA) was born in 2013 as set of open access web services applications be used assess, monitor, report on protected areas. For decade it has delivered 50 indicators support policy processes, national regional governments, practitioners. DOPA also developed versatile efficient back-end...
Protected areas (PAs) are a key strategy to reverse global biodiversity declines, but they under increasing pressure from anthropogenic activities and concomitant effects. Thus, the heterogeneous landscapes within PAs, containing number of different habitats ecosystem types, in various degrees disturbance. Characterizing ecosystems protected area network requires large-scale monitoring over long time scales. This study reviews methods for biophysical characterization terrestrial PAs at scale...
Protected and conserved areas are a key area-based strategy to address the biodiversity climate change crises. Indicators fundamental understanding performance over time. The Digital Observatory for Areas (DOPA) was born in 2013 as set of open-access web services applications be used assess, monitor, report on protected areas. For decade, it has delivered 50 indicators support policy processes, national regional governments, practitioners. DOPA also developed versatile efficient back-end...
Abstract Tracking changes in total biomass production or land productivity is an essential part of monitoring transformations and long-term alterations the health productive capacity that are typically associated with degradation. Persistent declines impact many terrestrial ecosystem services form basis for sustainable livelihoods human communities. Protected areas (PAs) a key strategy global efforts to conserve biodiversity critical well-being, cover about 15% worldwide. Here we globally...