A5006571073- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- ICT Impact and Policies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Forest Management and Policy
Joint Research Centre
2016-2021
East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community
2010
University of Perugia
2003
Connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is crucial for meeting their conservation goals. We provide the first global evaluation countries' progress towards Aichi Target 11 Convention on Biological Diversity that to have at least 17% land covered by well-connected PA systems 2020. quantify how well terrestrial countries are designed promote connectivity, using Protected Connected (ProtConn) indicator. refine ProtConn focus part connectivity in power a country influence, i.e. not penalizing...
Protected areas (PAs) are the main instrument for biodiversity conservation, which has triggered development of numerous indicators and assessments on their coverage, performance efficiency. The connectivity PA networks at a global scale however been much less explored; previous studies have either focused particular regions world or only considered some types PAs. Here we present, globally assess, ProtConn, an indicator that (i) quantifies percentage study region covered by protected...
Connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is needed to ensure the long-term persistence biodiversity and ecosystem service delivery. The Convention on Biological Diversity agreed in 2010 have 17% land covered by well-connected PA systems 2020 (Aichi Target 11). We here globally assess, for all countries, trends terrestrial connectivity every other year from 2018 using ProtConn indicator, which quantifies how well are designed support connectivity. percentage connected (ProtConn) has increased...
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...
The Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) has been developed to support the European Union’s efforts in strengthening our capacity mobilize and use biodiversity data so that they are readily accessible policymakers, managers, researchers other users. Assessing protected areas conservation at national, regional international scales implies methods tools place evaluate characteristics such as areas’ connectivity, their species assemblages (including presence of threatened species),...
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...
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 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...
the need for considerable efforts to improve PA connectivity. We further identify main priorities improving or sustaining connectivity in each country: general increase of coverage, targeted designation PAs strategic locations connectivity, ensuring permeability unprotected landscapes between PAs, coordinated management neighbouring within country, and/or transnational coordination with other countries. By doing so, we help highlight important strengths and weaknesses design systems world's...
documents all protected areas in the world at least as large 50 km2, around 23 000 of them covering total more than 95% global surface. Distinguishing between terrestrial, marine and mixed areas, DOPA Explorer can help end users, for example, to identify those exposed highest pressure same time hosting unique threatened biodiversity. The provides a broad range consistent comparable indicators, based on reference datasets, area coverage, connectivity, species, ecosystems, ecosystem services...
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...
L?Atlante dei Mammiferi dell?Umbria e il risultato dell?attuazione del programma di ricerca denominato Progetto Atlante (PAMU), realizzato nel periodo che va dal gennaio 1995 al giugno 2001 in collaborazione con la Regione dell?Umbria. Per la realizzazione dell?Atlante stato utilizzato massima parte software Open Source , ambiente Debian Linux 2.2. L?archiviazione e parte dell?elaborazione dati sono state effettuate con Gnumeric. Le 42 carte di distribuzione specifica le 8 tematiche...