A5102938098- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
2010-2024
Biodiversity metrics are increasingly in demand for informing government, business, and civil society decisions. However, it is not always clear to end users how these differ or what purpose they best suited. We seek answer questions using a database of 573 biodiversity-related metrics, indicators, indices, layers, which address aspects genetic diversity, species, ecosystems. provide examples indicators their uses within the state–pressure–response–benefits framework that widely used...
Biodiversity metrics are increasingly in demand for informing government, businesses, and civil society decisions. However, while there many available, it is not always clear to end-users how they differ or what purpose best suited. This confusion undermines uptake. Here, we seek clarify these questions by reviewing presenting a database of 573 biodiversity-related metrics, indicators, indices layers (hereafter ‘metrics’). Of 227 spatial data 272 temporal indicators. Assessed relation the...
Abstract While the importance of ecosystem integrity has long been recognised (Leopold, 1949), conservation science tended to focus on measuring and monitoring species habitats, avoiding complexities working at level. Ecosystems are highly dynamic, defined by both living non-living components as well their interactions (CBD, 1992), making it difficult assess baseline levels integrity. We present a novel index that represents all terrestrial ecosystems globally 1km 2 resolution: Ecosystem...
Abstract The loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services has serious consequences for society, as well to business actives. While there have been significant advances in the development policies incorporate issues a company's activities, reliable accessible data on distribution can be major hindrance ability implement conform such policies. tools use by private sector is therefore high importance facilitate this transition from policy performance. Key role cross-sectoral partnerships between...