The Geo Handbook On Biodiversity Observation Networks

Author : Michele Walters,Robert J. Scholes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319272887

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The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks by Michele Walters,Robert J. Scholes Pdf

Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This book intends to provide practical guidance to broadly-defined biodiversity observation networks at all scales, but predominantly the national scale and higher. This is a practical how-to book with substantial policy relevance. It will mostly be used by technical specialists with a responsibility for biodiversity monitoring to establish and refine their systems. It is written at a technical level, but one that is not discipline-bound: it should be intelligible to anyone in the broad field with a tertiary education.

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431540328

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The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region by Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka Pdf

Biological diversity is important for ecosystem function and services, which in turn is essential for human well-being. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, international efforts have been made to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. The loss continues, however. The Asia-Pacific region includes both developing countries with high biodiversity and developed countries with sophisticated data collection and analyses, but only limited information about the status quo of biodiversity in this region has been available. Many Asia-Pacific countries have rapidly grown their economies and social infrastructures, causing a loss of biodiversity and requiring an urgent mandate to achieve a balance between development and conservation in the region. In December 2009, scientists successfully organized the Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network in the region, to establish a network for research and monitoring of ecosystems and biodiversity and to build a cooperative framework. The present volume is the first collection of information on biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific and represents a quantum step forward in science that optimizes the synergy between development and biodiversity conservation.

Author : Frank Edgar Muller-Karger,Enrique Montes,Dominique Pelletier,Juan Carlos Azofeifa-Solano,James Hendee
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889745210

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Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) by Frank Edgar Muller-Karger,Enrique Montes,Dominique Pelletier,Juan Carlos Azofeifa-Solano,James Hendee Pdf

Author : Laith A. Jawad
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1377 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030515065

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The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures by Laith A. Jawad Pdf

The Arabian Seas Marine Region encompasses marine areas from Djibouti to Pakistan, including the northern part of Somalia, the Red Sea, the Arabian/Persian Gulf, and parts of the Arabian Sea. Human pressures on the coastal and marine environments are evident throughout the region, and have resulted in harmful environmental effects. Oil and domestic, urban and industrial pollutants in several areas of this part of the world have caused local habitat degradation, eutrophication and algal blooms. Further, coastal landfill, dredging, and sedimentation, as well as nutrient and sediment runoff from phosphate mining, agriculture and grazing, and reduction in freshwater seepage due to groundwater extraction are all contributing to the degradation of coastal environments. This book discusses aspects not covered in other books on the region, which largely focus on marine biodiversity, and examines several environmental challenges that are often ignored, but which have a significant impact on the environment. Evaluating the status quo, it also recommends conservation measures and examines the abiotic factors that play a major main role in the environmental changes. Lastly, the book addresses the biodiversity of the area, providing a general context for the conservation and management measures discussed.

Author : Charles Travis,Deborah P. Dixon,Luke Bergmann,Robert Legg,Arlene Crampsie
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000635843

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Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities by Charles Travis,Deborah P. Dixon,Luke Bergmann,Robert Legg,Arlene Crampsie Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities explores the digital methods and tools scholars use to observe, interpret, and manage nature in several different academic fields. Employing historical, philosophical, linguistic, literary, and cultural lenses, this handbook explores how the digital environmental humanities (DEH), as an emerging field, recognises its convergence with the environmental humanities. As such, it is empirically, critically, and ethically engaged in exploring digitally mediated, visualised, and parsed framings of past, present, and future environments, landscapes, and cultures. Currently, humanities, geographical, cartographical, informatic, and computing disciplines are finding a common space in the DEH and are bringing the use of digital applications, coding, and software into league with literary and cultural studies and the visual, film, and performing arts. In doing so, the DEH facilitates transdisciplinary encounters between fields as diverse as human cognition, gaming, bioinformatics and linguistics, social media, literature and history, music, painting, philology, philosophy, and the earth and environmental sciences. This handbook will be essential reading for those interested in the use of digital tools in the study of the environment from a wide range of disciplines and for those working in the environmental humanities more generally.

Author : Jeannine Cavender-Bares,John A. Gamon,Philip A. Townsend
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030331573

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Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity by Jeannine Cavender-Bares,John A. Gamon,Philip A. Townsend Pdf

This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed hyperspectral data and other tools such as LiDAR. The volume, whose chapters bring together a large cross-section of the biodiversity community engaged in these methods, attempts to establish a common language across disciplines for understanding and implementing remote sensing of biodiversity across scales. The first part of the book offers a potential basis for remote detection of biodiversity. An overview of the nature of biodiversity is described, along with ways for determining traits of plant biodiversity through spectral analyses across spatial scales and linking spectral data to the tree of life. The second part details what can be detected spectrally and remotely. Specific instrumentation and technologies are described, as well as the technical challenges of detection and data synthesis, collection and processing. The third part discusses spatial resolution and integration across scales and ends with a vision for developing a global biodiversity monitoring system. Topics include spectral and functional variation across habitats and biomes, biodiversity variables for global scale assessment, and the prospects and pitfalls in remote sensing of biodiversity at the global scale.

Author : Bettina Kleining
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031568909

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Natura 2000 – A Coherent Nature Conservation Network? by Bettina Kleining Pdf

Author : Matthias Schröter,Aletta Bonn,Stefan Klotz,Ralf Seppelt,Cornelia Baessler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319962290

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Atlas of Ecosystem Services by Matthias Schröter,Aletta Bonn,Stefan Klotz,Ralf Seppelt,Cornelia Baessler Pdf

This book aims to identify, present and discuss key driving forces and pressures on ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are the contributions that ecosystems provide to human well-being. The scope of this atlas is on identifying solutions and lessons to be applied across science, policy and practice. The atlas will address different components of ecosystem services, assess risks and vulnerabilities, and outline governance and management opportunities. The atlas will therefore attract a wide audience, both from policy and practice and from different scientific disciplines. The emphasis will be on ecosystems in Europe, as the available data on service provision is best developed for this region and recognizes the strengths of the contributing authors. Ecosystems of regions outside Europe will be covered where possible.

Author : Robert W. Jones,C. Patricia Ornelas-García,Rubén Pineda-López,Fernando Álvarez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031172779

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Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene by Robert W. Jones,C. Patricia Ornelas-García,Rubén Pineda-López,Fernando Álvarez Pdf

This contributed volume presents an analysis of the current conservation status of major faunal groups in Mexico. The chapters describe a prognosis of future challenges, and also explore the expanding threats inherent in the Anthropocene within the context of the unique physical, biological and cultural aspects of the nation. Covering 27 chapters, and written by Mexican and international authors, this book analyzes a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate animal taxa, their ecosystems and the critical processes related to their present conservation status. This volume is an important reference material for researchers, conservationists and students interested in the biological and ecological processes shaping the Mexican fauna.

Author : John Pascal Simaika,Anne Alje Van Dam,Albert Chakona
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889667666

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Towards the Sustainable Use of African Wetlands by John Pascal Simaika,Anne Alje Van Dam,Albert Chakona Pdf

Author : Castanho, Rui Alexandre
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799884842

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Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization by Castanho, Rui Alexandre Pdf

In recent years, the world has been changing considerably. Within the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, three significant challenges should be considered for the future planning of our territories and cities: seeking to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), facing climate change, and performing a shift towards digitalization. Considering these three challenges, we can work toward a more sustainable future for the environment. The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization elaborates on sustainability issues in the planning and development field regarding the environment. This text promotes understanding about the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities for the new decade regarding our common future planning. Covering topics such as circular economy, economic-ecological principles, and sustainable resilience, this book is essential for academicians, researchers, policymakers, environmentalists, scientists, technicians, decision makers, practitioners, and students.

Author : Prasad Thenkabail
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 2304 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482282672

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Remote Sensing Handbook - Three Volume Set by Prasad Thenkabail Pdf

A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies, and Land Reso

Author : Gloria Pungetti
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000603224

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Routledge Handbook of Seascapes by Gloria Pungetti Pdf

Seascape studies have developed in response to questions arising from composite correlations such as coastal, island and marine research, social requirements, landscape design and planning, marine ecology, and environment and resource management. This global volume is the first comprehensive overview to provide a solid foundation on the concept of seascape, with the latest research findings from leading experts across a variety of fields, offering a holistic approach to seascape linking nature with culture, and theory with practice. Divided into six parts, it includes over 30 chapters from contributors around the world. Pioneering methods with illustrated case studies from the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, North Sea, North America and Asia serve as examples for future seascape development, conservation and governance. An important and extremely timely resource, the Routledge Handbook of Seascapes provides academics, practitioners, NGOs, consultants and government officials with a broad overview of current research and practice for future application and advance worldwide.

Author : Prince S. Godson,Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent,S. Krishnakumar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128211625

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Ecology and Biodiversity of Benthos by Prince S. Godson,Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent,S. Krishnakumar Pdf

Ecology and Biodiversity of Benthos provides insights into the characteristic features of marine and estuarine benthos that play an important role in coastal ecosystem functioning, a primary level in the food chain. The book provides the latest information on multidisciplinary reflections by various researchers studying the benthic community. Through the chapters, ecosystem services are explored as a way to share approaches and scientific methods to achieve knowledge-based sustainable planning and management of benthic ecosystems. This is a helpful guide for anyone working on marine and estuarine environments, and for those who need an introduction to benthic ecology. The book has a wide range of scientific coverage since it caters primarily to the requirement of marine ecologists, marine benthologists, EIA experts, aquatic researchers, scientists, teachers and research scholars. In addition to this, it also serves as a reference for postgraduate/undergraduate students studying aquatic ecosystems. Includes analytical methods and detailed statistical interpretation for qualitative and quantitative analyses of marine and estuarine benthic community structures Presents figures, schematic diagrams and photographs related to benthic diversity of coastal ecosystem to aid in understanding protocols for the assessment of the benthic community's structure and function Includes case studies throughout each chapter to increase understanding of benthic communities

Author : Anna Allard,E. Carina H. Keskitalo,Alan Brown
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000840674

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Monitoring Biodiversity by Anna Allard,E. Carina H. Keskitalo,Alan Brown Pdf

This book is an exciting reappraisal of the role and practice of biodiversity monitoring, showing how new technologies and software applications are rapidly maturing and can both complement and maintain continuity with the best practice in traditional field skills. Environmental monitoring is a key component in a large number of national programmes and constitutes an important aspect of understanding environmental change and supporting policy development. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Monitoring Biodiversity begins by discussing monitoring as an established field and examines the various budgetary and technological challenges. It examines different methodologies, the variation between countries, and the design features relevant to understanding monitoring systems created for new policy goals or different funding situations. The huge variety of methods revealed across 18 chapters, which vary from statistical designs to remote sensing, interviews, surveys, and new ways of stacking and combining data and thematic information for visualization and modelling, underlines just how mature and multifaceted the modern practice of monitoring can be. It concludes with several problem-based chapters that discuss the design and implementation of environmental monitoring in specific scenarios such as urban and aquatic areas. All chapters include key messages, study questions, and further reading. With a focus on Europe but with international relevance, Monitoring Biodiversity will be an essential resource for students at all levels of environmental monitoring, assessment, and management.