Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally
The world's forests are crucially important for both biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation. New forest status and forest change spatial layers using remotely sensed data have revolutionised forest monitoring globally, and provide fine-scale deforestation alerts that can be actioned i...
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| author | Samantha L. L. Hill Samantha L. L. Hill Andy Arnell Calum Maney Stuart H. M. Butchart Stuart H. M. Butchart Craig Hilton-Taylor Carolyn Ciciarelli Crystal Davis Eric Dinerstein Andy Purvis Andy Purvis Neil D. Burgess Neil D. Burgess Neil D. Burgess |
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| description | The world's forests are crucially important for both biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation. New forest status and forest change spatial layers using remotely sensed data have revolutionised forest monitoring globally, and provide fine-scale deforestation alerts that can be actioned in near-real time. However, existing products are restricted to representing tree cover and do not reflect the considerable spatial variation in the biological importance of forests. Here we link modelled biodiversity values to remotely sensed data on tree cover to develop global maps of forest biodiversity significance (based on the rarity-weighted richness of forest mammal, bird, amphibian and conifer species) and forest biodiversity intactness (based on the modelled relationship between anthropogenic pressures and community intactness). The strengths and weaknesses of these products for policy and local decision-making are reviewed and we map out future improvements and developments that are needed to enhance their usefulness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b408bd35fab4e61b7cff946c19495912022-12-22T02:02:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Forests and Global Change2624-893X2019-11-01210.3389/ffgc.2019.00070464096Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes GloballySamantha L. L. Hill0Samantha L. L. Hill1Andy Arnell2Calum Maney3Stuart H. M. Butchart4Stuart H. M. Butchart5Craig Hilton-Taylor6Carolyn Ciciarelli7Crystal Davis8Eric Dinerstein9Andy Purvis10Andy Purvis11Neil D. Burgess12Neil D. Burgess13Neil D. Burgess14UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, United KingdomUN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, United KingdomUN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, United KingdomBirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomIUCN Global Species Programme, Cambridge, United KingdomWRI, Washington, DC, United StatesWRI, Washington, DC, United StatesRESOLVE, Washington, DC, United StatesDepartment of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, United KingdomDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United KingdomUN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomCMEC, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkThe world's forests are crucially important for both biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation. New forest status and forest change spatial layers using remotely sensed data have revolutionised forest monitoring globally, and provide fine-scale deforestation alerts that can be actioned in near-real time. However, existing products are restricted to representing tree cover and do not reflect the considerable spatial variation in the biological importance of forests. Here we link modelled biodiversity values to remotely sensed data on tree cover to develop global maps of forest biodiversity significance (based on the rarity-weighted richness of forest mammal, bird, amphibian and conifer species) and forest biodiversity intactness (based on the modelled relationship between anthropogenic pressures and community intactness). The strengths and weaknesses of these products for policy and local decision-making are reviewed and we map out future improvements and developments that are needed to enhance their usefulness.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00070/fullforest coverremote sensingbiodiversityBiodiversity Intactness Index (BII)IUCN Red List |
| spellingShingle | Samantha L. L. Hill Samantha L. L. Hill Andy Arnell Calum Maney Stuart H. M. Butchart Stuart H. M. Butchart Craig Hilton-Taylor Carolyn Ciciarelli Crystal Davis Eric Dinerstein Andy Purvis Andy Purvis Neil D. Burgess Neil D. Burgess Neil D. Burgess Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally Frontiers in Forests and Global Change forest cover remote sensing biodiversity Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) IUCN Red List |
| title | Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally |
| title_full | Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally |
| title_short | Measuring Forest Biodiversity Status and Changes Globally |
| title_sort | measuring forest biodiversity status and changes globally |
| topic | forest cover remote sensing biodiversity Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) IUCN Red List |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00070/full |
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