Conservation Biology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
36(4)
Published: Dec. 15, 2021
Management
of
the
land-sea
interface
is
essential
for
global
conservation
and
sustainability
objectives
because
coastal
regions
maintain
natural
processes
that
support
biodiversity
livelihood
billions
people.
However,
assessments
have
focused
strictly
on
either
terrestrial
or
marine
realm.
Consequently,
understanding
overall
state
Earth's
poor.
We
integrated
human
footprint
cumulative
impact
maps
in
a
assessment
anthropogenic
pressures
affecting
regions.
Of
globally,
15.5%
had
low
pressure,
mostly
Canada,
Russia,
Greenland.
Conversely,
47.9%
were
heavily
affected
by
humanity,
most
countries
(84.1%)
>50%
their
degraded.
Nearly
half
(43.3%)
protected
areas
across
exposed
to
high
pressures.
To
meet
objectives,
all
nations
must
undertake
greater
actions
preserve
restore
within
borders.costa,
huella
humana,
impacto
humano
cumulativo,
litoral,
presión
restauración,
tierras
vírgenes
Resumen
El
manejo
de
la
interfaz
entre
tierra
y
el
mar
es
esencial
para
los
objetivos
mundiales
conservación
sustentabilidad
ya
que
las
regiones
costeras
mantienen
procesos
naturales
sostienen
biodiversidad
al
sustento
miles
millones
personas.
Sin
embargo,
análisis
se
han
enfocado
estrictamente
en
ámbito
marino
o
terrestre,
pero
no
ambos.
Por
consiguiente,
conocimiento
del
estado
general
planeta
muy
pobre.
Integramos
terrestre
humana
mapas
marinos
cumulativo
un
presiones
antropogénicas
afectan
áreas
costeras.
De
todo
mundo,
tuvieron
una
antropogénica
reducida,
principalmente
Canadá,
Rusia
Groenlandia.
En
cambio,
estuvieron
fuertemente
afectas
por
humanidad,
mayoría
países
sus
litorales
encuentran
degradadas.
Casi
mitad
protegidas
tienen
grado
exposición
fuertes
humanas.
Para
cumplir
sustentabilidad,
todos
deben
emprender
mejores
acciones
preservar
restaurar
dentro
fronteras.
Remote Sensing of Environment,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
258, P. 112364 - 112364
Published: March 12, 2021
Longer
time
high-resolution,
high-frequency,
consistent,
and
more
detailed
land
cover
data
are
urgently
needed
in
order
to
achieve
sustainable
development
goals
on
food
security,
high-quality
habitat
construction,
biodiversity
conservation
planetary
health,
for
the
understanding,
simulation
management
of
Earth
system.
However,
due
technological
constraints,
it
is
difficult
provide
simultaneously
high
spatial
resolution,
temporal
frequency,
quality
observation
data.
Existing
mapping
solutions
limited
by
traditional
remotely
sensed
data,
that
have
shorter
periods,
poor
spatio-temporal
consistency
comparability.
Therefore,
a
new
paradigm
needed.
This
paper
develops
framework
intelligent
(iMap)
based
state-of-the-art
technologies
such
as
cloud
computing,
artificial
intelligence,
virtual
constellations,
reconstruction
fusion.
Under
this
framework,
we
built
an
automated,
serverless,
end-to-end
production
chain
parallel
system
Amazon
Web
Services
(AWS)
produced
first
30
m
global
daily
seamless
cubes
(SDC),
annual
seasonal
maps
1985–2020.
The
SDC
was
through
multi-source
fusion
workflow
Landsat,
MODIS,
AVHRR
constellations.
Independent
validation
results
show
relative
mean
error
less
than
2.14%.
As
analysis
ready
(ARD),
can
lay
foundation
high-precision
quantitative
remote
sensing
information
extraction.
From
SDC,
36-year
long,
resolution
map
set
combining
strategies
sample
migration,
machine
learning,
adjustment.
average
overall
accuracy
our
over
multiple
periods
80%
level
1
classification
73%
2
(29
33
classes).
Based
objective
consisting
FLUXNET
sites,
10%
higher
existing
datasets
including
Globeland30.
Our
change
rate
0.36%/yr.
Global
forest
decreased
1.47
million
km2
from
38.44
km2,
cropland
increased
0.84
12.49
impervious
surface
0.48
0.57
during
1985–
2020.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: Nov. 11, 2021
Exposure
to
coastal
flooding
is
increasing
due
growing
population
and
economic
activity.
These
developments
go
hand-in-hand
with
a
loss
deterioration
of
ecosystems.
Ironically,
these
ecosystems
can
play
buffering
role
in
reducing
flood
hazard.
The
ability
contribute
has
been
emphasized
multiple
studies.
However,
the
hybrid
protection
(i.e.
combination
levees)
poorly
quantified
at
global
scale.
Here,
we
evaluate
use
vegetation,
mangroves,
marshes
fronting
levees
reduce
costs,
by
accounting
for
wave-vegetation
interaction.The
research
carried
out
combining
earth
observation
data
hydrodynamic
modelling.
We
show
that
incooperating
vegetation
results
more
sustainable
financially
attractive
strategies.
If
vegetated
foreshore
levee
systems
were
established
along
populated
coastlines
susceptible
flooding,
required
crest
height
could
be
considerably
reduced.
This
would
result
reduction
320
(range:
107-961)
billion
USD2005
Power
Purchasing
Parity
(PPP)
investments,
which
67.5
22.5-
202)
PPP
urban
areas
1
100-year
level.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
118(21)
Published: May 17, 2021
Significance
For
the
fields
of
ecology,
evolutionary
biology,
and
conservation,
abundance
estimates
organisms
are
essential.
Quantifying
abundance,
however,
is
difficult
time
consuming.
Using
a
data
integration
approach
integrating
expert-derived
global
citizen
science
data,
we
estimate
population
9,700
bird
species
(∼92%
all
extant
species).
We
conclude
that
there
many
rare
species,
highlighting
need
to
continue
refine
for
taxa
role
can
play
in
this
effort.
Conservation Biology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
36(4)
Published: Dec. 15, 2021
Management
of
the
land-sea
interface
is
essential
for
global
conservation
and
sustainability
objectives
because
coastal
regions
maintain
natural
processes
that
support
biodiversity
livelihood
billions
people.
However,
assessments
have
focused
strictly
on
either
terrestrial
or
marine
realm.
Consequently,
understanding
overall
state
Earth's
poor.
We
integrated
human
footprint
cumulative
impact
maps
in
a
assessment
anthropogenic
pressures
affecting
regions.
Of
globally,
15.5%
had
low
pressure,
mostly
Canada,
Russia,
Greenland.
Conversely,
47.9%
were
heavily
affected
by
humanity,
most
countries
(84.1%)
>50%
their
degraded.
Nearly
half
(43.3%)
protected
areas
across
exposed
to
high
pressures.
To
meet
objectives,
all
nations
must
undertake
greater
actions
preserve
restore
within
borders.costa,
huella
humana,
impacto
humano
cumulativo,
litoral,
presión
restauración,
tierras
vírgenes
Resumen
El
manejo
de
la
interfaz
entre
tierra
y
el
mar
es
esencial
para
los
objetivos
mundiales
conservación
sustentabilidad
ya
que
las
regiones
costeras
mantienen
procesos
naturales
sostienen
biodiversidad
al
sustento
miles
millones
personas.
Sin
embargo,
análisis
se
han
enfocado
estrictamente
en
ámbito
marino
o
terrestre,
pero
no
ambos.
Por
consiguiente,
conocimiento
del
estado
general
planeta
muy
pobre.
Integramos
terrestre
humana
mapas
marinos
cumulativo
un
presiones
antropogénicas
afectan
áreas
costeras.
De
todo
mundo,
tuvieron
una
antropogénica
reducida,
principalmente
Canadá,
Rusia
Groenlandia.
En
cambio,
estuvieron
fuertemente
afectas
por
humanidad,
mayoría
países
sus
litorales
encuentran
degradadas.
Casi
mitad
protegidas
tienen
grado
exposición
fuertes
humanas.
Para
cumplir
sustentabilidad,
todos
deben
emprender
mejores
acciones
preservar
restaurar
dentro
fronteras.