The Role of Emerging Technologies in Shaping the Global Digital Government Landscape

Advances in electronic government, digital divide, and regional development book series, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 160 - 180

Published: April 15, 2024

This chapter explores how new technologies are transforming the face of digital governance worldwide. With a particular emphasis on disruptive like blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet Things (IoT), report covers present uses, obstacles, prospects these globally. The first section examines idea “digital government,” highlighting technology's role in advancing development government functions services. It offers basic synopsis several developing their significance governance. sections that follow take close look at technologies. Using illuminating case examples to demonstrate successful implementations effects public service delivery, topic (AI) explains its applications automated services, predictive policymaking analytics, AI-driven citizen engagement platforms.

Language: Английский

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Digital ecologies: Materialities, encounters, governance

Progress in Environmental Geography, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 2(1-2), P. 3 - 32

Published: Dec. 26, 2022

Digital technologies increasingly mediate relations between humans and nonhumans in a range of contexts including environmental governance, surveillance, entertainment. Combining approaches from more-than-human digital geographies, we proffer ‘digital ecologies’ as an analytical framework for examining digitally-mediated human–nonhuman entanglement. We identify entanglement compelling basis which to articulate critique diverse situated contexts. Three questions guide this approach: What infrastructures give rise entanglement, with what material consequences? is at stake socially, politically, economically when encounters are digitised? And how enrolled programmes governance? develop our ecologies across three core conceptual themes wider interest geographers: (i) materialities, considering the enable connections their socioenvironmental impacts; (ii) encounters, political economic consequences convivial potentials digitising contact zones; (iii) questioning produce novel forms governance. affirm that mediations worlds can potentially cultivate environmentally progressive communities, just such note urgency these conversations.

Language: Английский

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Emerging technologies for assessing ecosystem services: A synthesis of opportunities and challenges

Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 63, P. 101558 - 101558

Published: Sept. 4, 2023

Rapid technological development opens up new opportunities for assessing ecosystem services (ES), which may help to overcome current knowledge gaps and limitations in data availability. At the same time, emerging technologies, such as mobile devices, social media platforms, artificial intelligence, give rise a series of challenges limitations. This study provides comprehensive overview broad range technologies that are increasingly used collecting, analyzing, visualizing on ES, including Earth observation, science, modeling/simulation, immersive visualization, web-based tools. To identify challenges, we systematically reviewed literature ES last 10 years (2012–2022). We first describe state-of-the-art synthesizing their applicability, opportunities, Then, discuss open issues, future research needs, potential further applications research. Our findings indicate great increase thanks low costs, high availability, flexibility technologies. also find strong support decision-making, learning communication. However, related accuracy variables models, accessibility data, information well ethical concerns need be addressed by community assure an inclusive meaningful use suggest insights into achieved through better integration different future, e.g., stronger transdisciplinary collaboration advance broadening perspective developments other fields

Language: Английский

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AI chatbots contribute to global conservation injustices

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Feb. 3, 2024

Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven language models (chatbots) progressively accelerate the collection and translation of environmental evidence that could be used to inform planetary conservation plans strategies. Yet, consequences chatbot-generated content have never been globally assessed. Drawing on distributive, recognition, procedural, epistemic dimensions justice, we interviewed analysed 30,000 responses from ChatGPT ecological restoration expertise, stakeholder engagements, techniques. Our results show more than two-thirds chatbot’s answers rely expertise male academics working at universities in United States, while largely ignoring low- lower-middle-income countries (7%) Indigenous community experiences (2%). A focus planting reforestation techniques (69%) underpins optimistic outcomes (60%), neglecting holistic technical approaches consider non-forest ecosystems (25%) non-tree species (8%). This analysis highlights how biases AI-driven knowledge production can reinforce Western science, overlooking diverse sources perspectives regarding research practices. In fast-paced domain generative AI, safeguard mechanisms are needed ensure these expanding chatbot developments incorporate just principles addressing pace scale worldwide crisis.

Language: Английский

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Drivers and influencers of blockchain and cloud-based business sustainability accounting in China: Enhancing practices and promoting adoption

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(1), P. e0295802 - e0295802

Published: Jan. 2, 2024

The field of sustainability accounting aims to integrate environmental, social, and governance factors into financial reporting. With the growing importance practices, emerging technologies have potential revolutionize reporting methods. However, there is a lack research on influencing adoption blockchain cloud-based in China. This study employs mixed-methods approach examine key drivers barriers technology for among Chinese businesses. Through systematic literature review, gaps knowledge were identified. Primary data was collected through an online survey firms, followed by in-depth case studies. findings reveal positive relationship between company size behaviors. alone not sufficient predict outcomes accurately. industry type also has significant but small effects, although its impact behaviors varies. profitability intricate contingent, requiring contextual examination. positively associated with capabilities, resources, skills, regulatory factors. On other hand, cloud computing linked management support, risk exposures. specific impacts remain inconclusive. offer empirical validation relationships, shedding light nature interactions that necessitate nuanced conceptualizations incorporating moderators. underscore providing customized support adaptable guidance accommodate evolving practices accounting. Moreover, assimilation organizational changes highlights need multifaceted stakeholder cooperation drive responsible innovation address challenges posed digital transformations this field.

Language: Английский

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Keeping time with digital technologies: From real-time environments to forest futurisms

Environment and Planning D Society and Space, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 42(2), P. 254 - 274

Published: Feb. 16, 2024

Forests are zones of multiple temporalities. They keep time and constituted through time-keeping practices. Digital technologies environmental monitoring management increasingly organise forest This article considers how emerging techno-temporalities measure, pace, transform worlds while reproducing reconfiguring longer durations colonial capitalist technologies. We draw together scholarship on political forests, digital media temporalities, anti-colonial Indigenous thinking to analyse the politics that materialise shape what pasts, presents, futures senseable possible. In particular, we trace socio-technical production ‘real-time’ as a temporal register experiencing, knowing, governing environments. Analysing real-time deforestation alert system in Amazon, consider these temporalities valorise immediate, continuous data can be mobilised for understanding protecting simultaneously glossing over durational framings forests rely dispossession, extraction, enclosure. The second half turns futurisms artistic socio-political uses platforms rework By analysing sometimes contradictory suggest practices interventions challenge dominant timelines their inequities pluralistic redistributive configurations temporality, land, sovereignty.

Language: Английский

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The environmentality of digital acoustic monitoring: Emerging formations of spatial power in forests

Political Geography, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 110, P. 103074 - 103074

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

The rise of digital acoustic monitoring is having transformative effects within forest conservation geographies and practices. By featuring divergent signals (a gunshot, a bird call) as its evidentiary basis for targeted acts spatial intervention, promises to address myriad crises, from escalating poaching threats biodiversity loss. More than tool, we assert that facilitates diverse manifestations governance align with what Foucault (2008) termed "environmentality." Our central objective analyze how gives new formations power in landscapes--and by extension, other acoustically monitored environments. While acknowledging the potential enhance practices, also find evidence links promise algorithmically derived efficiency expanded forms scientific abstraction, militarized surveillance, capitalist speculation are propagating multiple environments worldwide. analyzing these developments operations environmentality, offer theoretical framework engaging technologies they now proliferating

Language: Английский

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Modelling Climatically Suitable Areas for Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) and Their Shifts across Neotropics: The Role of Protected Areas

Forests, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 385 - 385

Published: Feb. 14, 2023

Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) is a species with great economic interest worldwide and classified as vulnerable to extinction by the IUCN. Deforestation climate change are main hazards this species. Therefore, it vital describe possible changes in distribution patterns under current future climatic conditions, they important for their monitoring, conservation, use. In study, we predict, very first time, potential of based on data that reflect total species, edaphic variables, consensus model combines results three statistical techniques. The obtained was projected conditions considering two general circulation models (GCM), shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP245 SSP585) 2070. Predictions indicated wide adequate areas Central American countries such Mexico demonstrated coverage up 28.5% within limits protected areas. Under scenarios, drastic reductions were observed different regions, particularly Venezuela, Perú, Ecuador, losses 56.0%. On other hand, an increase suitable also detected. study certainly useful identifying currently unrecorded populations Mahogany, well locations likely be both now conservation management planning. methodology proposed work able used forest tropical zones tool conducting dynamic restoration strategies consider effects change.

Language: Английский

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Carbon ‘known not grown’: Reforesting Scotland, advanced measurement technologies, and a new frontier of mitigation deterrence

Environmental Science & Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 151, P. 103636 - 103636

Published: Nov. 18, 2023

Drones, lasers and satellites measure forests with seemingly unprecedented detail. In Scotland, private companies are bringing these Advanced Measurement Technologies (AMTs) from ecological science to market. Companies offer landowners the chance independently verify natural capital commodities, such as woodland carbon credits, using technologies. Drawing 61 interviews stakeholders in Scottish land sector, alongside six months of ethnographic research, this paper explores climate governance consequences high-tech forest measurement. The argument develops well-established premise within environmental STS that technologies' apparent objectivity impartiality obscures political-economic motivations shaping their use. AMTs reflexively developed generate increased financial value creation schemes. find more than standard measurement practices allow. Carbon is 'known not grown': numerous legitimate credits can be created through a shift knowledge rather material nature-based sequestration. Three epistemic processes allow for grown'. Firstly, volume identified by sophisticated techniques. Secondly, conservative estimates bypassed because perceived precision AMTs. Thirdly, AMT developers cultivate situated form accuracy drawing upon selective uptake science. This argues grown' novel type mitigation deterrence. It dangerous yet increasingly widespread phenomenon neoliberal requires further empirical investigation.

Language: Английский

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D2.3 EuropaBON Proposal for an EU Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre (EBOCC)

Published: May 22, 2024

Observations are key to understanding the state of nature, drivers biodiversity loss and impacts on ecosystem services ultimately people. Many EU policies initiatives call for unbiased, integrated regularly updated data services. However, monitoring efforts spatially temporally fragmented, taxonomically biased not across Europe. EuropaBON has addressed this gap by developing an EU-wide framework monitoring. With deliverable, proposes terms reference Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre (EBOCC), a permanent infrastructure that could coordinate foster generation use high quality underpin knowledge-base used policies, providing guidance trainings when necessary. Such centre represents one solutions overcome critical challenges in Having continuous capacity would allow more timely efficient interventions optimise our revert prevent environmental degradation. It also increase value-added flows, reaching high-value outputs with some existing low-value inputs.  This deliverable offers analysis landscape Europe, extracting messages about main challenges, lessons learned possible solutions. Based comprehensive needs and, most importantly, inclusive consultation process, designs EBOCC tackles challenges. The proposal specifies mission, tasks, urgent topics, stakeholders should serve focus during first stage its implementation. includes detailed analyses governance models potential costs. proposal, fosters setting up testing operational address need coordination, integration, harmonisation strengthening collection analysis, order inform policy-making at local, national, European international level.

Language: Английский

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