Challenges in remote sensing based climate and crop monitoring: navigating the complexities using AI

Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and Applications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2024

Abstract The fast human climate change we are witnessing in the early twenty-first century is inextricably linked to health and function of biosphere. Climate affecting ecosystems through changes mean conditions variability, as well other related such increased ocean acidification atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. It also interacts with ecological stresses like degradation, defaunation, fragmentation.Ecology monitoring critical understanding complicated interactions between changing trends. This review paper dives into issues monitoring, emphasizing complications caused by technical limits, data integration, scale differences, requirement for accurate timely information. Understanding dynamics these climatic impacts, identifying hotspots susceptibility resistance, management measures that may aid biosphere resilience all necessary. At same time, can help mitigation adaptation. processes, possibilities, constraints nature-based solutions must be investigated assessed. Addressing developing successful policies strategies mitigating effects promoting sustainable ecosystem management. Human actions inscribe their stamp big narrative our planet’s story, very substance global atmosphere. transformation goes beyond chemistry, casting a spell on physical characteristics choreograph Earth’s brilliant dance. These qualities, heavenly notes, create song echoes deep We go journey via recorded tales they respond ever-shifting environment this text. peek rich fabric change, drawing insight from interconnected observatories. Nonetheless, growing symphony set unleash additional transformational stories - narratives natural riches rhythms both economically environmentally essential. essential navigating epic. A roadmap development necessitates ability comprehend stories, problem resonates across breadth programs, particularly infancy integrated sites.

Язык: Английский

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The business of biodiversity – What is needed for biodiversity markets to work

Ecological Management & Restoration, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 24(1), С. 3 - 6

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Summary There has been considerable discussion in Australia about market‐based initiatives with the potential to bring effective incentives and greater investment for farmers other land managers promote biodiversity conservation. These include trading markets (also termed nature repair market), stewardship schemes, certification programmes, sustainability frameworks, natural capital accounting. We welcome these discussions believe would be true advances if they much conservation stronger protection recovery of biodiversity. However, we also have major concerns integrity scientific credibility some initiatives. In this article, discuss why it is critical that such both carefully define determine what elements are targeted efforts. fundamental importance appropriate agreed metrics, as well need rigorous, designed independent monitoring. To ensure like markets, frameworks accounting non‐corruptible actually deliver intended do, will underpinned by programme designs. This includes robust transparent governance structures, high‐quality monitoring timely reporting key metrics.

Язык: Английский

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Resilience through Adaptive Management

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 261 - 287

Опубликована: Фев. 19, 2025

Abstract Recurrent monitoring and assessment of forest conditions is required in order to evaluate whether management actions are achieving their stated goals, inform adjustment changing conditions. Efficient requires the selection responsive indicators broader system status trends. Many features forests repeatedly measured support certification systems corporate or government reporting requirements, but often with little impact on policies practices. Resilient activities be embedded a formal adaptive which specific questions addressed comparisons made, where there genuine commitment information-based decision-making. Multiple assess composition, structure, function at stand landscape levels, it advisable condense simplify those many communicating managers public. Attention relative health persistence environmental response disruptions can tactics for resilient management. Although informed by monitoring, social decision identify particular criteria thresholds selecting resistance, recovery, adjustment, reconfiguration, transformative approaches.

Язык: Английский

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Effective ecological monitoring using passive acoustic sensors: Recommendations for conservation practitioners

Conservation Science and Practice, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 6(6)

Опубликована: Май 10, 2024

Abstract Passive acoustic recorders have emerged as powerful tools for ecological monitoring. However, effective monitoring is not simply an act of recording sounds. To meaning conservation and management, needs to be properly planned analyzed yield high quality information. Here, we provide a set considerations the design program. We argue that such program, has following attributes: (1) established appropriate partnerships with landowners, Traditional Owners, researchers, or other relevant stakeholders, (2) based on clear objectives questions, (3) explicit in its target sound signals, (4) considered in‐field sensor placement range factors, including experimental design, statistical power, background noise, potential impacts human privacy animal disturbance, (5) justified schedule periodicity, (6) methods process data line objectives, (7) protocols permanent storage access. Acoustic increasingly used large‐scale programs will important addressing global biodiversity targets new markets. It critical are designed effectively efficiently capture address pertinent emerging issues conservation.

Язык: Английский

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The case for listing Mountain Ash forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria as a Threatened Ecological Community

Pacific Conservation Biology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 30(1)

Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2023

Context Thousands of species have been recognised as being at risk extinction in formal listing processes such those under the International Union for Conservation Nature (IUCN). Less common is recognition that some ecological communities are also and them to be formally listed. Under Environment Protection Biodiversity Act (EPBC Act) Australia ~100 threatened. This number likely an underestimate many lack available robust long-term data facilitate assessment. Aims methods Using insights from a range research studies monitoring Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests Central Highlands Victoria, we examine evidence its Threatened Ecological Community. Key results The structure composition community key underpin integrity radically altered past century. extensively degraded, heavily fragmented, suffering substantial biodiversity loss. It should listed Community EPBC Act. Conclusions implications Insights other provide strong case Victoria meets four six criteria threatened community. criteria, forest either Endangered or Critically Endangered.

Язык: Английский

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Challenges and lessons of implementing strategic environmental assessment in a critically endangered ecosystem

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 22

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2024

Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) can help to ensure that development across a landscape is planned and implemented with minimum biodiversity impacts. Despite its growing prevalence, few studies have investigated the implementation of conservation interventions associated SEA. Here, we examine an Australian SEA case study, Melbourne Assessment, which set out assess impacts Melbourne’s urban growth boundary expansion on threatened species ecosystems. Using stakeholder interviews document analysis, evaluate under We find key are yet be fully implemented, including establishing 15,000-hectare reserve offset critically endangered grasslands. identify systematic pervasive failures, questionable funding enforcement arrangements, highlight critical improvements needed. Given use worldwide, urgent action required provide confidence in ability deliver objectives.

Язык: Английский

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A misleading tail: A long-term study of reptile responses to multiple disturbances undermined by a change in surveying techniques

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 19(6), С. e0305518 - e0305518

Опубликована: Июнь 14, 2024

Long-term ecological monitoring is crucial to understanding the complex dynamics of ecosystems, communities, and populations. Despite this, data are lacking or rare for vast majority biodiversity. Here we report results 19 years (2003–2022) continuous annual reptile species at Booderee National Park (BNP) on east coast south-eastern Australia. We tested effects time, habitat type, fire, climate detections five species. Our study revealed declines in two skink over time ( Lampropholis delicata Ctenotus taeniolatus ), which suspect was partly driven by weather conditions influencing activity these also identified broad vegetation type associations congeneric with L . being associated forested sites, guichenoti more shrubby sites. demonstrated a clear association between Cryptophis nigrescens probabilities detection both decreasing since fire short term. At about midway point our (in 2011), were forced make change way collected. The heavily influenced findings, so breached integrity series dataset. acknowledge that simple but step mitigate this breach would have been conduct calibration allowed subsequent analysis control field survey methodology. Whilst improvements effectiveness methods might be possible through new technologies, it maintain long-term datasets as collection continues.

Язык: Английский

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Multiple Long‐Term, Landscape‐Scale Data Sets Reveal Intraspecific Spatial Variation in Temporal Trends for Bird Species

Ecology Letters, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27(12)

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024

Quantifying temporal changes in species occurrence has been a key part of ecology since its inception. We quantified multidecadal site occupancy trajectories for 18 bird four independent long-term, large-scale studies (571 sites, ~1000 km latitude) Australia. found evidence year × long-term study interaction the best-fitting models 14 analysed, with differences same multiple consistent non-stationarity. Non-stationarity patterns were not related to distance from niche centroid; locations further their centroid did demonstrate differing those closer centroid. Furthermore, associated climatic values each relative niche. Our findings need across range, especially when tailoring conservation decisions populations.

Язык: Английский

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Monitoring for the adaptive management of rivers

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 351, С. 119787 - 119787

Опубликована: Дек. 10, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Multi-decadal habitat and fire effects on a threatened bird species

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 283, С. 110124 - 110124

Опубликована: Май 12, 2023

Язык: Английский

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