An overview of the methodologies used to create a regional land-cover data set and the issues associated with large-area mapping within a coordinated, multi-institutional management framework.
This mapping framework has a range of uses, including ecosystem services assessments, climate change impact studies, biodiversity conservation, and resource management.
As part of the ongoing work to create an ecosystems red list, this article seeks to initiate a global consultation on the development of categories and criteria based on the best available science and drawn from the experiences of the IUCN.
Conservationists are striving to assess all of the world’s terrestrial, freshwater, marine, and subterranean ecosystems by 2025, and to create the first IUCN Red List of Ecosystems of the World
Ecological Integrity Assessments provide a standard “biophysical exam” that tell us how well an ecosystem is doing, including providing for species habitat needs.