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The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

Author : Michele Walters
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319272888
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks by : Michele Walters

Download or read book The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks written by Michele Walters and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This book intends to provide practical guidance to broadly-defined biodiversity observation networks at all scales, but predominantly the national scale and higher. This is a practical how-to book with substantial policy relevance. It will mostly be used by technical specialists with a responsibility for biodiversity monitoring to establish and refine their systems. It is written at a technical level, but one that is not discipline-bound: it should be intelligible to anyone in the broad field with a tertiary education.

Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)

Author : Frank Edgar Muller-Karger
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 288974521X
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Book Synopsis Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) by : Frank Edgar Muller-Karger

Download or read book Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) written by Frank Edgar Muller-Karger and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Integrative Observations and Assessments

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431547835
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Integrative Observations and Assessments written by Shin-ichi Nakano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on new trends in monitoring biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. It provides reviews of the challenges in studying the spatial variability of biodiversity across various ecosystems. This book also describes newly developed concepts and methods for biodiversity observation including ubiquitous genotyping, systematic conservation, monitoring of the functions and services of ecosystems and biodiversity informatics. These contributions will lead to establishing integrative observations and assessments of biodiversity, essential for reporting the current status and for the effective conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This work will interest biodiversity researchers not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also across the entire globe.

The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures

Author : Laith A. Jawad
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030515060
Total Pages : 1377 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures by : Laith A. Jawad

Download or read book The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures written by Laith A. Jawad and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 1377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arabian Seas Marine Region encompasses marine areas from Djibouti to Pakistan, including the northern part of Somalia, the Red Sea, the Arabian/Persian Gulf, and parts of the Arabian Sea. Human pressures on the coastal and marine environments are evident throughout the region, and have resulted in harmful environmental effects. Oil and domestic, urban and industrial pollutants in several areas of this part of the world have caused local habitat degradation, eutrophication and algal blooms. Further, coastal landfill, dredging, and sedimentation, as well as nutrient and sediment runoff from phosphate mining, agriculture and grazing, and reduction in freshwater seepage due to groundwater extraction are all contributing to the degradation of coastal environments. This book discusses aspects not covered in other books on the region, which largely focus on marine biodiversity, and examines several environmental challenges that are often ignored, but which have a significant impact on the environment. Evaluating the status quo, it also recommends conservation measures and examines the abiotic factors that play a major main role in the environmental changes. Lastly, the book addresses the biodiversity of the area, providing a general context for the conservation and management measures discussed.

Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities

Author : Charles Travis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000635848
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities written by Charles Travis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities explores the digital methods and tools scholars use to observe, interpret, and manage nature in several different academic fields. Employing historical, philosophical, linguistic, literary, and cultural lenses, this handbook explores how the digital environmental humanities (DEH), as an emerging field, recognises its convergence with the environmental humanities. As such, it is empirically, critically, and ethically engaged in exploring digitally mediated, visualised, and parsed framings of past, present, and future environments, landscapes, and cultures. Currently, humanities, geographical, cartographical, informatic, and computing disciplines are finding a common space in the DEH and are bringing the use of digital applications, coding, and software into league with literary and cultural studies and the visual, film, and performing arts. In doing so, the DEH facilitates transdisciplinary encounters between fields as diverse as human cognition, gaming, bioinformatics and linguistics, social media, literature and history, music, painting, philology, philosophy, and the earth and environmental sciences. This handbook will be essential reading for those interested in the use of digital tools in the study of the environment from a wide range of disciplines and for those working in the environmental humanities more generally.

Earth Observation for Biodiversity Monitoring

Author : Cristina Secades
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789292255183
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book Earth Observation for Biodiversity Monitoring written by Cristina Secades and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity

Author : Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030331571
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity by : Jeannine Cavender-Bares

Download or read book Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity written by Jeannine Cavender-Bares and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed hyperspectral data and other tools such as LiDAR. The volume, whose chapters bring together a large cross-section of the biodiversity community engaged in these methods, attempts to establish a common language across disciplines for understanding and implementing remote sensing of biodiversity across scales. The first part of the book offers a potential basis for remote detection of biodiversity. An overview of the nature of biodiversity is described, along with ways for determining traits of plant biodiversity through spectral analyses across spatial scales and linking spectral data to the tree of life. The second part details what can be detected spectrally and remotely. Specific instrumentation and technologies are described, as well as the technical challenges of detection and data synthesis, collection and processing. The third part discusses spatial resolution and integration across scales and ends with a vision for developing a global biodiversity monitoring system. Topics include spectral and functional variation across habitats and biomes, biodiversity variables for global scale assessment, and the prospects and pitfalls in remote sensing of biodiversity at the global scale.

Atlas of Ecosystem Services

Author : Matthias Schröter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319962299
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Ecosystem Services written by Matthias Schröter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to identify, present and discuss key driving forces and pressures on ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are the contributions that ecosystems provide to human well-being. The scope of this atlas is on identifying solutions and lessons to be applied across science, policy and practice. The atlas will address different components of ecosystem services, assess risks and vulnerabilities, and outline governance and management opportunities. The atlas will therefore attract a wide audience, both from policy and practice and from different scientific disciplines. The emphasis will be on ecosystems in Europe, as the available data on service provision is best developed for this region and recognizes the strengths of the contributing authors. Ecosystems of regions outside Europe will be covered where possible.

Towards the Sustainable Use of African Wetlands

Author : John Pascal Simaika
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889667669
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)

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Book Synopsis Towards the Sustainable Use of African Wetlands by : John Pascal Simaika

Download or read book Towards the Sustainable Use of African Wetlands written by John Pascal Simaika and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene

Author : Robert W. Jones
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031172779
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene written by Robert W. Jones and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This contributed volume presents an analysis of the current conservation status of major faunal groups in Mexico. The chapters describe a prognosis of future challenges, and also explore the expanding threats inherent in the Anthropocene within the context of the unique physical, biological and cultural aspects of the nation. Covering 27 chapters, and written by Mexican and international authors, this book analyzes a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate animal taxa, their ecosystems and the critical processes related to their present conservation status. This volume is an important reference material for researchers, conservationists and students interested in the biological and ecological processes shaping the Mexican fauna.

Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization

Author : Castanho, Rui Alexandre
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799884848
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization by : Castanho, Rui Alexandre

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization written by Castanho, Rui Alexandre and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the world has been changing considerably. Within the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, three significant challenges should be considered for the future planning of our territories and cities: seeking to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), facing climate change, and performing a shift towards digitalization. Considering these three challenges, we can work toward a more sustainable future for the environment. The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization elaborates on sustainability issues in the planning and development field regarding the environment. This text promotes understanding about the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities for the new decade regarding our common future planning. Covering topics such as circular economy, economic-ecological principles, and sustainable resilience, this book is essential for academicians, researchers, policymakers, environmentalists, scientists, technicians, decision makers, practitioners, and students.

Remote Sensing Handbook - Three Volume Set

Author : Prasad Thenkabail
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482282674
Total Pages : 2304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Book Synopsis Remote Sensing Handbook - Three Volume Set by : Prasad Thenkabail

Download or read book Remote Sensing Handbook - Three Volume Set written by Prasad Thenkabail and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 2304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies, and Land Reso

Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811007802
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services written by Shin-ichi Nakano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the topic of local biodiversity conservation in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. With a focus on aquatic systems, this book offers insight on the state of local biodiversity, challenges in management and conservation of biodiversity, and newly developed methods for monitoring biodiversity. In addition, because the service provided by an ecosystem for humans is interlinked with conservation, the final part is dedicated to evaluating the socioeconomic aspect of ecosystem services, with special reference to local biodiversity. In effect, all contributions provide information that is invaluable for effective conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This work will interest all stakeholders in biodiversity conservation, including policy makers, NPOs, NGOs, environment-related industries, and biodiversity researchers, not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but also across the entire globe.

Monitoring Biodiversity

Author : Anna Allard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000840670
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Monitoring Biodiversity written by Anna Allard and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exciting reappraisal of the role and practice of biodiversity monitoring, showing how new technologies and software applications are rapidly maturing and can both complement and maintain continuity with the best practice in traditional field skills. Environmental monitoring is a key component in a large number of national programmes and constitutes an important aspect of understanding environmental change and supporting policy development. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Monitoring Biodiversity begins by discussing monitoring as an established field and examines the various budgetary and technological challenges. It examines different methodologies, the variation between countries, and the design features relevant to understanding monitoring systems created for new policy goals or different funding situations. The huge variety of methods revealed across 18 chapters, which vary from statistical designs to remote sensing, interviews, surveys, and new ways of stacking and combining data and thematic information for visualization and modelling, underlines just how mature and multifaceted the modern practice of monitoring can be. It concludes with several problem-based chapters that discuss the design and implementation of environmental monitoring in specific scenarios such as urban and aquatic areas. All chapters include key messages, study questions, and further reading. With a focus on Europe but with international relevance, Monitoring Biodiversity will be an essential resource for students at all levels of environmental monitoring, assessment, and management.

Routledge Handbook of Seascapes

Author : Gloria Pungetti
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000603229
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Seascapes written by Gloria Pungetti and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seascape studies have developed in response to questions arising from composite correlations such as coastal, island and marine research, social requirements, landscape design and planning, marine ecology, and environment and resource management. This global volume is the first comprehensive overview to provide a solid foundation on the concept of seascape, with the latest research findings from leading experts across a variety of fields, offering a holistic approach to seascape linking nature with culture, and theory with practice. Divided into six parts, it includes over 30 chapters from contributors around the world. Pioneering methods with illustrated case studies from the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, North Sea, North America and Asia serve as examples for future seascape development, conservation and governance. An important and extremely timely resource, the Routledge Handbook of Seascapes provides academics, practitioners, NGOs, consultants and government officials with a broad overview of current research and practice for future application and advance worldwide.

The Science of Citizen Science

Author : Katrin Vohland
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030582787
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Citizen Science written by Katrin Vohland and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities within and between societies, and the sustainability turn. The field of citizen science has been growing in recent decades. Many different stakeholders from scientists to citizens and from policy makers to environmental organisations have been involved in its practice. In addition, many scientists also study citizen science as a research approach and as a way for science and society to interact and collaborate. This book provides a representation of the practices as well as scientific and societal outcomes in different disciplines. It reflects the contribution of citizen science to societal development, education, or innovation and provides and overview of the field of actors as well as on tools and guidelines. It serves as an introduction for anyone who wants to get involved in and learn more about the science of citizen science.

Oceanobs'19: An Ocean of Opportunity. Volume II

Author : Tong Lee
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889631192
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Oceanobs'19: An Ocean of Opportunity. Volume II written by Tong Lee and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.