绘制全球土地转型压力的地图,以支持保护规划
James Oakleaf1, Christina Kennedy2, Nicholas H Wolff3
1Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters, The Nature Conservancy, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, USA. joakleaf@tnc.org.
Scientific data
|July 30, 2024
概括
一张新的全球地图确定了土地转化压力很高的地区,突出了超过4.6亿公的未被破坏的自然土地面临风险. 该工具有助于积极的保护工作,防止息地丧失,实现生物多样性和气候目标.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 是指地理信息系统.
背景情况:
- 有效的保护规划需要积极确定未来的土地转型热点.
- 以前对息地丧失的测绘工作往往集中在森林上,并忽视了各种变化驱动因素.
研究的目的:
- 开发土地转化压力的全球地图,整合人类变化的多个驱动因素.
- 提供一种新的指标,即转换压力指数 (CPI),用于评估自然土地上的累积人为压力.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个1公里分辨率的全球地图,利用时间人类修改数据和适合大规模开发的地图.
- 结合历史人为变化率与预计的发展扩张,创建转换压力指数 (CPI).
主要成果:
- 在200个国家中确定了近23%的土地表现出高转换压力.
- 突出了超过4.6亿公的完整自然土地,可能会受到未来土地转型的影响.
结论:
- 转换压力指数 (CPI) 提供了一种新的方法来测量超出简单土地覆盖变化的累积人为压力.
- 这些发现支持积极的保护战略,以减轻未来的息地丧失,实现全球生物多样性和气候承诺.
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