…screening layer presented in the paper has been combined with the existing marine layer to form a single “Global Critical Habitat screening layer”. The resulting layer enables access to an…
Scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind global map of the state of the world’s terrestrial habitat to help both businesses and investors to protect precious habitats. As published on the 24th…
…Lascelles B, Pilgrim JD, Ekstrom JMM, Tittensor DP (2015). A global map to aid the identification and screening of critical habitat for marine industries. Marine Policy 53: 45-53. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.11.007…
…investment it provides for maintaining and updating the tool’s core global biodiversity datasets and derived layers. Biodiversity data can be sparse, so the broad array of data provided through IBAT…
…conserve key ocean ecosystems. This new iteration of the platform provides global and national statistics on corals, saltmarshes, mangroves, and seagrass habitats, illustrating where each habitat overlaps with the global protected area…
…data layers – of biodiversity importance and biodiversity intactness – for the Global Forest Watch website. The biodiversity importance layer provides a visual representative of how important each pixel on…
…partners, is promoting the adoption of nature positive practices throughout the infrastructure lifecycle The tools for building sustainable infrastructure Global biodiversity databases are essential for conducting successful risk screening. Databases…
…data layer to do a high-level screening of priority locations across its supply chain, and then use a detailed ecosystem accounting framework to track losses and gains in the condition…
Photo: Jayne Jenkins People’s life on land depends on the health of our ocean, whether we live in the coastal zone or further inland. Healthy ocean habitats support people’s lives…
…FAO, Greisfwald Mire Centre, and the Ramsar Secretariat, along with a group of 226 global peatland experts have developed the Global Peatlands Assessment (GPA): The State of the World’s Peatlands….