Biodiversity makes ecosystems more productive, and it allows us a greater opportunity to find new organisms that will make important food or medicines for us. Its objective is to highlight the growing cost of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to. The biodiversity intactness index bii is a highprofile metric of an areas average abundance of wild species relative to that in premodern times1 or in primary vegetation under current climatic conditions2. Here, we propose a biodiversity intactness index bii for assessing progress towards this target that is simple and practicalbut sensitive to important factors that in. How biodiversity accounts may be used to set policy targets for biodiversity and be an important element in biodiversity policy. Scotland takes you on a trip around eight main habitats of scotland, highlighting some of the pressures on wildlife and giving numerous examples of how governments, nongovernmental organisations ngos, the private sector and the public are working together to bring back nature. The data centre is funded by the department of culture, heritage and the gaeltacht, and the heritage council. Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology flashcards. Annual changes in the biodiversity intactness index in tropical and. Name three ecosystem services provided by biodiversity. Investigating biospecimen reporting for improved study quality brisq and the standard preanalytical code sprec using natural history museum and culture collections as case studies.
The biodiversity intactness index bii, a broad based biodiversity indicator, was used to assess the biodiversity implications of transforming available land to biofuels. Biodiversity proofing and the no net loss initiative. It is an international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity. Mace the global community is committed to reducing the rate of loss of biodiversity, but how can progress be measured. Leading companies in the primary natural resource sectors are setting more targeted and measureable environmental goals. Lovera biodiversity, which includes ecosystems like forests and oceans, is vital for sustainable development. The output of globio can basically be expressed in various biodiversity indicators. Biodiversity accounts and indices preliminary draft. The wgnnl established, at its second meeting of 4 july 2012, a subgroup zto work on a definition of the no net loss objective for the consideration of the wgnnl at its third meeting on 7 november 2012 and, based on comment. The biodiversity intactness index is closely linked to the natural capital index but is. The fact that a very large proportion of the worlds forests are used for the production of timber, and that.
Assessing biodiversity intactness at multiple scales. Enhancing biodiversity conservation in production forests the greatest threat to forest biodiversity is the conversion of natural forests into other land uses. Reporting of intactness can occur hierarchically at any level, using the same speciesspeci. The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity wikipedia. Planning for no net loss of biodiversity 08 february 20 a briefing note published by the parliamentary office of science and technology this week postnote 429 is critical of the quality of information, local authority decisionmaking, monitoring and research concerning the incorporation of biodiversity into planning decisions in. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The data needs are not restricted to individual countries or areas, but spread wider depending on the temporal or geographical scale of the hypotheses. Many questions within biodiversity research and nature conservation inherently require easy access to, and combination of, spatiotemporal biodiversity and ecosystem data. This can, in turn, lead to an enhanced awareness of the importance of biodiversity conservation as part of the agriculture system. Compare methods for calculation of biodiversity indices. At the moment, the main indicators used are the mean species abundance msa and ecosystem extent. The biodiversity intactness index 2005, 2006,2008, mean species abundance index 2009, the nature index 2011 cooperation and expertise for a sustainable future.
Impact on biodiversity how it works what is globio. The biodiversity intactness index bii has been proposed as one measure for assessing the impact of different land uses on a broad range of taxa scholes and biggs 2005 the index represents the. The biodiversity intactness index bii is an indicator of the average abundance. In the ni framework, a biodiversity indicator is defined as 15. Name three biological services provided by biodiversity. One in 10 uk wildlife species faces extinction, major. Biodiversity an index of intactness request pdf researchgate. Here, we propose a biodiversity intactness index bii for. This is based on an increasing recognition by business that they need to manage their operational and. Changes in the biodiversity intactness index in tropical and. No net loss and net positive impact approaches for. The purpose of the biodiversity checklist is to decide the presence of protected habitats and species within or in close proximity to the application site.
The development and use of biodiversity indicators in. The biodiversity intactness index is closely linked to the natural. For example, wetlands are often areas of high plant and animal biodiversity. One in 10 uk wildlife species faces extinction, major report shows. The nutrient rich waters of the sanctuarys ecosystem sustain the greatest biodiversity of the temperate regions of the world, including 33 species of marine mammals, 94 species of seabirds, and 345 species of fish. A novel system to tackle the problem may also identify key factors behind the changes. Forests and biodiversity joint position paper by members of the cbd alliance1 and the global forest coalition2 atlantic forest, brazil. Assessing biodiversity intactness at multiple scales r. Species not native to an area or not found in the natural habitat of an area will have no effect on the biodiversity intactness index they are intentionally excluded from the index, explains newbold. Nature and biodiversity newsletter number 43 february. Almost everyone has heard about how important biodiversity is. Adoption of a long term 2050 vision adoption of a mid term 2020 headline target by 2050, european union biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides its natural capital are protected, valued and appropriately restored for biodiversitys intrinsic value and for their essential contribution to human wellbeing and economic. The variable plotted, biodiversity intactness index, is the modeled average abundance of originallypresent species, relative to their abundance in an intact ecosystem. Plantzafrica baseline vision offering popular articles for gardeners and landscapers.
The national biodiversity authority nba is a statutory autonomous body under the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, government of india established in 2003 to implement the provisions under the biological diversity act, 2002, after india signed convention on biological diversity cbd in 1992. Particular type of organism a population or group of populations whose members share certian characteristics and can freely breed with one another and produce fertile offspring. The biodiversity intactness index bii estimates how the average. Species list for northern and yorke sa common name epbc status proportion of sampled range in the region % most recent record gobiidae gobies 3 out of 99 species in australia bathygobius krefftii kreffts frillgoby 25 2005. Human actions compromise the information content of the biosphere, which is.
Capital index nci 10, and the south african biological intactness index bii 11. Here, we propose a biodiversity intactness index bii for assessing progress towards this target that is. A biodiversity intactness index potsdam institute for climate impact. The biodiversity intactness index bii is an indicator of the average. An ecosystem provision the biodiversity through the resources such as food, fresh water, fuelwood, fiber, biochemicals, genetic resources etc. Regulation of access to biological resources and or associated knowledge the national biodiversity authority is mandated to regulate access to biological resources and or associated knowledge for research, biosurvey and bioutilization, commercial utilization, obtaining intellectual property rights, transfer of results of research and transfer of accessed biological. Reyers2 1 csir environmentek, pretoria, south africa. The living planet index also tracks the state of global biodiversity. The code in file s1 allows the user to make more specific plots than the ones we present. Ceeweb for biodiversity is a network of 53 nongovernmental organizations which has been committed for the past 25 years to the conservation of biodiversity in the central and eastern european region. A new quality management perspective for biodiversity conservation and research. The biodiversity on earth, with the many species, ecosystems, and. Scholes rj, biggs r 2005 a biodiversity intactness index.
The national biodiversity data centre is an initiative of the heritage council and is operated under a service level agreement by compass informatics. Ecosystem conservation and biodiversity protection. Nature index for norway 2015 nina brage norsk institutt for. Pdf the nations of the world have set themselves a target of reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.
Biodiversity and forest management concepts to consider when developing a forest management strategy scott haulton forestry wildlife specialist indiana dnr division of forestry. Biodiversity is itself a powerful indicator of a healthy and functioning ecosystem. Introduction to biodiversity center for biodiversity. The nations of the world have set themselves a target of reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. A mangrove crab on the root of a red mangrove tree. However, a lack of integrated measures for biodiversity has greatly. All of these protected habitats and species are afforded varying levels of protection under the following pieces of european and statutory legislation.
Data workflows fbip ipt custom specify spatial brahms custom national. The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity teeb was a study led by pavan sukhdev from 2007 to 2011. Biodiversity accounts and indices preliminary draft contributors. Biodiversity accounts and indices preliminary draft unsd the. National biodiversity information system brenda daly south african national biodiversity institute. Drawing on the interdisciplinary research on the nature index for norway, an. The biodiversity intactness index may underestimate losses.
Global map of the biodiversity intactness index, from. Books by language additional collections journal of materials engineering. Mapping of current and potential use of biodiversity. An assessment of the potential biodiversity impacts from. We at the center for biodiversity outcomes at arizona state university address this need for broad participation through our commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and multistakeholder engagement, while drawing on a long history of conservation biology research at. Request pdf biodiversity an index of intactness the nations of the world have set themselves a target of reducing the rate of biodiversity. These results do not account for species that may have appeared in a given habitat over recent years. It was noted that the recently developed biodiversity intactness index bii is. This module was developed for grades 68, but may be adapted to older grades.
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