Geology topics
Publications and source records attributed to Duccio Rocchini.
The rate and extent of global biodiversity change is surpassing our ability to measure, monitor and forecast trends. We propose an interconnected worldwide system of observation networks — a global biodiversity observing system (GBiOS) — to coordinate monitoring worldwide and inform action to reach international biodiversity targets.
The purpose of this white paper is to explore and communicate potential new opportunities for using space-based Earth observation (EO) for monitoring biodiversity with a focus on ecosystem extent (the distribution of ecosystems on the Earth). It is part of a new activity of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), a collaboration of the world’s space agencies that facilitates cross-agency coordination of EO. This activity, now manifested as the CEOS Ecosystem Extent Task Team, is focused on increasing the CEOS role in biodiversity applications, initially using ecosystem extent as a vehicle for discussion and exploration of ideas. The audience is two-fold: CEOS Principals that represent their agency, and the biodiversity community with a particular focus on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and their Parties as well as the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (UN SEEA).