According to theWorld Wildlife Fund(WWF) where we got the data for our map, there are five different conservation statuses that are cause for concern. The table below explains the types of conservation statuses ordered from least concerning to the status with the greatest cause for concern. Conse...
Most of the functionality available inArcMapis also available inArcGIS Pro. The challenge is to find familiar commands and follow familiar workflows in a redesigned application. The drop-down menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes inArcMapare replaced by the ribbon and panes inArcGIS Pro. The proje...
NatureServe is a science-based, non-advocacy organization, the umbrella of a biodiversity information network spanning the western hemisphere. Based in the U.S., NatureServe and its network of member programs produce essential information about North American species and ecosystems, where they are ...
(Fig.5d). This divergence was even more pronounced for hunting and trapping, with Human Footprint values relatively low across most of the tropical forests, where our maps suggest high impacts from hunting and trapping (Fig.5b,e). The largest discrepancy was with climate change, for which ...
water under roads.The map shows the waterways, from the rivers themselves to their feeder creeks and streams; the known areas where endangered and threatened fish live and spawn in the watershed; and the mix of public and private landowners in the area - from timber companies to the U.S. ...
In the rewilding effort, Trees for Life focuses on creating places where there’s room for open-ground species, semi-woodland species, and many others in between. Ecologists use old maps to guide work in the field, hoping to find genetic evidence of forests that developed after ice left Scot...
“The Murray–Darling Basin is a large area of south-eastern Australia where water flows through a system of interconnected rivers and lakes. The two main rivers are the River Murray and the Darling River. More than 2.2 million people live in the Basin, including...
While visitors to Panama may come for the Panama Canal, they stay for everything else. Known as the “Crossroads of the Americas,” Panama is not only the geographical point where North America meets South America but also where the Pacific and Atlantic
Santiago Island is the largest Cape Verde island; it’s where half the country’s people live. The first of the islands to be settled, it is home to the country’s capital, Praia. The island is a good place to see some of nature’s endangered species, including 38 plants and several...
concentrated in the southwestern part of the province along inland lake and river shores, wetlands, and along the coast in salt marshes. Fifteen ACPF species are listed as species at risk, and some are found nowhere else in Canada. ACPF species at risk found in southwest Nova Scotia include:...