Remote Sensing and GIS for Biodiversity Conservation

Prasad, N. R.; Semwal, Manoj; Roy, P. S.

doi:10.1007/978-81-322-2181-4_7

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“…(2010) argue that Landsat data have been used for plant diversity estimation in the past with moderate success. More importantly, it provides archival data over longer periods than other remote sensing platforms (Nagendra et al., 2010; Prasad et al., 2015). In contrary, high spatial resolution satellite remote sensing platforms like IKONOS have challenges in providing consistent historical data required for tracking ecosystems and environmental changes over time at landscape scale (Nagendra et al., 2013).…”

Section: Integration Of Spatial Explicit Methods In Biodiversity Cons...mentioning

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“…Nagendra et al (2010) argue that Landsat data have been used for plant diversity estimation in the past with moderate success. More importantly, it provides archival data over longer periods than other remote sensing platforms (Nagendra et al, 2010;Prasad et al, 2015).…”

Section: Integ R Ati On Of S Patial E Xpli Cit Me Thods In B I Od Ive...mentioning

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“…Cohen and Goward (2004) observed that integration of GIS, remote sensing There are, however, a couple of remote sensing related studies, which have reported on different characteristics of a landscape. Most of these studies have applied freely available remotely sensed products and have regarded these as cost-effective (Prasad et al, 2015). Freely available satellite data are known to be associated with insufficient spatial resolution, such as medium resolution satellite platforms while commercial high spatial resolution satellite imagery is associated with a fine spatial resolution (Nagendra et al, 2010).…”

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Local community involvement in nature conservation under the auspices of Community‐Based Natural Resource Management: A state of the art review

Rampheri

Dube

2020

Afr J Ecol

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Numerous initiatives and programmes were introduced to enable biodiversity conservation, and community involvement was among these propositions. In line with such initiatives, several frameworks were thus developed to ensure the sustainable implementation and realisation of such programmes. This saw the establishment of the Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). As such, numerous calls were made to explore community involvement strategies and associated socioeconomic impacts in nature conservation. Most studies and reports emanating from such calls demonstrate cases of failure of inter alia including poaching. This work, therefore, provides a detailed synthesis of the implications of involving local communities in conservation in protected areas (PAs) and further examines how spatial explicit methodologies can be adopted in enhancing nature conservation. Overall, the study has shown that community attitudes and perceptions towards nature conservation in PAs point towards the failure of the CBNRM approach. Weak, conflicted and sometimes corrupt governance and poor institutional arrangements seem to have contributed towards its failure. Overall, the review further indicates that most studies on community involvement in nature conservation have not fully considered the spatial dimension, and this has hampered holistic and effective monitoring and assessment of biodiversity in PAs to ensure sustainable management and the possible implications of such an approach towards conservation. This work, therefore, recommends a shift towards collaborative modelling, transdisciplinary monitoring and assessment approaches to improve biodiversity conservation as well as to determine the success and limitations of the CBNRM approach in Africa and the world over.

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Section: Integration Of Spatial Explicit Methods In Biodiversity Cons...mentioning

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Section: Integ R Ati On Of S Patial E Xpli Cit Me Thods In B I Od Ive...mentioning

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Local community involvement in nature conservation under the auspices of Community‐Based Natural Resource Management: A state of the art review

Rampheri

Dube

2020

Afr J Ecol

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“…Remote sensing (RS) imagery GIS layers are used as predictors in the analysis of vegetation and modeling (Goodchild et al, 1993;Dirnböck et al, 2003). The latest advances in RS technologies strengthen its use in capturing measurements of biodiversity on earth and in addressing in-situ and ex-situ biodiversity conservation efforts by adding value to the detection of species, ecological communities and patterns of species richness (Prasad et al, 2015).…”

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Gaps in In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation of Threatened Medicinal Plant Species of Sri Lanka; Towards Their Effective Conservation

Jayaweera,

Rajakaruna,

Jayasuriya

et al. 2024

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Sri Lanka is a country rich in biodiversity, harboring 1476 plant species with medicinal values, 307 of which are threatened. These medicinal plants have long been a valuable resource in traditional medicine, reflecting a well-documented historical legacy. However, the fact that 20% of these medicinal plants are listed as threatened poses a major conservation challenge. This study addresses the need for effective conservation strategies for threatened medicinal plants in Sri Lanka. The study focuses on using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to monitor the distribution of threatened medicinal plants in Sri Lanka, prioritizing the species and areas for conservation and needs for ex-situ conservation. Using comprehensive datasets on the distribution of threatened medicinal plants from scientific literature, institutes, and herbarium collections, we assessed the priority areas within existing protected areas for in-situ conservation and ex-situ conservation status in Government Medicinal Plant Gardens. The research highlights the significance of Sinharaja rainforest and Peak Wilderness Sanctuary (Sri Padaya) as important protected areas with high species richness, housing 68 and 83 threatened medicinal plants respectively. Our findings show that a substantial proportion of threatened medicinal plants are distributed outside of protected areas, highlighting the need of establishing new protected areas as well as expanding the existing protected areas to conserve these unprotected threatened medicinal plants. Ex-situ conservation efforts were found to be crucial, especially for overexploited and endangered species. Our study highlights the importance of integrating GIS technology into conservation management to ensure the effective conservation of Sri Lankan medicinal plants for future generations.

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“…where remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS) have been successfully used in assessing land use land cover (LULC) concerning dominant vegetation, their use for lichen diversity studies is still lacking (Prasad et al 2015).…”

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Lichen communities as a multiscale correlative indicator of elevational and land use-land cover gradients in the Himalayas

Rai

Khare

Upadhyay

et al. 2021

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Elevation and land use/ land cover (LULC) plays an important role in the diversity of lichens in the Himalayas. The elevation gradients and LULC can be remotely assessed using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS). The current study was done in the Chopta-Tungnath landscape in the Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary, western Himalaya, India. Digital elevation modelling of the study area was done using shuttle radar topography mission data (SRTM-DEM) processed in Esri ArcGIS® ArcMAPTM 10.5, to assess the elevation gradient of the study area and selection of four lichen sampling sites. The LULC maps of the study area were prepared using Landsat 8 and Google Earth Pro 7.3.2.5776 imagery processed using LeicaTM ERDAS IMAGINE® 9.2. An elevation gradient of 2750 m to 3703m was recorded by SRTM-DEM. The LULC analysis resulted in five LULC classes of which the four sampling sites fall in the 3 LULC classes. The principal component analysis (PCA), used to analyse the lichen communities along the RS-GIS recognized LULC classes. The study found lichen communities to be a proxy to the LULC classes in the Himalayas with clear gradients of growth forms and habitat subsets along the increasing elevation gradient.

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Remote Sensing and GIS for Biodiversity Conservation

Cited by 8 publications

References 225 publications

Local community involvement in nature conservation under the auspices of Community‐Based Natural Resource Management: A state of the art review

Local community involvement in nature conservation under the auspices of Community‐Based Natural Resource Management: A state of the art review

Gaps in In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation of Threatened Medicinal Plant Species of Sri Lanka; Towards Their Effective Conservation

Lichen communities as a multiscale correlative indicator of elevational and land use-land cover gradients in the Himalayas

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