Blog for People, Food and Nature

July 22, 2014

Red List of Ecosystems (RLE)

The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is able to identify which ecosystems are not currently facing significant risks of collapse, and which ones are Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically Endangered. ...
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June 30, 2014

Landscape performance scorecard (LPS)

The landscape performance scorecard engages stakeholders in scoring and qualitatively assessing their landscape. ...
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June 30, 2014

Ground-Based Photo-Monitoring (GBPM) Guide

This tool describes how to use repeat photography to track landscape changes to monitor and evaluate management practices. ...
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June 30, 2014

Global ForestWatch 2.0

The new Global Forest Watch is an interactive near-real-time deforestation alert system. ...
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June 27, 2014

LandscapeIMAGES

A spatially explicit tool for the analysis of the provision of multiple ecosystem services. ...
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June 27, 2014

Ecosystem-scale and Multi-sectoral approaches to Landscape Management

GIS-based study takes into consideration individual and cumulative impacts of multiple stakeholders and the potential within the landscape to compensate for impacts to ecosystems. ...
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June 27, 2014

Power ranking tool

A power ranking exercise makes people aware of their rank, and experience the differences between situational, social, and personal rank. ...
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June 27, 2014

Four Returns Model

A tool to identify the value from restoration for all potential stakeholders involved in the landscape. ...
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June 27, 2014

Watershed Evaluation Tool

Compares watershed biodiversity and ecosystem function importance for current (2005) and future (2050) scenarios. ...
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June 27, 2014

Participatory Rangeland Planning

A process that involves multiple rangeland users and stakeholders to generate common action plans and measures for optimal rangeland use. ...
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