Ecosystem condition
Data and Resources
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Last Updated | August 8, 2018, 10:46 (UTC) |
| Created | July 27, 2018, 13:51 (UTC) |
| a.iglesias-campos@unesco.org | |
| Language | Eng |
| Abstract | Following Maes et al. (2018), ecosystem condition was quantified in the CS2 area considering three different classes of conservation status: ‘Favourable’, ‘Unfavourable-inadequate’ and ‘Unfavourable-bad’, ‘Unfavourable’ meaning that management policies for these habitats should be implemented and/or changed. Spatial information on human pressure (i.e. the human footprint) was used as a proxy of ecosystem condition (Maes et al. 2018), given the strong causal relationship between pressures and ecosystem condition. Human footprint dataset was previously standardized and then three different human pressure categories were established according to quantile thresholds. Ecosystem condition category is attributed to each habitat type (EUNIS habitat classification levels 1 and 2). Habitats in the best condition category (3) are at a favourable condition, whereas habitats in the two lower ecosystem condition categories (2, 1) are at unfavourable-inadequate and unfavourable-bad condition, respectively. |
| Resource type | Spatial dataset |
| Spatial representation type | vector |
| License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Classification | Environment |
| Creation date | 2018-05-30 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-27 |
| Last revision date | 2018-07-27 |
| INSPIRE theme | Habitats and biotopes |
| Free keywords | Human footprint, Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean, EUNIS, habitats, ecosystem condition |
| Temporal date | 2018-07-27 |
| Lineage | This dataset resulted from the analysis of several sources. For more information please, see Barbosa et al. in press. and http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/dataset/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-hfiibrm |
| Responsible party |
Organisation: IOC-UNESCO
Email: a.iglesias-campos@unesco.org Role: Point of Contact |
| Related publications | **Barbosa, A., Martín, B., Hermoso, V., Arévalo-Torres, J., Barbière, J., Martínez-López, J., Domisch, S., Langhans, S.D., Balbi, S., Villa, F., Delacámara, G., Teixeira, H., Nogueira, A.J.A., Lillebø, A.I., Gil-Jiménez, Y., Iglesias-Campos, A. in press. An Ecosystem-Based Management Approach for the spatial planning of Green and Blue Infrastructure at the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean: Andalusia (Spain) – Morocco. STOTEN ** Maes, J., & Al., E. (2018). Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services An analytical framework for mapping and assessment of ecosystem condition in EU. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/knowledge/ecosystem_assessment/pdf/5th MAES report.pdf **http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/dataset/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-hfiibrm **http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-listofspeciesibrm **http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-listofspeciesibrm ** http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/dataset/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-list-of-habitats-in-the-cs2 **http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-ecosystemservices **http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/dataset/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-probabilityofspeciesoccurrence **http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/dataset/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-pus **http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-gblsolution ****http://dataportal.aquacross.eu/group-intercontinentalbiosphere-gblselfreq |
| Projections | WGS 84 -- EPSG-4326 |
| Spatial extent - North | 36.97 |
| Spatial extent - South | 34.8 |
| Spatial extent - East | -4.68 |
| Spatial extent - West | -5.84 |