Topic: mapping

Improving coastal resource management and coral reef protection by providing comprehensive information on threats to coral reefs, the value of goods and services provided by these ecosystems, and economic losses that will result from their degradation.

The first analysis of its kind performed in Canada combining satellite imagery, GIS and ground-truthing to create an electronic atlas that uses ESRI software in an easy-to-use interface.

A map-based analysis of human pressure on coral reefs in Sabah, Malaysia, designed to halt reef degradation and improve coastal management.

The first-ever, detailed map of intact forest landscapes in Russia, and can be used to flag areas where special precautions must be taken before development decisions are made.

Provides a detailed analysis of threats to coral reefs across Southeast Asia and provides an economic valuation of what will be lost if these threats – destructive fishing, overfishing, marine-based and inland pollution, coastal development – continue.

A comprehensive, map-based analysis of the scale and pace of change affecting Indonesia’s forests and the forces and actors that are driving deforestation – turning Indonesia from a forest-rich country to a forest-poor country.

This global, map-based analysis evaluates human pressure on coral reefs worldwide and provides information and tools to better manage coastal habitats.

Note: This analysis has been updated. Please see Reefs at Risk Revisited (2011) for the most recent data.

Offers the first scientific assessment of the world’s large, intact natural forests and graphically depicts the extent of human impacts on global forests.