Current and future opportunities for satellite remote sensing to inform rewilding

IF 3.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI:10.1002/rse2.321

N. Pettorelli, Henrike Schulte to Bühne

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Abstract

Rewilding has been suggested as an effective strategy for addressing environmental challenges such as the intertwined biodiversity and climate change crises, but there is little information to guide the monitoring of rewilding projects. Since rewilding focuses on enhancing ecosystem functionality, with no defined endpoint, monitoring strategies used in restoration are often inappropriate, as they typically focus on assessing species composition, or the ecological transition of an ecosystem towards a defined desired state. We here discuss how satellite remote sensing can provide an opportunity to address existing knowledge and data gaps in rewilding science. We first discuss how satellite remote sensing is currently being used to inform rewilding initiatives and highlight current barriers to the adoption of this type of technology by practitioners and scientists involved with rewilding. We then identify opportunities for satellite remote sensing to help address current knowledge gaps in rewilding, including gaining a better understanding of the role of animals in ecosystem functioning; improving the monitoring of landscape‐scale connectivity; and assessing the impacts of rewilding on the conservation status of rewilded sites. Though significant barriers remain to the widespread use of satellite remote sensing to monitor rewilding projects, we argue that decisions on monitoring approaches and priorities need to be part of implementation plans from the start, involving both remote sensing experts and ecologists. Making use of the full potential of satellite remote sensing for rewilding ultimately requires integrating species and ecosystem perspectives at the monitoring, knowledge‐producing and decision‐making levels. Such an integration will require a change in know‐how, necessitating increased inter‐disciplinary interactions and collaborations, as well as conceptual shifts in communities and organizations traditionally involved in biodiversity conservation.

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卫星遥感为重建提供信息的当前和未来机会

重建被认为是应对环境挑战的有效策略，如相互交织的生物多样性和气候变化危机，但几乎没有信息可以指导重建项目的监测。由于重建侧重于增强生态系统功能，没有明确的终点，因此在恢复中使用的监测策略往往是不合适的，因为它们通常侧重于评估物种组成，或生态系统向明确的理想状态的生态过渡。我们在这里讨论卫星遥感如何为解决重建科学中现有的知识和数据差距提供机会。我们首先讨论了卫星遥感目前是如何被用于为重建计划提供信息的，并强调了目前参与重建的从业者和科学家采用这类技术的障碍。然后，我们确定卫星遥感的机会，以帮助解决当前重建中的知识差距，包括更好地了解动物在生态系统功能中的作用；改善对景观规模连通性的监测；以及评估重新造林对重新造林地点保护状况的影响。尽管在广泛使用卫星遥感监测重建项目方面仍然存在重大障碍，但我们认为，从一开始就需要将监测方法和优先事项的决定作为实施计划的一部分，让遥感专家和生态学家都参与进来。充分利用卫星遥感的潜力进行重建最终需要在监测、知识生产和决策层面整合物种和生态系统的观点。这种整合需要改变专业知识，需要增加学科间的互动和合作，以及传统上参与生物多样性保护的社区和组织的概念转变。

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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation Earth and Planetary Sciences-Computers in Earth Sciences

CiteScore

9.80

自引率

5.50%

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审稿时长

18 weeks

期刊介绍： emote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation provides a forum for rapid, peer-reviewed publication of novel, multidisciplinary research at the interface between remote sensing science and ecology and conservation. The journal prioritizes findings that advance the scientific basis of ecology and conservation, promoting the development of remote-sensing based methods relevant to the management of land use and biological systems at all levels, from populations and species to ecosystems and biomes. The journal defines remote sensing in its broadest sense, including data acquisition by hand-held and fixed ground-based sensors, such as camera traps and acoustic recorders, and sensors on airplanes and satellites. The intended journal’s audience includes ecologists, conservation scientists, policy makers, managers of terrestrial and aquatic systems, remote sensing scientists, and students. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation is a fully open access journal from Wiley and the Zoological Society of London. Remote sensing has enormous potential as to provide information on the state of, and pressures on, biological diversity and ecosystem services, at multiple spatial and temporal scales. This new publication provides a forum for multidisciplinary research in remote sensing science, ecological research and conservation science.