The future of ecosystem assessments is automation, collaboration, and artificial intelligence

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability

Patricia Balvanera et al.

Summary: Global frameworks are needed to monitor changes in human-nature interactions and understand how ecosystems support societies. Monitoring Essential Ecosystem Service Variables can provide a comprehensive understanding of the changing links between nature and people, and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY (2022)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Perspectives in machine learning for wildlife conservation

Devis Tuia et al.

Summary: Inexpensive and accessible sensors are increasingly used in animal ecology to accelerate data acquisition. By combining machine learning with domain knowledge, ecologists can harness large datasets generated by modern sensors to improve ecological models and develop integrated hybrid modeling tools through interdisciplinary collaboration.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2022)

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Article Environmental Sciences

The global environmental agenda urgently needs a semantic web of knowledge

Stefano Balbi et al.

Summary: Progress in key social-ecological challenges of the global environmental agenda is hindered by a lack of integration and synthesis of existing scientific evidence. Artificial intelligence-based approaches, underpinned by semantics and machine reasoning, offer constructive solutions by enabling quick search, organization, reuse, combination, and synthesis of scientific information.

ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE (2022)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Gauging the happiness benefit of US urban parks through Twitter

Aaron J. Schwartz et al.

Summary: There is a positive relationship between nature contact and mental well-being, which varies across different cities and time periods. People express more happiness in parks, and this happiness is not only limited to weekends or summer vacation. The larger the park, the higher the happiness benefit.

PLOS ONE (2022)

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Article Environmental Sciences

Nature-dependent people: Mapping human direct use of nature for basic needs across the tropics

Giacomo Fedele et al.

Summary: Understanding where people highly depend on natural resources for their basic needs is crucial for planning conservation and development interventions. Based on research findings, approximately 1.2 billion people across tropical countries have a high direct dependency on nature, highlighting the importance of designing nature-based strategies for promoting environmental benefits and inclusive human development.

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS (2021)

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Article Ecology

Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Emily Nicholson et al.

Summary: Efforts are needed to establish an effective ecosystem goal with clear milestones to support biodiversity conservation, Sustainable Development Goals, and climate change mitigation. The ecosystem goal should include core components such as area, integrity, and risk of collapse, with multiple indicators selected for their fitness for purpose. Establishing science-based goals with well-formulated action targets and fit-for-purpose indicators is crucial for reversing biodiversity loss and sustaining human well-being.

NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION (2021)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences