SDG 15:
LIFE ON LAND

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

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National scale mapping of ecosystem services in Israel – Genetic resources, pollination and cultural services

By: Lotan A., Kost R., Mandelik Y., Peled Y., Chakuki D., Shamir S.Z., Ram Y.
Published in: One Ecosystem
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The Israel – National Ecosystem Assessment (I-NEA) project aims to present a comprehensive picture of the state and tren (more…)

Opportunism or aquatic specialization? Evidence of freshwater fish exploitation at ohalo II- a waterlogged upper paleolithic site

By: Zohar I., Dayan T., Goren M., Nadel D., Hershkovitz I.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Humanities  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Analysis of ca. 17,000 fish remains recovered from the late Upper Paleolithic/early Epi-Paleolithic (LGM; 23,000 BP) wat (more…)

Detection of sand encroachment patterns in desert oases. The case of Erg Chebbi (Morocco)

By: Puy A., Herzog M., Escriche P., Marouche A., Oubana Y., Bubenzer O.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Desert oases are fragile agrarian areas, very vulnerable to sand encroachment by wind. Ensuring their conservation highl (more…)

Climate change and interconnected risks to sustainable development in the Mediterranean

By: Cramer W., Guiot J., Fader M., Garrabou J., Gattuso J.-P., Iglesias A., Lange M.A., Lionello P., Llasat M.C., Paz S., Peñuelas J., Snoussi M., Toreti A., Tsimplis M.N., Xoplaki E.
Published in: Nature Climate Change
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Recent accelerated climate change has exacerbated existing environmental problems in the Mediterranean Basin that are ca (more…)

Applying Geographic Information Systems to ecosystem services valuation and mapping in Trinidad and Tobago

By: Ghermandi A., Agard J., Nunes P.A.L.D.
Published in: Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Consideration of the spatial dimension in the provision of ecosystem services is fundamental for the calculation of the (more…)

The Lake CHAd Deep DRILLing project (CHADRILL) – targeting ~ 10 million years of environmental and climate change in Africa

By: Sylvestre F., Schuster M., Vogel H., Abdheramane M., Ariztegui D., Salzmann U., Schwalb A., Waldmann N., Adeaga O., Ahounta D., Izuchukwu M.A., Andossa L., Armitage S., Augustin L., Barboni D., Bard E., Berke M., Bouchez C., Bourlès D., Bristow C., Brown E., Campisano C., Chalié F., Clarke L., Contoux C., Couapel M., Delanghe D., Deschamps P., Doumnang J.-C., Flecker R., Harms U., Holmes J., Phillips R.I., Isseini M., Jouve G., Larrasoana J., Lebatard A.-E., Leroy S., Mahamoud Y., Moussa A., Nielson D., Nguetsop F., Njokuocha R.C., Noren A., Porat N., Chloé P., Schüler-Goldbach L., Tachikawa K., Thouveny N., Tutolo B., Verschuren D., Vidal L., Viehberg F.
Published in: Scientific Drilling
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: At present, Lake Chad ( ~13°0 N, ~14° E) is a shallow freshwater lake located in the Sahel/Sahara region of central nort (more…)

Ancient herders enriched and restructured African grasslands

By: Marshall F., Reid R.E.B., Goldstein S., Storozum M., Wreschnig A., Hu L., Kiura P., Shahack-Gross R., Ambrose S.H.
Published in: Nature
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Grasslands are one of the world’s most extensive terrestrial biomes and are central to the survival of herders, their li (more…)

Cattle foraging in Mediterranean oak woodlands – Effects of management practices on the woody vegetation

By: Schoenbaum I., Henkin Z., Yehuda Y., Voet H., Kigel J.
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Vegetation structure and composition of woodlands in the Mediterranean Basin have experienced extensive land-use change (more…)

Home range size and resource use of breeding and non-breeding white storks along a land use gradient

By: Zurell D., von Wehrden H., Rotics S., Kaatz M., Groß H., Schlag L., Schäfer M., Sapir N., Turjeman S., Wikelski M., Nathan R., Jeltsch F.
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Biotelemetry is increasingly used to study animal movement at high spatial and temporal resolution and guide conservatio (more…)

Spectral data source effect on crop state estimation by vegetation indices

By: Polinova M., Jarmer T., Brook A.
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Spectral vegetation indices (VIs) are a well-known and widely used method for crop state estimation. The ability to moni (more…)

A crowdsourced valuation of recreational ecosystem services using social media data: An application to a tropical wetland in India

By: Sinclair M., Ghermandi A., Sheela A.M.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Online social media represent an extensive, opportunistic source of behavioral data and revealed preferences for ecosyst (more…)

Comparing grey water versus tap water and coal ash versus perlite on growth of two plant species on green roofs

By: Agra H., Solodar A., Bawab O., Levy S., Kadas G.J., Blaustein L., Greenbaum N.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Green roofs provide important ecosystem services in urban areas. In Mediterranean and other semi-arid climate regions, m (more…)

Marine ecosystem services in the Northern Mozambique Channel: A geospatial and socio-economic analysis for policy support

By: Ghermandi A., Obura D., Knudsen C., Nunes P.A.L.D.
Published in: Ecosystem Services
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The Northern Mozambique Channel hosts one of the world’s most outstanding terrestrial and marine biodiversity-rich areas (more…)

Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

By: Rozendaal D.M.A., Bongers F., Aide T.M., Alvarez-Dávila E., Ascarrunz N., Balvanera P., Becknell J.M., Bentos T.V., Brancalion P.H.S., Cabral G.A.L., Calvo-Rodriguez S., Chave J., César R.G., Chazdon R.L., Condit R., Dallinga J.S., De Almeida-Cortez J.S., De Jong B., De Oliveira A., Denslow J.S., Dent D.H., DeWalt S.J., Dupuy J.M., Durán S.M., Dutrieux L.P., Espírito-Santo M.M., Fandino M.C., Fernandes G.W., Finegan B., García H., Gonzalez N., Moser V.G., Hall J.S., Hernández-Stefanoni J.L., Hubbell S., Jakovac C.C., Hernández A.J., Junqueira A.B., Kennard D., Larpin D., Letcher S.G., Licona J.-C., Lebrija-Trejos E., Marín-Spiotta E., Martínez-Ramos M., Massoca P.E.S., Meave J.A., Mesquita R.C.G., Mora F., Müller S.C., Muñoz R., De Oliveira Neto S.N., Norden N., Nunes Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona S., Ortiz-Malavassi E., Ostertag R., Peña-Claros M., Pérez-García E.A., Piotto D., Powers J.S., Aguilar-Cano J., Rodriguez-Buritica S., Rodríguez-Velázquez J., Romero-Romero M.A., Ruíz J., Sanchez-Azofeifa A., De Almeida A.S., Silver W.L., Schwartz N.B., Thomas W.W., Toledo M., Uriarte M., De Sá Sampaio E.V., Van Breugel M., Van Der Wal H., Martins S.V., Veloso M.D.M., Vester H.F.M., Vicentini A., Vieira I.C.G., Villa P., Williamson G.B., Zanini K.J., Zimmerman J., Poorter L.
Published in: Science Advances
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Old-growth tropical forests harbor an immense diversity of tree species but are rapidly being cleared, while secondary f (more…)

A mathematical partitioning of the effects of habitat loss and habitat degradation on species abundance

By: Bar-Massada A., Ives A.R., Butsic V.
Published in: Landscape Ecology
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Context: Worldwide, anthropogenic habitat loss and degradation have led to substantial biodiversity declines. Preserving (more…)

Algae diversity and ecology during a summer assessment of water quality in the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, USA

By: Barinova S., Smith T.
Published in: Diversity
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: There were 88 species of algae and cyanobacteria observed from seven sites in the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Hi (more…)

Bioindication of the influence of oil production on Sphagnum Bogs in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Russia

By: Skorobogatova O., Yumagulova E., Storchak T., Barinova S.
Published in: Diversity
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Algal diversity in the bogs of the Ershov oil field of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra (KMAO-Yugra) with the (more…)

Haifa fire restoration project-urban forest management: A case study

By: Tessler N., Borger H., Rave E., Argaman E., Kopel D., Brook A., Elkabets E., Wittenberg L.
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: On 24 November 2016, extreme hot and dry weather led to more than 1000 fires in Israel. One of the largest fires (120 ha (more…)

Environmental mapping in assessing the impact of environmental factors on the aquatic ecosystem of the Arys River basin, South Kazakhstan

By: Krupa E.G., Barinova S.S., Romanova S.M.
Published in: Diversity
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Assessment of the water quality of the Arys River basin based on the spatial distribution of richness of phytoperiphyton (more…)

The effects of post-fire forest management on soil erosion rates 3 and 4 years after a wildfire, demonstrated on the 2010 Mount Carmel fire

By: Zituni R., Wittenberg L., Malkinson D.
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire
SDGs : SDG 15  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: During 2-5 December 2010, an area of 2500 ha in the Carmel forests was consumed by a severe wildfire, causing soil erosi (more…)