AIMC Topic: Conservation of Natural Resources

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A data-driven approach to forest health assessment through multivariate analysis and machine learning techniques.

BMC plant biology
BACKGROUND: Himalayan forests are fragile, rich in biodiversity, and face increasing threats from anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Assessing their health is critical for sustainable forest management. This study integrated ecological indic...

Tecomella undulata under threat: The impact of climate change on the distribution of a valuable tree species using a machine learning model.

PloS one
Climate change has emerged as a significant driver of biodiversity loss, with profound implications for species distribution. This study assessed the current and future distribution of Tecomella undulata (Desert teak), an economically and medicinally...

Benthic communities on restored coral reefs confer equivalent aesthetic value to healthy reefs.

Scientific reports
Coral reefs are valuable ecosystems that provide diverse ecosystem services to people. For example, many reefs have exceptionally high tourism value, attracting visitors to experience their ecologically and visually rich reef habitat. However, human-...

Leveraging machine learning for monitoring afforestation in mining areas: evaluating Tata Steel's restoration efforts in Noamundi, India.

Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mining activities have long been associated with significant environmental impacts, including deforestation, habitat degradation, and biodiversity loss, necessitating targeted strategies like afforestation to mitigate ecological damage. Tata Steel's ...

Broadscale reconnaissance of coral reefs from citizen science and deep learning.

Environmental monitoring and assessment
Coral reef managers require various forms of data. While monitoring is typically the preserve of scientists, there is an increasing need to collect larger scale, up-to-date data to prioritise limited conservation resources. Citizen science combined w...

The impact and return-on-investment of evidence-based practice in conservation and environmental management: A machine learning-assisted scoping review protocol.

PloS one
Evidence-based Practice (EBP) is a vital principle, with its origins in the 1970s, that has transformed the disciplines of medicine and healthcare. The use of best available evidence to inform decisions and best practice has since spread across other...

Deforestation driven by illegal and informal gold mining in the southern Peruvian Amazon: a predictive land use analysis over the next 50 years.

Environmental monitoring and assessment
The Amazon is recognized not only for its vast biodiversity and territorial extent but also for the significant mineral riches it harbors. This potential has intensified small-scale illegal and informal gold mining, a practice often employed without ...

Artificial intelligence-driven green innovation for sustainable development: Empirical insights from India's renewable energy transition.

Journal of environmental management
This paper explores the contribution of artificial intelligence (AI), green technology innovation (GTI), and renewable energy generation (REG) to sustainable development in India, with a specific focus on their alignment with the Sustainable Developm...

Tracking the spatial and temporal evolution of salt marsh vegetation based on UAV sampling and seasonal phenology from Landsat data.

Journal of environmental management
Salt marshes, valued for their ecological importance, have been increasingly degraded in recent decades. Preserving salt marshes necessitates a critical approach that involves monitoring vegetation distribution and species composition. This study pre...

Past and Present in the Ecological Connectivity of Protected Areas Through Land Cover and Graph-Based Metrics.

Environmental management
Habitat reduction is significantly threatening biodiversity, making ecological connectivity which facilitates species movement across habitat patches, essential for human impacts mitigation, promoting genetic exchange, and enabling colonization of ne...