AIMC Topic: Conservation of Natural Resources

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Traditional land use is integral to ecological function in SW Madagascar.

Scientific reports
Historic land-use practices are important for understanding present-day patterns of ecological productivity and resilience. A longstanding challenge, however, has been how to discern different land-use activities across landscapes from archaeological...

The analysis of landscape design and plant selection under deep learning.

Scientific reports
This paper explores the application of deep learning (DL) techniques in landscape design and plant selection, aiming to enhance design efficiency and quality through automated plant leaf image recognition (PLIR). A novel framework based on Convolutio...

Eyes in the sky: Drone monitoring of the largest gharial and mugger populations in the East Rapti River, Chitwan National Park.

PloS one
Drone-based aerial monitoring can play a pivotal role in scaling up efforts to monitor species at risk. In this study, we assessed the population size, occupancy, and spatial interactions of gharials and muggers in the Eastern Rapti River and its tri...

Identifying fish populations prone to abrupt shifts via dynamical footprint analysis.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Fish population biomass fluctuates through time in ways that may be either gradual or abrupt. While abrupt shifts in fish population productivity have been shown to be common, they are rarely integrated into stock assessment or fishery management, in...

A new framework for evaluating land suitability for Goji (Lycium barbarum L.) cultivation across China.

Journal of environmental management
As a valuable Chinese medicinal herb and functional food, Goji (Lycium barbarum L.) berries have been consumed for more than 4500 years in China and have received extensive international attention. However, stakeholders have adopted traditional manag...

Species richness is an important mediator of multifunctionality changes in Hobq desert shrub ecosystem.

Scientific reports
Studying the biodiversity and multifunctionality relationships of the Hobq Desert shrub ecosystem and its response to environmental factors is crucial for ecological restoration in the region. In this study, we examined variations in biodiversity and...

Wetland dynamics in the Indus River Delta: A Sentinel-2 and machine learning approach.

Journal of environmental management
Coastal wetlands of the Indus River Delta are vital ecological regions that have undergone significant transformations driven by anthropogenic activities and environmental stressors. This study assesses the dynamics of wetlands and reclamation in the...

The Two Tales of AI: A Global assessment of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence from a multidimensional policy perspective.

Journal of environmental management
Despite the rapid global expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), its environmental impacts across socio-economic contexts remain underexplored. This study evaluates the relationship between AI intensity and environmental performance across 56 coun...

Advancing smart communities with a deep learning framework for sustainable resource management.

PloS one
BACKGROUND: The rapid development of urban systems and rising requirements for sustainable development lift resource management issues in smart communities. A fundamental problem for contemporary communities involves effectively using energy and wate...

Advancing fishery dependent and independent habitat assessments using automated image analysis: A fisheries management agency case study.

PloS one
Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have revolutionised data analysis, including in the field of marine and fisheries sciences. However, many fisheries agencies manage sensitive or proprietary data that cannot be shared externall...