GCRI · Biodiversity Nexus
STEM foundation of Biodiversity Nexus
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Biodiversity Nexus rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
The workspace for STEM foundation of Biodiversity Nexus.
Method registry
Biodiversity · 8 methods in use · Example interface, not a record
Methods in use
| Ecology and biodiversity | 11 | Expert review | Q3 | Current |
| Earth observation and remote | 10 | Cross-validation | Q3 | Review due |
| Spatial statistics | 10 | Expert review | Q2 | Current |
| Geospatial information systems | 9 | Expert review | Q4 | Current |
| Complex systems | 9 | Hindcast | Q3 | Current |
| Causal inference and impact | 13 | Expert review | Q2 | Current |
Selected method
- Method
- Ecology and biodiversity science
- Steward
- Protected area authority
- Assumptions
- stated on its page
- Limits
- what it cannot say, published
Skill on held-out data
Biodiversity Nexus · Method registry. Method registry: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
The methods behind the field.
- 01Ecology and biodiversity scienceSpecies distribution modelling · Population trend and viability analysisSteward · Biodiversity NexusApplied here
- 02Earth observation and remote sensingForest loss and disturbance alerts · Wetland and mangrove dynamicsSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 03Spatial statistics and geostatisticsBias-corrected distribution surfaces · Hotspots of change and threatSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 04Geospatial information systemsOverlap with sensitive biodiversity · Connectivity and corridor analysisSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 05Complex systems and agent-based modellingEarly warning of regime shifts · Food-web and co-extinction networksSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 06Causal inference and impact evaluationProtected area effectiveness · Restoration and payment programme evaluationSteward · Economic DevelopmentApplied here
- 07Hydrology and water scienceEnvironmental flow assessment · Flood regulation by wetlands and forestsSteward · Water NexusApplied here
- 08Ocean and coastal scienceFish stock assessment · Marine heatwave and bleaching exposureSteward · Oceans and CoastsApplied here
Why biodiversity needs this combination of methods.
Biodiversity risk is measured with ecology and ocean science, observed with Earth observation and geospatial methods, analysed with spatial statistics and causal inference, and understood as complex systems; hydrology links it to water.
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Pages in STEM foundation of Biodiversity Nexus.
Ecology and biodiversity science
MethodEarth observation for biodiversity
MethodSpatial statistics for biodiversity
MethodGeospatial analysis for biodiversity
MethodComplex systems in ecology
MethodImpact evaluation for conservation
MethodHydrology for ecosystems
MethodOcean science for marine biodiversity
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