The Earth Sustains Biodiversity: "Biogeosciences" Viewpoints

Sustaining Earth ’ s biodiversity

Biogeosciences RE : Submission of a revised manuscript to Biogeosciences

However, we are somewhat disappointed that Reviewer #1 did not take the time to review the extensive revisions we had applied to the manuscript in response to his initial comments, and consequently did not notice the change in title that we did implement in response to his first request. Given that the original title remains in the official email correspondences regarding our manuscript, it wou...

Earth Observation for Habitat and Biodiversity Monitoring

The special workshop “Earth observation for ecosystem and biodiversity monitoring – best practices in Europe and globally, at GI_Forum 2013, focused on the outcomes of the EUfunded projects MS.MONINA and BIO_SOS and related activities that highlight the potential of Earth observation data and technologies in support of biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring. In Europe, nature conservation rests ...

Viewpoints on Viewpoints

This paper expresses the viewpoints, or opinions of the author on the use of viewpoints in the software development process. I will concentrate most of my attention on requirements engineering, but I also treat the topic in the broader environment of software development. I will state without much justiication, besides the presentation itself, key concepts that I believe are the basics for the ...

Earth observation for habitat mapping and biodiversity monitoring

Biodiversity – the variety of life forms and our “natural capital nd life-insurance” (European Commission, 2011) – is on decline Isbell, 2010; Trochet and Schmeller, 2013), with consequences on cosystem function and stability, and ultimately human well-being Naeem et al., 2009). Since 1992, the International Convention on iological Diversity, short CBD, has bundled the United Nations’ oint effo...