Global Biodiversity means total variability of life forms forms of planet Earth. It includes about  1,7 million known species, and that is thought to be serious underestimate of the total number of it. The United Nations proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. This [...]

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The article about the global-biodiversity-assessment-model-GLOBIO3 is available here, see BioModel ‘Publications’ section – http://biomodel.org.ua/?page_id=2439.
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In his IDB message of May 22, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon said: “… The most cost-effective and feasible method of control is prevention. To be successful, this strategy requires collaboration among Governments, economic sectors and non-governmental and international organizations. A country can only prevent invasions if it knows which species [...]

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Global Biodiversity means about 1.6 million known species, and that is thought to be serious underestimate of the total number of it. The United Nations proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. When first created by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly [...]

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Application for biodiversity modelling purposes in Ukraine LCCD index: publications summary (supportive data for students of the National University of Life Sciences, Kyiv) – more details. *LCCD – land cover classification density.

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There is a supportive data for students of National University of Biological Resources and Life Sciences (Kyiv) on application of LCCD for purposes of a local model plot research. The area is located near Bojarka in Kyiv Oblast (Ukraine). Respective algorithm has been described by us in the monograph ‘Agrobiodiversity of Ukraine…’ (Ukr), see Book [...]

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There is a supportive data for students of National University of Biological Resources and Life Sciences (Kyiv) – on application of MSA Index for a local model plot purposes, and which is near Bojarka, Kyivska Oblast (Ukraine). See a map example below. Other details TBD.

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In corridors (SCARE IGS NASU publications): Kozlova A.A. Biodiversity estimation and mapping technique using multispectral space images. – Manuscript. Thesis for the scientific degree of candidate of technical sciences on 05.07.12 specialty – remote aerospace research – Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth, Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences. Kiev, 2007. [...]

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Details (Ukr.) – http://biomodel.org.ua/?page_id=556

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