The KBA Community: Giving voice to the most critical sites 🌎🌿
By joining our community, you will be part of a vibrant network of committed conservationists who are actively helping identify KBAs worldwide.
Join us today: 🌐 community.keybiodiversityareas.org
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Issue 20 of the KBA Community Newsletter is now live!
💡Learn about the global and regional efforts to identify and conserve KBAs. Also, discover new publications and updates on KBA designations worldwide.🌎
Read our Newsletter: 🌐 www.keybiodiversityareas.org/news-updates...
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The World Database of KBAs provides freely accessible data on +16,600 sites identified to date. This makes KBAs a useful and accessible tool for governments and conservation organisations to identify priority areas for conservation and guide the expansion of protected areas.
🌍 Global goals. Local action. Shared future.
The implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework happens on the ground, through the actions of people everywhere.
This #BiodiversityDay, discover how local initiatives are shaping global impact.
#KMGBF
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KBAs serve as a foundational dataset for systematic conservation planning 🌱
They help guide where national efforts should be focused and contribute especially to the #KMGBF Targets 1 (spatial planning), 2 (restoration), and 3 (30X30 planning).
#KMGBF #LocalAction #ForNature
New paper from @rspbscience.bsky.social shows that 8% of Key Biodiversity Areas in regions suitable for growing oil palm have some cultivation within them, but proportional extent of oil palm is 5X greater outside KBAs. url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/httpCX2Gh4... @keybiodiversity.bsky.social
Interesting new paper exploring the utility of different metrics for identifying Key Biodiversity Areas. Suggests modifying how we treat 'distinct genetic diversity' in the criteria for identifying KBAs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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KBAs are now available within the Google Earth Engine Catalogue 🌎
Google’s online platform combines access to a vast range of satellite imagery and spatial datasets with the ability for users to conduct complex, global-scale analyses.
💻 Explore: developers.google.com/earth-engine...
To identify the key places for nature, we work closely with national and local governments, conservation organisations, and local groups.🌿
🤝Together, we aim to expand their KBA networks, ensuring conservation actions informed by the best available science and local knowledge.
This #BiodiversityDay, we celebrate that Panama is moving forward to protect its most vital places for biodiversity! 🌿
By starting its national KBA assessment, Panama will help identify the sites that are most important for the persistence of species and ecosystems. 🐦
🌐 bit.ly/4uVBGRC
Achieving global biodiversity targets requires reliable identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). The KBA Standard defines six metrics to ident…
If you are interested in accessing the KBA dataset please complete the KBA data request form which will allow access directly in GEE once approved. Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are 'sites contrib...
Panama’s Ministry of Environment signed a MOU with the KBA Partnership, formalising the commitment to evaluating and updating the country’s network of KBAs.
