We are now the dominant force changing Earth's life support system – the atmosphere, oceans, waterways, forests, ice sheets and biodiversity that allow us to thrive and prosper.
This study looks at the bird diversity of the two regions and tries to take into account how humans can extract economic benefits while preserving ecological benefits, such as a landscape that allows biodiversity to thrive.
Currently, soundscape analysis (the analysis of acoustic sounds emitted by the ecosystems) have been accepted as a technique that allows assessment of the biodiversity in natural landscapes.
The move toward valuation of ecosystem services that allows for the communication and promotion of biodiversity conservation is promising, but it must evolve as part of a process that influences decision-making.
We should ensure that critical biodiversity is adequately protected (irreplaceability, replacement cost), but in a flexible (flexibility) manner that allows for implementation and integration with the future needs of competing land uses (vulnerability, threat).
This analysis suggests that if unprotected natural and semi-natural lands are managed in a manner that allows for persistence of native species, we can realize significant additional biodiversity gains.
Rather, this analysis shows that if the remaining natural lands where people live and work are managed in a manner that allows for persistence of native species, we can realize significant additional biodiversity gains.
It also demonstrates the benefits of integrating a scholarly publishing workflow that allows authors, curators and editors to write, peer-review, publish, and disseminate biodiversity data within a single web-based platform [ 10].
When setting priorities, both representation and persistence should be key targets: i.e., representation of all species and the habitats they occupy, and persistence of both species and the ecological and evolutionary processes that allow biodiversity to persist over time.
At present many urban studies lack integrated methods of assessing urban biodiversity that would allow the capture of both social and ecological values of green space and enable better management and planning for urban biodiversity.
