<span style="font-size:1em"> This newly produced layer assesses the impacts of forest management on biodiversity intactness across the globe. This layer focuses on the forested regions of the planet (natural and non-natural) and estimates biodiversity intactness by using information on forest management based on the layer that has been produced under the umbrella of the Nature Map project (Lesiv et al., 2020) and biodiversity intactness from models derived from the PREDICTS database (Hudson et al., 2017). The Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) describes the average abundance of a taxonomically and ecologically broad set of species in an area, relative to their abundances in an intact reference ecosystem (Scholes & Biggs, 2005). Demonstrating the relevance of the index, BII has recently been included as a core indicator by IPBES and as an Essential Biodiversity Variable by GEO BON. <br> <br> <u>References:</u> <ul> <li> Hill, S.L.L. et al. (2018) Worldwide Impacts of Past and Projected Future Land-Use Change on Local Species Richness and the Biodiversity Intactness Index. BioRxiv, May 1, 2018, 311787. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/311787" target="_blank">doi.org/10.1101/311787</a>. </li> <li>Hudson, L.N., et al. (2017) The Database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) Project. Ecology and Evolution 7, no. 1: 145–88. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2579" target="_blank">doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2579</a>. </li> <li>Lesiv, M., et al. (2020) Methodology for Generating a Global Forest Management Layer. Zenodo, July 7, 2020. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3933966" target="_blank">doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3933966</a>. </li> <li>Newbold, T. et al. (2016) Has Land Use Pushed Terrestrial Biodiversity beyond the Planetary Boundary? A Global Assessment. Science 353, no. 6296: 288–91.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf2201" target="_blank">doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf2201.</a> </li> <li>Scholes, R. J. et al. (2005) A Biodiversity Intactness Index. Nature 434, no. 7029: 45–49.<a href=" https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03289." target="_blank">doi.org/10.1038/nature03289.</a> </li> <li>Steffen, W. et al. (2015) Planetary Boundaries: Guiding Human Development on a Changing Planet. Science 347, no. 6223.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1259855."> doi.org/10.1126/science.1259855.</a> </li> </ul> </span> EPSG:3857