Antarctica’s wilderness fails to capture continent’s biodiversity
Although the entirety of Antarctica is often considered well-protected, increasing and diversifying human activity across the continent demonstrates that this is not the case. The extent of Antarctica’s wilderness remains unknown, despite the fact that the protection of wilderness values and inviola...
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::1945397 2023-05-15T13:50:39+02:00 Antarctica’s wilderness fails to capture continent’s biodiversity https://doi.org/10.26180/5c32bf1b041ea https://researchdata.edu.au/antarcticas-wilderness-fails-continents-biodiversity/1945397 https://figshare.com/authors/Rachel_Leihy/10207922 https://figshare.com/authors/Bernard_W_T_Coetzee/622312 https://figshare.com/authors/Fraser_Morgan/4586329 https://figshare.com/authors/Justine_D_Shaw/579395 https://figshare.com/authors/Aleks_Terauds/441336 https://figshare.com/authors/Steven_Chown/6636350 unknown Monash University https://researchdata.edu.au/antarcticas-wilderness-fails-continents-biodiversity/1945397 https://doi.org/10.26180/5c32bf1b041ea https://figshare.com/authors/Rachel_Leihy/10207922 https://figshare.com/authors/Bernard_W_T_Coetzee/622312 https://figshare.com/authors/Fraser_Morgan/4586329 248539 https://figshare.com/authors/Justine_D_Shaw/579395 https://figshare.com/authors/Aleks_Terauds/441336 9084645 https://figshare.com/authors/Steven_Chown/6636350 Monash University Figshare Protected areas Human activity Inviolate areas Biodiversity conservation Intact habitat Conservation and Biodiversity Human Geography not elsewhere classified dataset ftands https://doi.org/10.26180/5c32bf1b041ea 2022-05-09T22:26:59Z Although the entirety of Antarctica is often considered well-protected, increasing and diversifying human activity across the continent demonstrates that this is not the case. The extent of Antarctica’s wilderness remains unknown, despite the fact that the protection of wilderness values and inviolate areas (areas kept free from human interference) is enshrined in Antarctic Law (Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, Art. 3, para.1 and Annex V). We assembled a comprehensive record of ground-based human activity records (~ 2.7 million records; see meta data file), sourced from publications and scientific databases, spanning 1819 to 2018, and used it to identify wilderness areas and their representation of biodiversity. Here, we publish the complete historical human activity record (spatial points) used to identify Negligibly Impacted Antarctic Wilderness areas and Inviolate Antarctic Wilderness areas. We also publish the wilderness grids (rasters and spatial polygons) of the Negligibly Impacted Antarctic Wilderness and Inviolate Antarctic Wilderness areas. Supplementary data for: Leihy, R. I., Coetzee, B. W. T., Morgan, F., Raymond, B., Shaw, J. D., Terauds, A., Bastmeijer, K. & S. L. Chown (2020). Antarctica's wilderness fails to capture continent's biodiversity. Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2506-3 Temporal coverage: 01-01-1819 (Start Date) 31-12-2018 (End Date) Spatial coverage: Latitude: -60 (Northernmost) to -90 (Southernmost) Longitude: -180 (Westernmost) to 180 (Easternmost) Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Although the entirety of Antarctica is often considered well-protected, increasing and diversifying human activity across the continent demonstrates that this is not the case. The extent of Antarctica’s wilderness remains unknown, despite the fact that the protection of wilderness values and inviolate areas (areas kept free from human interference) is enshrined in Antarctic Law (Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, Art. 3, para.1 and Annex V). We assembled a comprehensive record of ground-based human activity records (~ 2.7 million records; see meta data file), sourced from publications and scientific databases, spanning 1819 to 2018, and used it to identify wilderness areas and their representation of biodiversity. Here, we publish the complete historical human activity record (spatial points) used to identify Negligibly Impacted Antarctic Wilderness areas and Inviolate Antarctic Wilderness areas. We also publish the wilderness grids (rasters and spatial polygons) of the Negligibly Impacted Antarctic Wilderness and Inviolate Antarctic Wilderness areas. Supplementary data for: Leihy, R. I., Coetzee, B. W. T., Morgan, F., Raymond, B., Shaw, J. D., Terauds, A., Bastmeijer, K. & S. L. Chown (2020). Antarctica's wilderness fails to capture continent's biodiversity. Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2506-3 Temporal coverage: 01-01-1819 (Start Date) 31-12-2018 (End Date) Spatial coverage: Latitude: -60 (Northernmost) to -90 (Southernmost) Longitude: -180 (Westernmost) to 180 (Easternmost) |
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Antarctica’s wilderness fails to capture continent’s biodiversity |
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Antarctica’s wilderness fails to capture continent’s biodiversity |
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Monash University |
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https://doi.org/10.26180/5c32bf1b041ea https://researchdata.edu.au/antarcticas-wilderness-fails-continents-biodiversity/1945397 https://figshare.com/authors/Rachel_Leihy/10207922 https://figshare.com/authors/Bernard_W_T_Coetzee/622312 https://figshare.com/authors/Fraser_Morgan/4586329 https://figshare.com/authors/Justine_D_Shaw/579395 https://figshare.com/authors/Aleks_Terauds/441336 https://figshare.com/authors/Steven_Chown/6636350 |
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