Tailoring Global Data to Guide Corporate Investments in Biodiversity, Environmental Assessments and Sustainability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Spatial Analysis Standards and Background
- cl = count of all cells with values less than the target cell value
- fi = number of cells with the target cell value
- N = total number of cells in the raster.
2.2. Species Richness Metric
2.3. Threatened Species Metrics
2.4. Habitat Intactness Metric
2.5. Habitat Protection Metric
2.6. Application
3. Business Application of Metrics
3.1. Site Portfolio Assessment
Site Name | Global Species Richness Score | Biome Species Richness Score | Threatened Vertebrate Score | Habitat Intactness Score | Habitat Protection Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 90 | 96 | 68 | 100 | 100 |
B | 70 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
C | 76 | 89 | 79 | 0 | 72 |
D | 43 | 79 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
E | 68 | 78 | 74 | 68 | 100 |
F | 95 | 75 | 29 | 0 | 77 |
G | 82 | 71 | 68 | 37 | 0 |
H | 82 | 71 | 68 | 37 | 0 |
I | 82 | 71 | 68 | 37 | 0 |
J | 50 | 71 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
K | 24 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L | 34 | 43 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
M | 71 | 41 | 62 | 47 | 100 |
N | 16 | 36 | 83 | 68 | 100 |
O | 41 | 31 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
P | 85 | 26 | 98 | 50 | 90 |
Q | 15 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
R | 14 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 76 |
3.2. Product Evaluation
3.3. Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Site Name | Ia | Ib | II | III | IV | V | VI | Unreported | Closest PA—Name | Closest PA—Type | Closest PA—IUCN Cat | Closest PA—Distance (m) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | Sekondi Waterworks | Forest Reserve | Not Reported | 1,726 |
B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ravilevu | Nature Reserve | Ia | 255 |
C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jaua Sarisariñama | National Park | II | 2,553 |
D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Manglares Churute | Ecological Reserve | VI | 1,088 |
E | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Kakum | National Park | II | 1,913 |
F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galibi | Nature Reserve | IV | 14,573 |
G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Macizo Acahay | Natural Monument | III | 3,998 |
H | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Abisu | Forest Reserve | Not Reported | 2,203 |
I | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | Esuboni For | Forest Reserve | Not Reported | 344 |
J | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Laguna de los Pozuelos | Nature Monument | III | 1,092 |
K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Los Glaciares | National Park | II | 3,330 |
L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lanín | National Park | II | 380 |
M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Los Alerces | National Park | II | 12,905 |
N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Calilegua | National Park | II | 2,376 |
Site Name | Critical | Endangered | Vulnerable | Total Threatened Count | Total Vertebrates Mapped by IUCN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 527 |
B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 250 |
C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 259 |
D | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 426 |
E | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 315 |
F | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 424 |
G | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 429 |
H | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 97 |
I | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 324 |
J | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 325 |
K | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 702 |
L | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 526 |
M | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 411 |
N | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 514 |
4. Discussion
4.1. Appropriate Use
4.2. Current Global Biodiversity Assessment Applications
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Oakleaf, J.R.; Kennedy, C.M.; Boucher, T.; Kiesecker, J. Tailoring Global Data to Guide Corporate Investments in Biodiversity, Environmental Assessments and Sustainability. Sustainability 2013, 5, 4444-4460. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5104444
Oakleaf JR, Kennedy CM, Boucher T, Kiesecker J. Tailoring Global Data to Guide Corporate Investments in Biodiversity, Environmental Assessments and Sustainability. Sustainability. 2013; 5(10):4444-4460. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5104444
Chicago/Turabian StyleOakleaf, James R., Christina M. Kennedy, Timothy Boucher, and Joseph Kiesecker. 2013. "Tailoring Global Data to Guide Corporate Investments in Biodiversity, Environmental Assessments and Sustainability" Sustainability 5, no. 10: 4444-4460. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5104444