Monika T Hoffmann

Polish Academy of Sciences | PAN · Institute of Nature Conservation PAS

In an increasingly human- and road-dominated world, the preservation of functional ecosystems has become highly relevant. While the negative ecological impacts of roads on ecosystems are numerous and well documented, roadless areas have been proposed as proxy for functional ecosystems. However, their potential remains underexplored, partly due to t...

The dataset presents the roadless areas (RAs) of Greece (2/2020) in kmz format (Google Earth). RAs are defined as those land patches of a size greater than 1 sq.km that are at least 1 km away from the nearest road. The dataset pinpoints the 1.115 RAs, accounting for 4.99% of the Greek land. The map includes high and medium confidence data. Red poly...

Land use change poses as the top threat for biodiversity decline, and road sprawl as a key driver behind it globally. According to the recent Landscape Fragmentation Indicator (LFI), Greece is less fragmented than the rest of Europe but presents higher rates of fragmentation increase. We developed the Roadless Fragmentation Indicator (RFI) to monit...

Background Over the last 25 years, the prominent forest certification system established by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has used by many companies worldwide for claiming responsible forest management. The objectives of the Russian National FSC standard to decrease the size of clearcuts and the retention of forest elements such as residual...

Der Barnim-Atlas trägt eine Fülle von zum Teil völlig neuen Daten zusammen, die neue Blickwinkel auf den Barnim in Nordostbrandenburg eröffnen. Karten, Texte und eine große Zahl von Fotos zur Geschichte, zur menschlichen Entwicklung und zur Natur verdeutlichen, wie das Wohlergehen der Menschen vom Zustand der Natur abhängt. Der Atlas macht klar, da...

Urbanization is one of the most dynamic processes in the context of global change. Deforestation and an increase in land consumption are considered major drivers of shrinking green spaces in urban and peri-urban areas. Forest loss and gain for the period 2001 to 2014 were analysed for nine European cities and their surrounding areas on the basis of...

Urbanization is one of the most dynamic processes in the context of global change. Deforestation and an increase in land consumption are considered major drivers of shrinking green spaces in urban and peri-urban areas. Forest loss and gain for the period 2001 to 2014 were analysed for nine European cities and their surrounding areas on the basis of...

Straßenlose Räume sind relativ frei von direkten oder indirekten Wirkungen auf Ökosysteme, die nicht allein aus der physischen Straßeninfrastruktur sowie dem Verkehr resultieren (z. B. verändertes Mikroklima, Tötung von Tieren), sondern auch aus anthropogenen Störungen, welche durch Zugang zu den entsprechenden Gebieten erst möglich werden (z. B. R...

Too many roads Roads have done much to help humanity spread across the planet and maintain global movement and trade. However, roads also damage wild areas and rapidly contribute to habitat degradation and species loss. Ibisch et al. cataloged the world's roads. Though most of the world is not covered by roads, it is fragmented by them, with only 7...