Knowledge for Policy
Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) Explorer
Fires
DOPA Explorer is the Joint Research Centre’s web based information system on the world's protected areas, which helps the European Commission and other users to assess the state of and the pressure on protected areas at multiple scales.Active fires are located on the basis of the so-called thermal anomalies produced by them. The algorithms compare the temperature of a potential fire with the temperature of the land cover around it; if the difference in temperature is above a given threshold, the potential fire is confirmed as an active fire or "hot spot." Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) uses the active fire detections provided by the NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System).
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Floods
Inundated areas for flood events with a return period of 100 years, based on GloFAS climatology. Permanent water bodies derived from the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database and from the Natural Earth lakes map (naturalearthdata.com).
Shallow (less than 1m)
Moderate (between 1 and 3 m)
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Droughts
The indicator shows the risk of having impacts from a drought, by taking into account the exposure and socio-economic vulnerability of the area, with particular focus on the agricultural impacts. Formerly known as Likelihood of Drought Impact (LDI), it differs from the latter in that soil moisture anomaly is now included and updated every ten days (dekad).
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Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
The NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) twice-weekly 50-km Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly product displays the difference between today's SST and the long-term average. The scale goes from -5 to +5 °C. Positive numbers mean the temperature is warmer than average; negative means cooler than average. More at NOAA Website Please zoom out to see the layer
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Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Alerts
Level of stress of the Global Coral Reefs derived from NOAA Alerts Bleaching Alerts. More at: NOAA Website Please zoom out to see the layer
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Coral Reef Degree Heating Weeks
The DHW shows how much heat stress has accumulated in an area over the past 12 weeks (3 months). In other words, NOAA add up the Coral Bleaching HotSpot values whenever the temperature exceeds the bleaching threshold. More at NOAA Website Please zoom out to see the layer
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Forest Cover
20.6 % of which
21.18 % is protected
(May 2019)
© DOPA Services - Forest loss/gain layer (2001-2016) as derived from a global remote sensing product based on Landsat data. See http://www.globalforestwatch.org/ for more details
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Forest Gain
0.24 % of which
5.56 % is protected
(May 2019)
© DOPA Services - Forest loss/gain (2000-2012) as derived from a global remote sensing product based on Landsat data. See http://www.globalforestwatch.org/ for more details
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Forest Loss
2.45 % of which
10.14 % is protected
(May 2019)
© DOPA Services - Forest loss/gain layer (2000-2017) as derived from a global remote sensing product based on Landsat data. See http://www.globalforestwatch.org/ for more details
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Permanent surface water
0.04 % of which
7.85 % is protected
(May 2019)
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Land Degradation
15.03 % of which
13.63 % is protected
(May 2019)
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Total Carbon
1071.34 Pg of which
18.4 % is protected
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Natural Areas
79.85 % of which
15.16 % is protected
(May 2019)
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Number of Species
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Number of Endemic Species
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Number of Threatened Species
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Number of Threatened Endemic Species
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Terrestrial Protection
12.81 %
(May 2019)
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Marine Protection
7.42 %
(May 2019)
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Terrestrial Connectivity
7.20 %
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Agricultural Lands
38.4 %
(May 2019)
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Population
7.7 billion
(2019)
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Population Density
59.6 per km2
(2019)
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Population Growth
1.07 %
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