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Different people, different wild: Comparing and mapping wilderness representation in Wuyishan National Park, China

Geography and Sustainability
It is essential to better integrate wilderness representations of different stakeholders into wilderness conservation. The way in which local residents and other stakeholders frame the construction of wilderness of protected areas in developing countries
Aifang Weng, Lingyun Liao, Yue Cao
exaly   +3 more sources

Linking wilderness mapping and ecosystem services: Identifying integrated wilderness and ecological indicators to quantify ecosystem services of wilderness

Ecological Indicators
Wilderness has proven to provide a wide range of ecosystem services (ES). Wilderness have been shown to play an important role in preserving biodiversity and providing ES, which is indispensable to both nature and people.
Ruirui Zhu, Weijun Gao
exaly   +3 more sources

Spatial Identification and Conservation Gaps of Wilderness Areas in the State-Owned Forest Region of Daxing’anling

Diversity
Wilderness areas are important in maintaining biodiversity, and “retaining existing intact and wilderness areas” is listed as the first of 21 action targets for 2030 in the first draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. However, the quantity
Peng Hou, Xiaofeng Luan, Luan Xiaofeng   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Wilderness beyond the natural: Mapping urban novel wilderness to support ecological conservation and recreational provision in rapidly urbanizing areas

Ecological Indicators
With urbanization accelerating, preserving and utilizing urban wilderness is crucial for sustainable development. This study focuses on Shenzhen, China, developing a framework to identify and manage urban novel wilderness areas. Using the Weighted Linear
Lei Shen, Duanqiang Zhai, Chang Li
exaly   +3 more sources

JUNGLE-NET: USING EXPLAINABLE MACHINE LEARNING TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE APPEARANCE OF WILDERNESS IN SATELLITE IMAGERY [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021
Explainable machine learning has recently gained attention due to its contribution to understanding how a model works and why certain decisions are made.
T. Stomberg, I. Weber, M. Schmitt, R. Roscher   +3 more
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New Approaches to Modelling Wilderness Quality in Iceland

Land, 2023
Much of Europe’s remaining wilderness areas are found in Iceland, yet few are formally protected despite ongoing threats from renewable energy exploitation and 4 × 4 usage.
Steve Carver, Sif Konráðsdóttir, Snæbjörn Guðmundsson, Ben Carver, Oliver Kenyon   +4 more
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A scoping review to map the concept, content, and outcome of wilderness programs for childhood cancer survivors.

PLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectivesSystematic mapping of the concept, content, and outcome of wilderness programs for childhood cancer survivors.DesignScoping review.Search strategySearches were performed in 13 databases and the grey literature.
Mats Jong, E Anne Lown, Winnie Schats, Michelle L Mills, Heather R Otto, Leiv E Gabrielsen, Miek C Jong   +6 more
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A connectivity modeling and evaluating methodological framework in biodiversity hotspots based on naturalness and linking wilderness

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
Wilderness is important for the maintenance of biodiversity, but human activities are increasingly fragmenting it. This situation has serious impacts on various ecological processes, especially in biodiversity hotspots.
Bo Xu, Yun Zhang, Wenyue Lin
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Adopting a new approach for finding missing people using GIS techniques: A case study in Saudi Arabia’s desert area

Open Geosciences, 2023
Every year, hundreds of people go missing in the wilderness of Saudi Arabia. There is an urgent need to examine modern geographic techniques for finding such people.
Almujalli Faisal Sulaiman, Altuwaijri Hamad Ahmed   +1 more
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Modeling walkability by remote sensing as latent walking speed extracted from multiple digital trail maps

Journal of Spatial Information Science, 2022
Coordinating and managing teams searching for missing persons in wilderness areas is challenging. Local terrain characteristics and environmental conditions strongly influence how searchers accomplish their search tasks.
Ljiljana Šerić, Marina Tavra, Ivan Racetin, Antonia Ivanda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source