Human Footprints on Biodiversity: From Wildlife and Extreme Events to Socioeconomics and Global Data Ecosystems
Worldwide biodiversity is increasingly pressed by human activities and extreme weather events. To stem the loss of biodiversity, nations across the world have committed to ambitious conservation agendas placing a focus on the equitable benefits of nature contribution to people. In this talk, I will present on how species are responding to these dynamic stressors, highlighting behavioral responses in animal movement of terrestrial wildlife to extreme heat and shifting human mobility patterns across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latter part of the talk, I will discuss how socioeconomic disparities shape our access to biodiversity data, constraining ecological insights, biodiversity policies and conservation efforts. Finally, I will discuss ongoing local bottom up educational efforts for a bottom-up environmental justice centered collection of biodiversity.
Increasingly pressed by human activities and extreme weather events. To stem the loss of biodiversity, nations across the world have committed to ambitious conservation agendas placing a focus on the equitable benefits of nature contribution to people. In this talk, I will present on how species are responding to these dynamic stressors, highlighting behavioral responses in animal movement of terrestrial wildlife to extreme heat and shifting human mobility patterns across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latter part of the talk, I will discuss how socioeconomic disparities shape our access to biodiversity data, constraining ecological insights, biodiversity policies and conservation efforts. Finally, I will discuss ongoing local bottom up educational efforts for a bottom-up environmental justice centered collection of biodiversity.