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DOI10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102084
A global assessment of the human pressure on the world's lakes
Mammides C.
发表日期2020
ISSN9593780
卷号63
英文摘要Millions of humans across the globe depend on lakes for numerous ecosystem services. Furthermore, humans use lakes as a food source and for a multitude of economic activities. Lakes are also essential to a plethora of taxa that rely on them for survival. Yet, despite the importance of lakes, we still lack an assessment of the extent lakes worldwide are being influenced by anthropogenic activities. In this study, I use the global database of lakes, the human footprint index from 1993 and 2009, and the more recent human modification index to measure the human pressure on the world's lakes. I found that one-third of the lakes are under considerable pressure. However, during the 16-year period examined, human pressure had increased in only 16% of the lakes, while it remained unchanged in 66%, and has even decreased in 18%. These patterns, though, were not uniform across the globe. Many lakes within tropical and subtropical regions, particularly in Africa—but also in South America and Asia—experienced sizeable increases in human pressure. Moreover, the percentage of lakes within Key Biodiversity Areas in which the human pressure had increased was three times larger the overall number. Although increases in human pressure were lower in lakes within protected areas—compared to lakes outside—there were numerous exceptions, particularly in the tropics. To protect biodiverse lakes in regions where human pressure is intensifying, it is important to improve the effectiveness of the protected areas and to address the socioeconomic factors driving the increases in human pressure. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词Biodiversity ConservationHuman Footprint IndexHuman Modification IndexPopulation DensitiesProtected AreasWaterbodies
英文关键词assessment method; biodiversity; economic activity; ecosystem service; global change; human activity; lake; protected area; socioeconomic conditions
语种英语
来源期刊Global Environmental Change
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205464
作者单位Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, 530004, China
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Mammides C.. A global assessment of the human pressure on the world's lakes[J],2020,63.
APA Mammides C..(2020).A global assessment of the human pressure on the world's lakes.Global Environmental Change,63.
MLA Mammides C.."A global assessment of the human pressure on the world's lakes".Global Environmental Change 63(2020).
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