Klarenberg Geraldine, Muñoz-Carpena Rafael, Perz Stephen, Baraloto Christopher, Marsik Matthew, Southworth Jane, Zhu Likai
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Sci Data. 2019 Jun 17;6(1):93. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0093-7.
Road construction and paving bring socio-economic benefits to receiving regions but can also be drivers of deforestation and land cover change. Road infrastructure often increases migration and illegal economic activities, which in turn affect local hydrology, wildlife, vegetation structure and dynamics, and biodiversity. To evaluate the full breadth of impacts from a coupled natural-human systems perspective, information is needed over a sufficient timespan to include pre- and post-road paving conditions. In addition, the spatial scale should be appropriate to link local human activities and biophysical system components, while also allowing for upscaling to the regional scale. A database was developed for the tri-national frontier in the Southwestern Amazon, where the Inter-Oceanic Highway was constructed through an area of high biological value and cultural diversity. Extensive socio-economic surveys and botanical field work are combined with remote sensing and reanalysis data to provide a rich and unique database, suitable for coupled natural-human systems research.
道路建设与铺设给受影响地区带来了社会经济效益，但也可能成为森林砍伐和土地覆盖变化的驱动因素。道路基础设施往往会增加人口迁移和非法经济活动，进而影响当地水文、野生动物、植被结构与动态以及生物多样性。为了从自然 - 人类耦合系统的角度评估影响的全貌，需要在足够长的时间跨度内获取信息，以涵盖道路铺设前后的状况。此外，空间尺度应适当，以便将当地人类活动与生物物理系统组成部分联系起来，同时还能向上扩展到区域尺度。为亚马逊西南部的三国边境地区建立了一个数据库，跨洋公路穿过了该地区具有高生物价值和文化多样性的区域。广泛的社会经济调查和植物学实地工作与遥感和再分析数据相结合，提供了一个丰富而独特的数据库，适用于自然 - 人类耦合系统研究。
