{"id":1196,"date":"2021-03-11T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2025-05-21T06:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:30:30","slug":"mapping-hotspots-of-human-impact-on-native-dendroflora-biodiversity-in-cebu-island-philippines-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/mapping-hotspots-of-human-impact-on-native-dendroflora-biodiversity-in-cebu-island-philippines-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Hotspots of Human Impact on Native Dendroflora Biodiversity in Cebu Island, Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Isabella Pauline Lopez Quijano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Mary Joyce Lapa Flores<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Chito Pati\u00f1o<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The continuing pressure on the natural environment exerted by human activities such as land<\/p>\n\n\n\n

conversion has been threatening to drive tens of thousands of species to extinction globally for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

decades. Species conservation requires identifying species ranges impacted by threats, which<\/p>\n\n\n\n

helps predict localized extirpations and potential extinctions. This paper assessed the human<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pressures that threaten the local biodiversity in Cebu Island, Philippines, to help prioritize<\/p>\n\n\n\n

actions to manage and mitigate human impacts on local biodiversity. Hotspots, where modeled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dendroflora species richness is compromised, were identified through a spatial overlay of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pre-defined high-resolution human pressure variables. A notable observation was that the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

largest and only protected KBA \u2013 the Central Cebu Protected Landscape (CCPL) \u2013 had the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

highest percentage occurrence of medium to high threats within its boundaries, which could<\/p>\n\n\n\n

be attributed to its proximity to highly populated municipalities and cities. More importantly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

possible areas of refuge for key species were identified. These areas could be appropriated as<\/p>\n\n\n\n

local restoration sites by the local government units of Mt. Lanaya and Nugas forest in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

south of Cebu since these KBAs had high dendroflora richness but with less occurrence of high<\/p>\n\n\n\n

threats. The resulting maps could also be used as important references for targeted conservation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

management programs to help mitigate the threats that are driving local species to their decline<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and for preemptive planning of local and national conservation agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

biodiversity conservation, GIS, human pressures, species richness, weighted overlay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to the Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350312403_Mapping_Hotspots_of_Human_Impact_on_Native_Dendroflora_Biodiversity_in_Cebu_Island_Philippines\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isabella Pauline Lopez Quijano Mary Joyce Lapa Flores Chito Pati\u00f1o The continuing pressure on the natural environment exerted by human activities such as land conversion has been threatening to drive tens of thousands of species to extinction globally for decades. Species conservation requires identifying species ranges impacted by threats, which helps predict localized extirpations and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2017,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/2017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}