“一带一路”沿线地区关键生物多样性区域生态变化特征

Changes in the Ecological Characteristics of Key Biodiversity Areas in the BRI Region

KBA(Key Biodiversity Areas)是由IUCN提出并被国际社会认可的生态保护优先区域,评估其生态变化特征对生物多样性保护与自然保护地建设至关重要。"一带一路"沿线地区生态系统类型丰富,生物多样性保护价值极高,而沿线KBA更应该成为生态保护的核心目标。本文利用土地覆盖、归一化植被指数(NDVI)和夜间灯光数据(NTL),从植被覆盖度和人类活动方面分别对沿线KBA的生态状况及其时空变化特征进行分析,得到以下结论:(1)KBA内的土地覆盖长期保持稳定,林地、荒野和草地是主要的土地覆盖类型;(2)KBA内NDVI总体上呈现增加的趋势,表明植被覆盖度在不断提高,少数植被退化的KBA主要分布在中南半岛、青藏高原以及西亚地区;(3)KBA内NTL总体上处于很低的水平,表明人类活动对自然生态系统的干扰程度十分有限,极少数分布于中东欧、印度、中南半岛以及地中海附近国家的KBA具有较强的人类活动且呈现出增加的趋势。本研究结果强调在KBA生态保护中充分利用生物群落演替规律,同时限制人类活动对自然生态系统的干扰,以推动沿线地区生物多样性保护与自然保护地建设。

Key Biodiversity Areas(KBAs)are ecological conservation priorities proposed by IUCN and widely recognized by most countries.Evaluating the changes in the ecological characteristics in KBAs is important for biodiversity conservation and the construction of Protected Areas(PAs).There are various ecosystem types in the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI)region,which has an extremely high value of biodiversity conservation,and the KBAs should be the prime targets of ecological protection efforts.Using the data of land cover,NDVI and Nighttime Light(NTL),we analyzed the ecological conditions of the KBAs in the BRI region,and their temporal and spatial variations,from the perspectives of vegetation coverage and human activities.The conclusions are:(1)There is generally no significant difference in the land cover of the KBAs,among which forest,wilderness and grassland are the main types;(2)The NDVI of the KBAs showed an increase,indicating that the vegetation was gradually improving,while a few KBAs presenting vegetation degradation were mainly distributed in the Indochina Peninsula,Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Central and Western Asia;and(3)The NTL in the KBAs was very low,indicating that the human pressure on the natural ecosystems was limited,and only a few KBAs distributed in Central and Eastern Europe,India,and the Indochina Peninsula have high human activity intensity which also showed an increase.This study emphasizes that we should make full use of the biome succession law,and limit the interference of human activities on natural ecosystems for ecological protection of the KBAs,so as to continuously make new breakthroughs in the construction of Protected Areas(PA)in the BRI region.