世界遺産ギニア・ニンバ山における先端技術を用いた土地利用評価及び生物多様性保全

我研究的总体目标是为非洲几内亚大宁巴地区的生物多样性、土地利用模式和景观脆弱性提供知识。为此，我确定了三个主要目标：(1)土地利用和土地覆盖的时空变化分析；(2)实施生物多样性和狩猎威胁评估的空间监测工具；(3)基于威胁的空间显式建模。在过去的一年里，我专注于目标(1)和(2)。我前往马里兰大学，与全球土地分析和发现实验室的研究人员合作，量化2000年至2018年间几内亚的树木覆盖损失（Obj. 1）。此外，我在几内亚花了3个月的时间，在宁巴山区内重建了一个研究机构。我和一群研究助理在宁巴建立了两个营地，我们在那里进行了为期数天的研究旅行。在这些旅行中，我们设置了相机陷阱网络，并进行了实地调查，以收集生物多样性和狩猎方面的数据（任务2）。明年，我的目标是在完成博士学位方面取得重大进展，并贡献知识，帮助平衡大宁巴景观的社会经济活动和保护活动。

The overall aim of my research is to contribute knowledge on biodiversity, land use patterns, and landscape vulnerabilities within the Greater Nimba Landscape, Guinea, Africa. Towards this aim, I identified three main objectives: (1) spatio-temporal land-use and land-cover change analysis, (2) implementation of spatial monitoring tools for biodiversity and hunting threat assessments, and (3) threat-based spatially explicit modeling. During the previous year, I focused on objectives (1) and (2). I traveled to the University of Maryland to work with researchers at the Global Land Analysis and Discovery laboratory to quantify tree cover loss in Guinea between 2000 and 2018 (Obj. 1). Additionally, I spent 3 months in Guinea reestablishing a research presence within the Nimba mountains. Myself and a group of research assistants set up two camps in Nimba from which we ran multi-day research trips. During these trips we set up a network of camera traps and conducted field surveys to collect data on biodiversity and hunting (Obj. 2).The next year, I aim to make significant progress towards completing my PhD and contributing knowledge that will help to balance socioeconomic activities with conservation activities in the Great Nimba Landscape.