Here, we showed how data misrepresentations can degrade the performance of species distribution models, undermining their use for empirial research and conservation science.
Last quarter, we published a paper ‘Effects of climate change and land cover on the distributions of a critical tree family in the Philippines’ in the journal Scientific Reports. Our study was featured in two national broadsheet newspapers, by the Straits Times in Singapore and the the Philippine Daily Inquirer in the Philippines, both of which I am pleased to share in this post.
First, here’s the link to the online article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer by Ms Jhesset Enano.
In this paper, we highlighted the tenuous future for mangroves in Myanmar and magnified arguments for greater protection for a critical coastal ecosystem, which is particularly important as Myanmar strives to become more integrated into the regional and global markets for agriculture and aquaculture products. The fate of mangroves in Myanmar will be tied to the effectiveness of conservation policies while under pressure to convert to more lucrative but environmentally harmful land uses.