Illustrative: a hexagonal population grid where a wave rises, peaks and recovers from seeded outbreaks
Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium · Earth and Environmental Sciences · Department of Ecology and Land Systems
Taught in the Foundation stream
Cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran û ekosîstem
The discipline covers the condition of species, genetic diversity and ecosystems, the services people draw from them and the risks their decline creates for societies and economies.
Courses in development extend the scope to further subjects: Nature-based solutions and restoration practice; Invasive alien species.
02Nexşe
Maps and the globe for any place
Search any place or open the world; the layers and generators follow biodiversity and ecosystems on the planet map, the globe and in 3D.
Zanistên Erd û JîngehêAny placeTwin builder
The boundaries, names and designations shown do not imply any judgement on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Countries: Natural Earth (public domain).
03Nexşeya zindî
Habitat condition in the Andes
Vegetation, land cover, fires and ocean productivity and warmth from NASA satellites, over the Andes.
Nexşeya înteraktîf JavaScript hewce dike; lîsteya qatan û çavkanî li jêr in.
daily; Satellite retrieval; clouds and sun glint leave gaps
Nûtirîn di dema avakirinê de
2026-10-13
Çareserî
torê nêzîkî 1 km
Nediyarî
Satellite estimate of chlorophyll-a near the sea surface on the day shown, an indicator of plankton and ocean productivity; not a measure of fish stocks or harmful blooms.
Bi vê rêyê tê gihîştin
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, tenê piştî ku hûn nexşeya zindî destûr bidin
Wêneyê peykî. Rasterê peykî an modelî wekî peydakar diweşîne. Ewr, valahiyên şeritê û çewtiya wergirtinê valahî û xîrecir dihêlin; nirx nîşander in, ne pîvanên li cihekî ne.
Bi vê rêyê tê gihîştin
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, tenê piştî ku hûn nexşeya zindî destûr bidin
Bikişîne da ku bilivîne. Ctrl an ⌘ û zivirandin, pincandin an bişkojkan ji bo nêzîkkirinê; ji bo nirxên di bin nîşanderê de li ser bisekine; vegerandin vedigere herêmê.
Habitat condition, framed on the Andes.Berhemên peyk û modelê wekî NASA diweşîne, her yek bi dîroka xwe. Nîşander in, ne nirxandinên tu cihî ne.
We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified).Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified).Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), berheva agirê çalak a VIIRS 375 m, NASA LANCE; kaşiyên vektorî bi riya NASA GIBS. Reng ji nexşeya rengan a weşandî ji nû ve hatine xêzkirin; nirx li cihên ku têne nîşandan di nav şaneyên H3 de hatine navînkirin (hatine guherandin). Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
GHRSST Level 4 MUR analyses, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; distributed by the NASA Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified).Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
MODIS Aqua ocean colour, NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group; distributed by the NASA Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified).Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
Berhemên VIIRS yên hema dema rast (lehî, germahiya rûyê erdê, berfa li erdê, refleksiya rastkirî), NASA LANCE; wêne bi NASA GIBS. Reng ji nexşeya rengan a weşandî ji nû ve hatine kişandin; nirx li şaneyên H3 yên ku têne nîşandan hatine navînkirin (hatiye guhertin). Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
ASTER GDEM berhemek METI û NASA ye (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); wêne bi riya NASA GIBS. Reng ji nexşeya rengan a weşandî ji nû ve hatine xêzkirin; nirx li cihên ku têne nîşandan di nav şaneyên H3 de hatine navînkirin (hatine guherandin). Wiha bide nîşan: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
Bi Natural Earth hatiye çêkirin. Daneyên nexşeyê yên vektor û raster ên belaş @ naturalearthdata.com. Giştî
Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; wêne bi riya NASA GIBS. Reng ji nexşeya rengan a weşandî ji nû ve hatine xêzkirin; nirx li cihên ku têne nîşandan di nav şaneyên H3 de hatine navînkirin (hatine guherandin). Daneyên vekirî yên NASA
Bûyerên zindî: NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET); bûyer nîşanî ne û girêdanên çavkaniya xwe ya orîjînal diparêzin.
NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
Qatên bijarte (5 çavkanî di lîsteya qatan de: zindî, pêşbînî, çavdêrîkirî û çarçove) dema ku têne vekirin krediya pêşkêşkerê xwe li ser nexşeyê û li vir çap dikin; pêşbînî derketina modelê ne û nîşanderên derivekirî texmîn in.
Qat û dîrok
Nîşandera nebatan a pêşxistî, 8 rojên gerok: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Cotmeh 2026
Şewat û anomaliyên germî yên çalak: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Cotmeh 2026
Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC ·2024
Hilberîna seretayî ya gişt, giştiya 8-rojî: MODIS Aqua GPP (MYD17), NASA LP DAAC · 30 Cotmeh 2026
Anomaliya germahiya rûyê behrê: GHRSST MUR25, NASA JPL PO.DAAC · 12 Cotmeh 2026
Qebareya klorofîl-a ya okyanûsê: rengê okyanûsê yê MODIS Aqua, NASA OB.DAAC · 12 Cotmeh 2026
The subject, methods and measures and debates and bodies
The field and its scope
For ecologists, conservation planners, environmental assessors and analysts ofnature-related riskwho need to read an abundance index, a Red List category or a species distribution model and know what it rests on.
Quantities and units
Methods and their limits
Each method is listed with what it assumes and where it fails.
What the field debates
Bodies that set practice, and the data they publish
Bodies and standards are named so learners can find and apply their published work; the Academy teaches their use and links to the publisher, and no affiliation is implied.
05The method
From a cleared hectare to a Red List category: how habitat loss becomes species loss, and species loss a conservation decision
The area of habitat that remains, and how intensely the rest is used, set how many species a landscape can hold; the species-area relation gives the expected loss, the Biodiversity Intactness Index the abundance left, and a threshold on either turns the numbers into a protection or restoration decision.
Sources:Newbold et al., Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity(2015); Mace et al., Quantification of extinction risk: IUCN’s system for classifying threatened species (2008); Tilman et al., Habitat destruction and the extinction debt (1994); Cardinale et al., Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity (2012); Diaz et al., Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change (2019).
06Amûr
Cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran û ekosîstem
Biodiversity and ecosystems at a glance
Open, 1
In preparation, 1
Also taught here, 1
Subtopics, 9
Drawn as a scenario fan: each course is a branch from today, in study-level order. The widening is the form of the figure; it forecasts nothing.Course codes from the curriculum; study levels L1 to L4.
How biodiversity and ecosystems connects the sectors
Select corners to build a signature, then hover a line to read what each sector gives and receives.
Select corners · hover lines6 / 15 têkilî
Îmze
Cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran û hevkarên wê
Cûrbecûrbûna jîndaran tozkirin û axê dide xwarinê (0.6), rêkxistina hewzê avê dide avê (0.5) û derbasbûna zoonotîk û dermanan dide tenduristiyê (0.4).
W · E · I · F · H · B
Sektor
4 ji 6
Têkilî
6 ji 15
Girêdan
0.46 para ji tevahiyê
Têkiliyên herî xurt ên di lîstikê de
Food → Biodiversity· land conversion0.6
Water → Food· irrigation0.8
Water → Biodiversity· environmental flows0.6
Food → Health· nutrition0.7
Nirxên fêrkirinê ji bo herêmeke bajarî ya tîpîk, ne pîvanên ji bo ti cihekî. Girêdan berhevoka hêza têkiliyên di lîstikê de ye, wekî para hemû pazdehan.
08Standards and evidence
Standards and evidence, research and evidence, profile, what is changing and learning
Nexus Standards it teaches and relies on
Ew Nexus Standardsthe discipline teaches toward, grouped by master standard, with the disciplines that teach each.
Erê. Her kurs û materyalê fêrbûnê yê Risk Academy, bi rêberiya Nexus Consortium, xwendina wê belaş e, bi leza xwe an bi komekê re. Beşdariya asayî tu xercê nîne; xebata bi pere, stajyerî û bûrs rêkeftinên cuda ne.
Temamkirina kursekê çi dide min?
Tomara temamkirinê: kurs, guhertoya wê, dîrok û tiştê ku hat nirxandin, bi awayê xwerû taybet e û tu parve dikî. Ew li ser hev kom dibe bo destkeftên dîsîplîn, beş û bernameyê. Tomarek diyar dike çi hat xwendin û nirxandin û jêhatîbûnê piştrast nake; ew ne lîsans, ne sernavê pîşeyî û ne rewşa kar e.
Dane û cih ji ku tên?
Her fakulte li ser cêwîyekî cihekî rastîn ê ji daneyên vekirî hatî avakirin ders dide; her qat peydaker, lîsans û dîroka xwe hildigire, û her encam li ser Academy çavkaniya xwe diyar dike. Nexşe û wêne ji bo fêrkirinê nîşander in, qet ne nirxandina cihekî ne.
How do I take part beyond the courses in biodiversity and ecosystems?
Şaneyeke jêhatîbûnê ji sê heta heft kesan ava bike, rêyeke hevpar bixwîne, erkeke bi çavdêrî di National Working Groups de bigire, an komeke ji saziya xwe bîne. Ji bo rêxistinan.
Têgehên sereke
Têgeh
Xizmetên ekosîstemê
The benefits people obtain from ecosystems, such as food, clean water, flood regulation and pollination.
Têgeh
Yekparebûna ekosîstemê
The ability of an ecosystem to keep its structure, composition and functions within their natural range of variation.
Têgeh
Nature-based solutions
Actions that protect, manage or restore ecosystems to address a societal challenge while benefiting biodiversity.
Têgeh
Ecological tipping point
A threshold beyond which an ecosystem shifts to a different state that is hard to reverse.
rêzeya Pergalên StratejîkBeşdar bibe
Ji vê rûpelê delîl bidin.
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