Making the analysis of ecological connectivity more accessible is becoming a key challenge for environmental assessment to scale up and integrate seamlessly into a landscape-based approach to species conservation. Due to urbanization, the accumulation of infrastructure, and degradation, natural habitats are shrinking and becoming fragmented.
Although these phenomena may not always be readily apparent at the level of a single development project, they nevertheless have major consequences: species move less, populations become isolated, and their ability to survive over time diminishes.
This is where ecological corridors become essential.
These corridors play a vital role in maintaining viable populations within habitats and facilitating the movement of individuals between them. They ensure the survival and even the growth of the species found in a given area.
Nevertheless, we see recurring difficulties in incorporating them into land-use planning projects.
Why? Because these analyses take a long time to produce, are complex to carry out, and require specialized expertise in ecological modeling and geomatics.
As a result, due to a lack of resources or time, they are considered less of a priority and are often handled in a suboptimal manner.
At TerrOïko, it was precisely this observation that prompted us to take action, and it was with this in mind that we developed MyNature EcoNet: a new approach designed to facilitate the analysis of ecological corridors and their integration into projects, without compromising scientific rigor.
We'll tell you more very soon!