Environmental modelling of wetland distribution in the Western Cape, South Africa: A climate change perspective
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Date
2021
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University of Western Cape
Abstract
Wetlands have been recognised as one of the most intrinsically valuable and
threatened ecosystems in the world. Global estimates indicate that wetlands are
being lost or transformed at a rapid rate, exacerbated by projected climate change
impacts. This has prompted the need to improve wetland mapping to address the
conservation and management of these ecosystems effectively. However, this
remains a challenge. Current mapping approaches estimates of wetland extent
vastly underestimate the true extent. Ancillary data has been acknowledged to
improve the accuracy of mapping the distribution of wetlands.
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>Magister Scientiae - MSc
Keywords
Logistic regression, Predictive modelling, Wetland mapping, Climate change, Western Cape