CSIRO Global Biodiversity Indicators

CSIRO/BHI/v4
Dataset Availability
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z–2025-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Producer
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("CSIRO/BHI/v4")
Cadence
1 Year
Tags
biodiversity csiro ecosystems species
bhi
habitat

Description

The CSIRO biodiversity indicators v4 dataset, produced by CSIRO using the BILBI (Biogeographic Infrastructure for Large-scale Biodiversity Indicators) framework, models global terrestrial biodiversity indicators at 30 arcsecond (~1 km) resolution annually from 2000 to 2024. These indicators provide a system-level view of change in biodiversity protection, expected persistence, and resilience in the face of climate change.

A complementary static global weighting surface is available as a standalone image at CSIRO/BHI/v4_weights. It represents summed compositional similarity across terrestrial pixels, which is used for calculating regional and global geometric aggregations of the biodiversity indicators.

For more detailed explanations of the indicators and how they are derived, see CSIRO Biodiversity Modelling.

Bands

Bands

Pixel size: 1000 meters (all bands)

Name Units Pixel Size Description
bhi 1000 meters

Biodiversity Habitat Index: Estimates the proportion of species diversity retained within each pixel as a function of the area, condition, and connectivity of natural ecosystems.
beri 1000 meters

Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index: Estimates the capacity of landscapes to retain species diversity in the face of climate change as a function of the area, condition, and connectivity of natural ecosystems across those landscapes.
parc_rep 1000 meters

Protected Area Representativeness: Estimates the extent to which a system of terrestrial protected areas is ecologically representative of the full range of environmental and biological diversity in any region.
parc_con 1000 meters

Protected Area Connectedness: Estimates the extent to which protected areas are functionally connected to one another and to other areas of intact natural ecosystems.
ecosystem_condition % 1000 meters

Ecosystem Condition: Estimates the biological integrity of any location compared to undisturbed reference states (0-100%).

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Citations

Citations:

  • Ware, C., Valavi, R., Vickers, M., Giljohann, K., Mokany, K., Purvis, A., Walkden, P., De Palma, A., Duffin, C., Contu, S., Harwood, T., Hoskins, A., Ferrier, S. (2024). Global biodiversity indicator data for BHI, BERI, PARC-representativeness, PARC-connectedness and ecosystem condition (2000-2024). CSIRO. doi:10.25919/3aka-y730

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('CSIRO/BHI/v4');
var bhi = dataset.filter(ee.Filter.date('2024-01-01', '2025-01-01')).first().select('bhi');

var visualization = {
  min: 0.0,
  max: 1.0,
  palette: ['440154', '3b528b', '21918c', '5ec962', 'fde725']
};

Map.setCenter(133.78, -25.27, 4);
Map.addLayer(bhi, visualization, 'Biodiversity Habitat Index (BHI)');
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The CSIRO biodiversity indicators v4 dataset, produced by CSIRO using the BILBI (Biogeographic Infrastructure for Large-scale Biodiversity Indicators) framework, models global terrestrial biodiversity indicators at 30 arcsecond (~1 km) resolution annually from 2000 to 2024. These indicators provide a system-level view of change in biodiversity protection, expected persistence, and resilience …
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2000-01-01T00:00:00Z/2025-01-01T00:00:00Z
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