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Bioregions 2023
- Pr0ject217 3y agoI find it interesting that the color 'legend' uses names for colors, but doesn't show the actual colors.
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- nologic01 3y agoThe title reminded me of Dwellers in the Land, the Bioregional vision by Kirkpatrick Sale. Politically as unfeasible an idea as any wide-eyed utopia, yet very much central to any realistic hope of sustainable, long-term survival.
- bstela 3y agoReminds me of https://www.globalfoodscapes.org/explore-map https://www.globalfoodscapes.org/explore-map
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- Affric 3y agoI am always suspicious of any of these that chuck Meganesia/Sahul and NZ into a single grouping at any level except political. Land of marsupials vs no land mammals. Eucalyptus vs way more diverse assemblage. Very different indigenous land management between the two. Comes across as a little lazy.
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- stevenjgarner 3y agoYes it lost a lot of integrity for me when it shows New Zealand as having one single ecological system (bioregion) - a country arguably as biodiverse as the entire USA which it shows having at least 18 bioregions. Disappointing.
- Chilko 3y agoIn the layers button you can select ecoregions instead, and you'll see NZ has several of those.
- jagger27 3y agoIn the interactive map linked upthread you can see further subdivisions, of which there are twelve.
- Affric 3y agoAlready seen it homie. They're still in the top level grouping.
- gavmor 3y agoIn case you missed it at the bottom of the page, maybe the most intriguing bit is this interactive Google Earth-like map. [0] 0. https://www.oneearth.org/navigator/?view=bioregions https://www.oneearth.org/navigator/?view=bioregions
- hoseja 3y agoSomehow most of the functionality of the sphere map is blocked by uBlock.
- maxall49 3y agoThey seem to have forgotten about the ocean...
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- user070223 3y agoAn excellent explanation can be found in a video[0] which also relies on the "Marine Ecoregions of the World" by Spalding referenced in the OP article. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE2ukQOWBIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE2ukQOWBIw
- vinc 3y agoYears ago I used such a map to travel to a few faraway places with a similar climate to discover ecosystems that felt close to my own and yet so weirdly different. A bit like an uncanny valley without the revulsion because it was a beautiful experience.
- leethargo 3y agoI would have used that map a different way: Find close locations (to save on transportation cost, time and footprint) with a radically different climate (for the change of scenery etc).
- vinc 3y agoYou don't get the sort of uncanny valley I'm describing that way but indeed it's better for the reasons you cited.
- ensocode 3y agoDisabling ad blockers improves the UX dramatically
- personomas 3y agoA really great content
- uoaei 3y agoIs this available as an OSM layer? I'm more interested in the ecoregions than the bioregions but both would be great.