South America: Biodiversity and Climate Change

Tags

South America

Biodiversity

Climate change

Environment

2026

Mountains in Motion

Description

Map of South America showing biodiversity and climate change. The map consists of the following sections:

Vertical climate velocities (the rate at which climatic zones shift with altitude)
Key biodiversity areas
Avian species richness and turnover in species composition

The diagram illustrating the value of terrestrial ecosystem services completes the map.

Geographic coverage South America
Type of visual artwork Map
Year of publication 2026
Media type Image/webp
Temporal coverage Ca. 2020
Size 7016 × 9923 px
Language English
Creator Matthias Beilstein
Source(s) J. Sonne, & C. Rahbek, Idiosyncratic patterns of local species richness and turnover define global biodiversity hotspots, J. Sonne, C. Rahbek; Climate velocities and species tracking in global mountain regions. Chan, WP., Lenoir, J., Mai, GS. et al., Nature 629, 114–120 (2024); Key Biodiversity Areas; United Nations Geospatial; GeoNames; OpenStreetMap
Contributor Zoï Environment Network
Funder United Nations Environment Programme; GRID-Arendal
Link
Publication "Mountains in Motion: Global Linkages from Ridge to River" on the GRID-Arendal publications page
https://www.grida.no/publications/3014

Map compendium "Mountains in Motion: Global Linkages from Ridge to River" on the Zoï Environment Network products page
https://zoinet.org/product/mountains-in-motion-map-compendium/
Credit Map by Matthias Beilstein / Zoï Environment Network
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URL https://beilstein.art/media/images/map_south_america_biodiversity_climate_change_2026.webp
NFT
Blockchain: Ethereum
Marketplace: Foundation.app
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