diff --git a/catalog/IUCN/IUCN_GlobalEcosystemTypology_current.jsonnet b/catalog/IUCN/IUCN_GlobalEcosystemTypology_current.jsonnet index 40cbf7010..77aa6a54f 100644 --- a/catalog/IUCN/IUCN_GlobalEcosystemTypology_current.jsonnet +++ b/catalog/IUCN/IUCN_GlobalEcosystemTypology_current.jsonnet @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ local self_ee_catalog_url = ee_const.ee_catalog_url + basename; type: ee_const.stac_type.collection, id: id, version: version, - title: 'IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology: 1.0', + title: 'IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology Level 3: 1.0', 'gee:type': ee_const.gee_type.table, description: ||| The Global Ecosystem Typology is a taxonomy of ecosystems based on @@ -30,20 +30,21 @@ local self_ee_catalog_url = ee_const.ee_catalog_url + basename; that provides a consistent framework for describing and classifying geological ecosystems. - The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology comprises six hierarchical levels, - with the three upper levels, allowing navigation from global to local - scales. The three upper levels: realms, functional biomes and ecosystem - functional groups classify ecosystems based on their functional - characteristics (such as structural roles of foundation species, water - regime, climatic regime or food web structure), rather than based on which - species live in them. + The Global Ecosystem Typology has six levels. The top three levels + (realms, functional biomes, and ecosystem functional groups) classify + ecosystems based on their overall characteristics, such as their location, + dominant plant life, and ecological processes. The bottom three levels + (regional ecosystem subgroups, global ecosystem types, and subglobal + ecosystem types) focus on specific geographic variants within ecosystem + functional groups and complexes of organisms and their associated physical + environment, providing a more detailed understanding of particular + ecosystems. - The three lower levels of classification: biogeographic ecotypes, global - ecosystem types and subglobal ecosystem types are often already in use and - incorporated into policy infrastructure at national levels and can be - linked to these upper levels. This is crucial, as important conservation - action occurs at local levels, where most ecosystem-specific knowledge and - data reside. + This dataset focuses on the third level of the Global Ecosystem Typology: + Ecosystem Functional Group. A group of related ecosystems within a biome + that share common ecological drivers, which in turn promote similar biotic + traits that characterise the group. Derived from the top-down by + subdivision of biomes. |||, license: license.id, links: ee.standardLinks(subdir, id) + [