Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter

Science Advances, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Jan. 6, 2017

Impending extinction of the world’s primates due to human activities; immediate global attention is needed reverse trend.

Language: Английский

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Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries

Ecology and Society, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 22(4)

Published: Jan. 1, 2017

Campbell, B. M., D. J. Beare, E. M. Bennett, Hall-Spencer, S. I. Ingram, F. Jaramillo, R. Ortiz, N. Ramankutty, A. Sayer, and Shindell. 2017. Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries. Ecology Society 22(4):8. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09595-220408

Language: Английский

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The impact of hunting on tropical mammal and bird populations

Science, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 356(6334), P. 180 - 183

Published: April 13, 2017

Quantifying hunting-induced defaunation As the human population grows and increasingly encroaches on remaining wildlife habitat, hunting threatens many species. Benítez-López et al. conducted a large-scale meta-analysis of trends impacts across tropics (see Perspective by Brashares Gaynor). Bird mammal populations were considerably lower in areas where occurred. Although commercial proximity to roads urban centers most damaging factors, all had worrying impacts, even protected areas. Protection alternative approaches for sustainable subsistence must be implemented soon if we are prevent further, rapid defaunation. Science , this issue p. 180 ; see also 136

Language: Английский

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Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative

Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 1(5), P. 206 - 209

Published: May 8, 2018

Language: Английский

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Urbanization in Africa: challenges and opportunities for conservation

Environmental Research Letters, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 13(1), P. 015002 - 015002

Published: Oct. 20, 2017

Africa, a continent exceptionally rich in biodiversity, is rapidly urbanizing. Africa's urbanization manifest the growth of its megacities as well that smaller towns and cities. The conservation planning practice will increasingly need to account for direct indirect impacts continent's urbanization. objective our study pinpoint outstanding challenges opportunities afforded by growing cities on goals practices. While there have been many studies development Africa these tended focus specific issues. Here, we provide synthesis this body work supported new analysis. Urban areas, both population land cover, pose threats integrity ecosystems biodiversity but their also create conservation. burgeoning urban populations, especially Sub-Saharan increase strain already insufficient infrastructure bring governance challenges. Yet, can serve foundations green needs populations while safeguarding fragile biodiversity. Overall, worsening social problems overshadow concerns are promising initiatives into fold address social, institutional, ecological emerge with continued continent.

Language: Английский

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Economic, Socio-Political and Environmental Risks of Road Development in the Tropics

Current Biology, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 27(20), P. R1130 - R1140

Published: Oct. 1, 2017

Language: Английский

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Assessing large-scale wildlife responses to human infrastructure development

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 113(30), P. 8472 - 8477

Published: July 11, 2016

Significance Nature is increasingly threatened by rapid infrastructure expansion. For the first time, to our knowledge, we quantify high pervasiveness of transportation in all European countries. Unfortunately, spatial definition areas ecologically affected at large scales complicated. Thus, present a method for assessing extent impacts on birds and mammals regional national scales. As an illustration, its application Spain shows that most country affected, predicting moderate severe declines mammals, respectively. The lack could be used as controls implies scientists may no longer able measure magnitude road effects wide-ranging Europe.

Language: Английский

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Environmental Impacts of Infrastructure Development under the Belt and Road Initiative

Environments, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 6(6), P. 72 - 72

Published: June 19, 2019

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the largest infrastructure scheme in our lifetime, bringing unprecedented geopolitical economic shifts far larger than previous rising powers. Concerns about its environmental impacts are legitimate threaten to thwart ambitions, especially since there little precedent for analysing planning of massive development at scale BRI. In this paper, we review under BRI characterise nature types demonstrate how social, political factors can shape these impacts. We first address ambiguity around defined. Then describe interdisciplinary framework considering impacts, showing interact aggregate across multiple spatiotemporal scales creating cumulative also propose a typology infrastructure, socio-political drivers influence Increasingly, policies associated with being designed implemented, although concerns will translate effectively into practice. Planning addressing issues immensely complex multi-scaled. Understanding environment step China countries along routes ensure assumed positive socio-economic sustainable.

Language: Английский

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Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

PeerJ, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 6, P. e4869 - e4869

Published: June 15, 2018

Primates occur in 90 countries, but four—Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—harbor 65% world’s primate species (439) 60% these primates are Threatened, Endangered, or Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List Threatened Species 2017-3). Considering their importance for global conservation, we examine anthropogenic pressures each country is facing that place populations at risk. Habitat loss fragmentation main threats to Brazil, Indonesia. However, DRC hunting commercial bushmeat trade primary threat. Encroachment on habitats driven by local market demands food non-food commodities hunting, illegal trade, proliferation invasive species, human domestic-animal borne infectious diseases cause habitat loss, population declines, extirpation. Modeling agricultural expansion 21st century four countries under a worst-case-scenario, showed range contraction 78% 72% 62% 32% DRC. These unfold context expanding with low levels development. Weak governance across may limit effective conservation planning. We landscape approaches policies assess distribution protected areas country. Brazil Madagascar have 38% inside areas, 17% Indonesia 14% DRC, suggesting great majority remain vulnerable. list key challenges faced avert extinctions now future. In short term, law enforcement stop forest destruction absolutely key. Long-term success can only be achieved focusing public awareness, actively engaging international organizations, multinational businesses consumer nations reduce unsustainable environment. Finally, need ensure integrated, sustainable land-use planning economic development includes maintenance biodiversity intact, functional natural ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates

PLoS Biology, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. e3000158 - e3000158

Published: March 12, 2019

Conserving threatened species requires identifying where across their range they are being impacted by threats, yet this remains unresolved most of Earth. Here, we present a global analysis cumulative human impacts on using spatial framework that jointly considers the co-occurrence eight threatening processes and distribution 5,457 terrestrial vertebrates. We show to widespread, occurring 84% Earth's surface, identify hotspots richness coolspots unimpacted richness. Almost one-quarter assessed >90% distribution, approximately 7% entire range. These results foreshadow localised extirpations potential extinctions without conservation action. The developed here offers tool for defining strategies directly mitigate threats driving species' declines, providing essential information future national agendas.

Language: Английский

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