Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 234, P. 64 - 71
Published: March 23, 2019
Language: Английский
Science, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 364(6443), P. 881 - 886
Published: May 30, 2019
Protected areas are intended to safeguard biodiversity in perpetuity, yet evidence suggests that widespread legal changes undermine protected area durability and efficacy. We documented these changes-protected downgrading, downsizing, degazettement (PADDD) events-in the United States Amazonian countries compiled available data globally. Governments of enacted 269 440 PADDD events, respectively. Between 1892 2018, 73 3749 removing 519,857 square kilometers from protection tempering regulations an additional 1,659,972 kilometers; 78% events were since 2000. Most (62%) associated with industrial-scale resource extraction development, suggesting may compromise conservation objectives. Strategic policy responses needed address sustain effective areas.
Language: Английский
Citations
246
National Science Review, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Feb. 19, 2021
Biodiversity science in China has seen rapid growth over recent decades, ranging from baseline biodiversity studies to understanding the processes behind evolution across dynamic regions such as Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. We review research, including species catalogues; monitoring; origins, distributions, maintenance and threats biodiversity; biodiversity-related ecosystem function services; ecosystems' responses global change. Next, we identify priority topics offer suggestions priorities for future research China. These include (i) ecology biogeography of Plateau surrounding mountains, that subtropical tropical forests China; (ii) marine inland aquatic (iii) effective conservation management maintain synergies between socio-economic development fulfil China's vision becoming an ecological civilization. In addition, propose three strategies: translate advanced into practice conservation; strengthen capacity building application technologies, high-throughput sequencing, genomics remote sensing; expand international collaborations. Based on progress is well positioned become a leader near future.
Language: Английский
Citations
159
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 35(7), P. 583 - 593
Published: March 12, 2020
Language: Английский
Citations
85
Science Advances, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 7(42)
Published: Oct. 13, 2021
Large protected areas, once successful in rescuing iconic wetlands from human activities, are undermined by plant invasions.
Language: Английский
Citations
75
Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 278, P. 111549 - 111549
Published: Nov. 28, 2020
China's coastal wetlands are critically important to shorebirds. Substantial loss of tidal flats, shorebirds' primary foraging grounds, has occurred from land claim and other processes, is driving population declines in multiple species. Smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora was intentionally introduced the coast China 1979 promote conversion flats into dry since spread rapidly. The occurrence S. reduces availability roosting habitat for shorebirds, may be particularly detrimental places that have experienced flat loss. However, extent which encroaching upon shorebird throughout mainland China, its intersection with loss, not been quantified. Here, we i) estimate change spatial between 2000 2015 where internationally numbers shorebirds recorded; ii) map coverage at same set sites; and, iii) investigate these two threats intersect. Our analysis remote sensing data indicated a 15% net area across all sites, including 39 53 individual sites (74%). 28 (53%) 2015, 22 (79%) also had 2015. Combined pressures invasion were most severe eastern China. Species highly dependent on migrating through this region, include Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper Nordmann's Greenshank Far Eastern Curlew, impacted. results underscore urgent need arrest develop comprehensive control program areas
Language: Английский
Citations
72
Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 269, P. 109547 - 109547
Published: April 12, 2022
Language: Английский
Citations
48
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 48(1), P. 559 - 588
Published: Nov. 13, 2023
Increased conservation action to protect more habitat and species is fueling a vigorous debate about the relative effectiveness of different sorts protected areas. Here we review literature that compares areas managed by states Indigenous peoples and/or local communities. We argue these can be hard comparisons make. Robust comparative case studies are rare, epistemic communities producing them fractured language, discipline, geography. Furthermore distinction between forms protection on ground blurred. also have careful value this sort comparison as consequences for people nonhuman nature messy diverse. Measures effectiveness, moreover, focus specific dimensions performance, which omit other important dimensions. With caveats, report findings observed multiple study groups focusing regions issues whose reports been compiled into article. There tendency in data community-based or co-managed governance arrangements produce beneficial outcomes nature. These often accompanied struggles rural powerful states. Findings highly context global generalizations limited value.
Language: Английский
Citations
25
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 121(20)
Published: April 29, 2024
Identifying and protecting hotspots of endemism species richness is crucial for mitigating the global biodiversity crisis. However, our understanding spatial diversity patterns far from complete, which severely limits ability to conserve hotspots. Here, we report a comprehensive analysis amphibian in China, one most species-rich countries on Earth. Our study combines 20 y field surveys with new molecular analyses 521 described also identifies 100 potential cryptic species. We identify 10 each exceptional phylogenetic (based time-calibrated, species-level phylogeny Chinese amphibians). These encompass 59.6% China’s species, 49.0% 55.6% endemic China. Only four these correspond previously recognized The six include Nanling Mountains other mountain ranges South Among 186 hotspots, only 9.7% are well covered by protected areas (88.2%) exposed high human impacts. Five under very pressure urgent need protection. find that significantly related those but not identical.
Language: Английский
Citations
11
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 106, P. 107485 - 107485
Published: March 6, 2024
Language: Английский
Citations
9
Conservation Letters, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 12(5)
Published: June 10, 2019
Abstract Biodiversity conservation is essential for realizing China's new vision of an ecological civilization. China has been implementing numerous massive sustainability and protected area (ES&PA) programs across the entire country. These have greatly restored degraded environments, improved provisions critical ecosystem services increased rural livelihoods. However, despite general improvements in environmental quality, trend rapid biodiversity loss not significantly reduced. We found that most current ES&PA lack explicit goals, thus limited contributions to biodiversity. Given resources available huge investments associated with these programs, achieving greater gains under them cost‐effective way conserve recommend six strategies strengthening country's conservation, is, PAs as core, integrating services, delivering effective monitoring, broad inclusiveness stakeholders mainstreaming also highlight priorities significant progresses toward Strategic Plan 2011–2020, should be important options developing post‐2020 framework.
Language: Английский
Citations
62