The interaction of human population, food production, and biodiversity protection DOI
Eileen Crist, Camilo Mora, Robert Engelman

et al.

Science, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 356(6335), P. 260 - 264

Published: April 20, 2017

Research suggests that the scale of human population and current pace its growth contribute substantially to loss biological diversity. Although technological change unequal consumption inextricably mingle with demographic impacts on environment, needs all beings-especially for food-imply projected will undermine protection natural world. Numerous solutions have been proposed boost food production while protecting biodiversity, but alone these proposals are unlikely staunch biodiversity loss. An important approach sustaining well-being is through actions can slow eventually reverse growth: investing in universal access reproductive health services contraceptive technologies, advancing women's education, achieving gender equality.

Language: Английский

A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets DOI Creative Commons
Eric Dinerstein, Carly Vynne, Enric Sala

et al.

Science Advances, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 5(4)

Published: April 5, 2019

The Global Deal for Nature sets an ambitious agenda to protect our biosphere through ecosystem conservation and land restoration.

Language: Английский

Citations

673
Contribution of citizen science towards international biodiversity monitoring DOI Creative Commons
Mark Chandler, Linda See, Kyle Copas

et al.

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 213, P. 280 - 294

Published: Nov. 2, 2016

To meet collective obligations towards biodiversity conservation and monitoring, it is essential that the world's governments non-governmental organisations as well research community tap all possible sources of data information, including new, fast-growing such citizen science (CS), in which volunteers participate some or aspects environmental assessments. Through compilation a database on CS community-based monitoring (CBM, subset CS) programs, we assess where contributions from CBM are significant opportunities for growth exist. We use Essential Biodiversity Variable framework to describe range needed track progress global targets, strengths gaps geographical taxonomic coverage. Our results show existing particularly provide large-scale species distribution population abundance, traits phenology, ecosystem function variables primary secondary productivity. Only birds, Lepidoptera plants monitored at scale. Most schemes found Europe, North America, South Africa, India, Australia. then explore what can be learned successful CS/CBM programs would facilitate scaling up current efforts, how coverage better exploited, strategies could maximise synergies between other approaches biodiversity, particular remote sensing. More targeted funding will needed, if contribute further international monitoring.

Language: Английский

Citations

672
Agricultural insecticides threaten surface waters at the global scale DOI Creative Commons
Sebastian Stehle, Ralf Schulz

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 112(18), P. 5750 - 5755

Published: April 13, 2015

Compared with nutrient levels and habitat degradation, the importance of agricultural pesticides in surface water may have been underestimated due to a lack comprehensive quantitative analysis. Increasing pesticide contamination results decreasing regional aquatic biodiversity, i.e., macroinvertebrate family richness is reduced by ∼30% at concentrations equaling legally accepted regulatory threshold (RTLs). This study provides metaanalysis 838 peer-reviewed studies (>2,500 sites 73 countries) that evaluates, for first time our knowledge on global scale, exposure waters particularly toxic insecticides. We tested whether measured insecticide (MICs; quantified concentrations) exceed their RTLs how risks depend development over stringency environmental regulation. Our analysis reveals MICs occur rarely (i.e., an estimated 97.4% analyses conducted found no MICs) there complete scientific monitoring data ∼90% cropland. Most importantly, 11,300 MICs, 52.4% (5,915 cases; 68.5% sites) exceeded RTL either (RTLSW) or sediments. Thus, biological integrity resources substantial risk. RTLSW exceedances catchment size, sampling regime, date; are significantly higher newer-generation insecticides pyrethroids); high even countries stringent regulations. These suggest need worldwide improvements current regulations application practices intensified research efforts presence effects under real-world conditions.

Language: Английский

Citations

631
Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales DOI
Forest Isbell, Andrew Gonzalez, Michel Loreau

et al.

Nature, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 546(7656), P. 65 - 72

Published: May 30, 2017

Language: Английский

Citations

628
The interaction of human population, food production, and biodiversity protection DOI
Eileen Crist, Camilo Mora, Robert Engelman

et al.

Science, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 356(6335), P. 260 - 264

Published: April 20, 2017

Research suggests that the scale of human population and current pace its growth contribute substantially to loss biological diversity. Although technological change unequal consumption inextricably mingle with demographic impacts on environment, needs all beings-especially for food-imply projected will undermine protection natural world. Numerous solutions have been proposed boost food production while protecting biodiversity, but alone these proposals are unlikely staunch biodiversity loss. An important approach sustaining well-being is through actions can slow eventually reverse growth: investing in universal access reproductive health services contraceptive technologies, advancing women's education, achieving gender equality.

Language: Английский

Citations

616