Accounting for functionality in the identification of global conservation priorities: promises and pitfalls

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 380(1917)

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2025

Whereas preventing species extinctions remains a central objective of conservation efforts, it must be complemented by the long-term preservation functional ecosystems and benefits humans derive from them. Here, I review recent approaches that explicitly account for functionality in setting large-scale priorities, discussing their promise while highlighting challenges pitfalls. Crossing data on species' distributions ecological traits has enabled mapping global patterns diversity rarity identification stand out distinctiveness. However, priorities identified through these general indices do not directly address ecosystem functionality, instead, they are methods ensuring representation individual as intrinsically valuable biodiversity elements. Three other integrate into taking specific context each ecosystem, site or species: International Union Conservation Nature's Red List Ecosystems, Key Biodiversity Areas Green Status Species. Currently at various stages development, testing implementation, playing an increasingly important role definition, implementation monitoring global- national-scale strategies to ensure persistence functions associated services.This article is part discussion meeting issue 'Bending curve towards nature recovery: building Georgina Mace's legacy biodiverse future'.

Язык: Английский

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How should we bend the curve of biodiversity loss to build a just and sustainable future?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 380(1917)

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2025

Current rates of habitat and biodiversity loss, the threat they pose to ecological economic productivity, would be considered a global emergency even if were not occurring during period rapid anthropogenic climate change. Diversity at all levels biological organization, both within among species, across genomes communities, is critical for resilience world’s ecosystems in face such However, it remains an urgent scientific challenge understand how underpins these outputs, patterns are being affected by current threats, where contributes most directly human economies, well-being social justice. In addition, with understanding, there pressing need societies incorporate protection into their economies governance, stop subsidizing loss humanity’s future prosperity short-term private benefit. We highlight key issues ways forward areas, inspired research career Dame Georgina Mace FRS, our discussions Royal Society meeting June 2023. This article part discussion issue ‘Bending curve towards nature recovery: building on Mace's legacy biodiverse future’.

Язык: Английский

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Five recommendations to fill the blank space in indicators at local and short-term scales

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 302, С. 111007 - 111007

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Nature positive rhetoric, risk and reality: sector-scale political ecology at CBD COP16

npj Biodiversity, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 23, 2025

Язык: Английский

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