The uncertain future of protected lands and waters

Science, Год журнала: 2019, Номер 364(6443), С. 881 - 886

Опубликована: Май 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.

Язык: Английский

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The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview

National Science Review, Год журнала: 2021, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Horizon Scan of the Belt and Road Initiative

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 35(7), С. 583 - 593

Опубликована: Март 12, 2020

Язык: Английский

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An invasive species erodes the performance of coastal wetland protected areas

Science Advances, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 7(42)

Опубликована: Окт. 13, 2021

Large protected areas, once successful in rescuing iconic wetlands from human activities, are undermined by plant invasions.

Язык: Английский

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Dual threat of tidal flat loss and invasive Spartina alterniflora endanger important shorebird habitat in coastal mainland China

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 278, С. 111549 - 111549

Опубликована: Ноя. 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

Язык: Английский

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Impacts of habitat loss on migratory shorebird populations and communities at stopover sites in the Yellow Sea

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 269, С. 109547 - 109547

Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Governance and Conservation Effectiveness in Protected Areas and Indigenous and Locally Managed Areas

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 48(1), С. 559 - 588

Опубликована: Ноя. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Hidden hotspots of amphibian biodiversity in China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 121(20)

Опубликована: Апрель 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.

Язык: Английский

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Assessing ecological conservation redline from element, structure, and function dimensions: A case of Zhejiang Province, China

Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 106, С. 107485 - 107485

Опубликована: Март 6, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Strengthening China's national biodiversity strategy to attain an ecological civilization

Conservation Letters, Год журнала: 2019, Номер 12(5)

Опубликована: Июнь 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.

Язык: Английский

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