Biodiversity indicators miss local and short-term change: A blank space waiting to be filled DOI Creative Commons

Maximiliane Jousse,

Janaína Serrano,

Dirk Nikolaus Karger

и другие.

Опубликована: Июнь 14, 2024

The year 2030 is rapidly approaching. Building, monitoring, and reporting indicators to evaluate the targets in Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) a major challenge that requires, at minimum, nations assess their progress least once within next five years. To effectively capture this progress, we need fast-paced, on-the-ground biodiversity change, alongside slower, more diffuse trends national scales. We gathered group of scientists practitioners how well common types cover space-time continuum changes. highlight striking, nearly unanimously agreed upon, gap available indicator toolbox our ability fill blank space, call for investment local-scale short-term research on optimize monitoring rapid detection, urgent development these actionable

Язык: Английский

The utility of the Living Planet Index as a policy tool and for measuring nature recovery DOI Creative Commons
Louise McRae, Richard Cornford, Valentina Marconi

и другие.

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

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2025

The Living Planet Index (LPI) is a leading global biodiversity indicator based on vertebrate population time series. Since it was first developed over 25 years ago, the LPI has been widely used to indicate trends in globally, primarily reported every two Report. Based relative abundance, sensitive metric of change, also applied as tool for informing policy and assessments several multilateral conventions agreements, including Convention Biological Diversity 2010 Biodiversity Target Aichi targets. Here, we outline all current some potential uses explore use documents assess reach geographically time. We present limitations this policy, relating development index at national level, suggest clear pathways broaden utility underlying database temporal spatial predictions change. provide evidence that can detect recoveries its suitability measuring progress towards goal recovery by 2050. This article part discussion meeting issue ‘Bending curve nature recovery: building Georgina Mace's legacy biodiverse future’.

Язык: Английский

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Progress in developing and operationalizing the Monitoring Framework of the Global Biodiversity Framework DOI Creative Commons
Flavio Affinito,

James Mickel Williams,

J. Campbell

и другие.

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 9, 2024

The failure to halt the global decline in biodiversity by 2020 contributed adoption of ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which includes transparency and responsibility as foundations. Framework identifies actions needed so that societies are living harmony with nature 2050. To support delivery this ambition, mechanisms defined include a detailed Monitoring designed prompt evidence-based track progress towards its goals targets at national level. set indicators selected Parties through political process. These have since been operationalized scientific process led an expert group focused on assessing clarifying their methods. Most now ready inform progress, but key limitations data availability methodological challenges remain. onus is resource implementation community indicator use development. Implementation will provide unprecedented view state level, can be used assess both progress. Investment overcome Framework's weaknesses improve our ability measure mobilize protect restore many benefits we receive from nature.

Язык: Английский

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Unlocking the Value of Ranger‐Based Monitoring for Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Area Management DOI Creative Commons
Timothy Kuiper, Anthony Dancer, Colin M. Beale

и другие.

Conservation Letters, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Globally, hundreds of thousands rangers patrol protected areas every day. The data they collect have immense potential for monitoring biodiversity and threats to it. Technologies like SMART (Spatial Monitoring Reporting Tool), which facilitate the management ranger‐collected data, enhanced this potential. However, based on our experience across diverse use cases geographies, we found that ranger‐based is often implemented without a clear plan how will inform critical evaluation whether are reliable enough meet specific goals. Here distill six key lessons present decision framework guide funders, governments, area managers, NGOs toward more effective suggest when alternative approaches may add value. Essential considerations include welfare motivation rangers, biases in coverage detectability, capacity analyze buy‐in those tasked with using decisions. When well, can help improve conservation outcomes through evaluating interventions, efficient deployment limited law enforcement budgets optimize deterrence illegal activities, basic ecological monitoring.

Язык: Английский

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Five recommendations to fill the blank space in indicators at local and short-term scales DOI Creative Commons
Katherine Hébert,

Maximiliane Jousse,

Janaína Serrano

и другие.

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

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change DOI
Rob Cooke, Charlotte L. Outhwaite, Andrew J. Bladon

и другие.

Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 388(6742)

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2025

Insects dominate animal species diversity yet face many threats from anthropogenic drivers of change. Many features insect ecology make them a challenging group, and the fragmented state knowledge compromises our ability to general statements about their status. In this Review, we discuss challenges assessing biodiversity We describe how multiple lines evidence—time series, spatial comparisons, experiments, expert opinion—can be integrated provide synthesis overview responds drivers. Applying approach will generate testable predictions across space, time, changing Given urgency accelerating human impacts environment, could yield much-needed rapid assessment

Язык: Английский

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The South African Living Planet Index Shows the Value of a Supposedly ‘Uninformative’ Indicator DOI Creative Commons
Falko Buschke, Lize von Staden

Animal Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2025

ABSTRACT Monitoring the local abundance of wild species is a priority for policy and management. The Living Planet Index (LPI) tracks global trends in relative monitored vertebrates. However, barring few exceptions, LPI's uptake at national level has been limited. Prominent critiques have not helped perception that LPI its underlying database are inadequate application. After developing South Africa, we assert process index valuable information‐rich, even if resulting indicator itself likely limited accuracy. Specifically, first calculated three versions by applying different weightings to account taxonomic biases. This demonstrated how incomplete biased data clouded our ability determine accurately. Next, recalculated after supplementing with high‐quality information from long‐term aerial census mammal herbivores. Adding these time‐series had little effect on LPI, suggesting less sensitive quality well‐studied taxa than additional poorly studied groups. uncertainties around African preclude any confident statements about average abundance, yet they shine bright spotlight knowledge gaps should be focus prioritized monitoring. Therefore, advocate other countries develop their own LPIs, which indicators state (or ignorance) species.

Язык: Английский

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Exploring the spatiotemporal dynamics and coupling coordination of urbanization and habitat quality in the Yangtze river basin, China DOI Creative Commons
Jianfeng Wu, Zhongyang Guo,

Guangjie Luo

и другие.

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12

Опубликована: Сен. 4, 2024

Rapid urbanization induces significant changes in land use, exerting a profound impact on regional habitat quality. Understanding the interconnectedness of and quality is crucial for safeguarding ecological environment promoting sustainable urban development. Cities along Yangtze River, as core region River Economic Belt China, serve typical critically important area to investigate dynamic response rapid urbanization. This study employs InVEST model entropy method assess spatiotemporal dynamics cities. Using coupling coordination degree model, it analyzes interplay between quality, elucidating patterns emphasizing need pertinent policy measures. Our findings reveal that from 1990 2019, levels surged by over six times, while consistently declined, reflecting 4.5% decrease. Notably, spatial variances were observed upstream, midstream, downstream segments river. Although an inverse relationship predominates, three cities demonstrated positive correlation. The also indicates stable increase evolving phase lag one synchronization followed lag. Among cities, Chongqing emerges exemplary coordinated development These insights provide theoretical foundation guidance enhancing strategies region.

Язык: Английский

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Biodiversity indicators miss local and short-term change: A blank space waiting to be filled DOI Creative Commons

Maximiliane Jousse,

Janaína Serrano,

Dirk Nikolaus Karger

и другие.

Опубликована: Июнь 14, 2024

The year 2030 is rapidly approaching. Building, monitoring, and reporting indicators to evaluate the targets in Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) a major challenge that requires, at minimum, nations assess their progress least once within next five years. To effectively capture this progress, we need fast-paced, on-the-ground biodiversity change, alongside slower, more diffuse trends national scales. We gathered group of scientists practitioners how well common types cover space-time continuum changes. highlight striking, nearly unanimously agreed upon, gap available indicator toolbox our ability fill blank space, call for investment local-scale short-term research on optimize monitoring rapid detection, urgent development these actionable

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0