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Álvarez-Romero JG, Adams VM, Ban NC, Mills M, Visconti P. Honoring the legacy of a conservation champion: Bob Pressey (1953-2023). Conserv Biol 2024; 38:e14168. [PMID: 38037769 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management Programme, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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Adams VM, Allen S, Steel R, Stoeckl N, Larson S. Integrated social-ecological data for regional natural resource management. Data Brief 2024; 52:109806. [PMID: 38076475 PMCID: PMC10709001 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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Natural resource managers need information about both human and natural systems and interactions between those systems. Much data is available, but mostly from disparate sources and data have often been collected at different time steps and at different geographic scales. We used insights from the literature to select 270 relevant variables, available at national scale, from 33 unique (Australian) data sources. There were numerous with repeat measures, so in total we have 425 variables: 143 specific to 2016, 148 specific to 2021, and 134 available for both periods. We used GIS to summarize the variables spatially based on two geographic boundaries: one describes 63 Natural Resource Management Regions; the other describes 419 (sub) bioregions (formally, IBRA - Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia). Data deficiencies prevented us from being able to report on all variables for all regions. In the NRM dataset many regions are offshore islands, about which data are not generally available. Moreover, many IBRA regions are small and household level data are not always available at that scale. For analyses requiring a complete dataset at a single time step, our 2021 dataset for NRM regions includes 270 unique variables that describe 56 regions. Our IBRA data includes 214 variables describing 409 regions. To help managers select appropriate data for specific problems/contexts, the metadata file also categorises variables according to (a) whether they pertain to the social or ecological system, or interactions; (b) the segment of society described (where relevant); and (c) the frequency with which data are updated.
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- Vanessa M. Adams
- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- College of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- College of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- College of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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Adams VM. Social media data for biodiversity conservation. Trends Ecol Evol 2024; 39:16-18. [PMID: 38071162 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Systematic conservation planning is considered best practice for identifying priority areas, but applications remain limited where biodiversity data are insufficient. In a recent article, Chowdhury et al. tap into citizen scientists via Facebook to address this gap in Bangladesh. Here, I discuss the importance of their demonstrated pipeline, from data acquisition to conservation prioritisation.
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- Vanessa M Adams
- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.
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Adams VM, Álvarez-Romero JG, Ban NC, Mills M, Visconti P. Robert L. Pressey (1953-2023). Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:1957-1958. [PMID: 37845293 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02240-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Vanessa M Adams
- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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- School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Group, International Institute for Applied System Analyses, Laxenburg, Austria
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Kemink KM, Pressey RL, Adams VM, Olimb SK, Healey AM, Liu B, Frerichs T, Renner R. Quantifying population-level conservation impacts for a perpetual conservation program on private land. J Environ Manage 2023; 345:118748. [PMID: 37666135 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Area-based targets, such as percentages of regions protected, are popular metrics of success in the protection of nature. While easily quantified, these targets can be uninformative about the effectiveness of conservation interventions and should be complemented by program impact evaluations. However, most impact evaluations have examined the effect of protected areas on deforestation. Studies that have extended these evaluations to more dynamic systems or different outcomes are less common, largely due to data availability. In these cases, simulations might prove to be a valuable tool for gaining an understanding of the potential range of program effect sizes. Here, we employ simulations of wetland drainage to estimate the impact of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Small Wetlands Acquisition Program (SWAP) across a ten-year period in terms of wetland area, and breeding waterfowl and brood abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. Using our simulation results, we estimate a plausible range of program impact for the SWAP as an avoided loss of between 0.00% and 0.02% of the carrying capacity for broods and breeding waterfowl from 2008-2017. Despite the low programmatic impact that these results suggest, the perpetual nature of SWAP governance provides promising potential for a higher cumulative conservation impact in the long term if future wetland drainage occurs.
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- Kaylan M Kemink
- Ducks Unlimited Inc, 2525 River Road, Bismarck 58503, ND, United States; College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville 48114, Queensland, Australia.
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville 48114, Queensland, Australia; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Queensland, Australia.
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia.
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- World Wildlife Fund Northern Great Plains Program, 13 S. Wilson Suite 1, Bozeman 59715, MT, United States.
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- Ducks Unlimited Inc, 2525 River Road, Bismarck 58503, ND, United States.
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- Ducks Unlimited Inc, 2525 River Road, Bismarck 58503, ND, United States.
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- United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Western SD WMD Complex, Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge/Wetland Management District, 39650 Sand Lake Drive, Columbia 57433, SD, United States.
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- Ducks Unlimited Inc, 2525 River Road, Bismarck 58503, ND, United States.
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This paper relates evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic to the concept of pandemic refuges, as developed in literature on global catastrophic risk. In this literature, a refuge is a place or facility designed to keep a portion of the population alive during extreme global catastrophes. COVID-19 is not the most extreme pandemic scenario, but it is nonetheless a very severe global event, and it therefore provides an important source of evidence. Through the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, several political jurisdictions have achieved low spread of COVID-19 via isolation from the rest of the world and can therefore classify as pandemic refuges. Their suppression and elimination of COVID-19 demonstrates the viability of pandemic refuges as a risk management measure. Whereas prior research emphasizes island nations as pandemic refuges, this paper uses case studies of China and Western Australia to show that other types of jurisdictions can also successfully function as pandemic refuges. The paper also refines the concept of pandemic refuges and discusses implications for future pandemics.
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- Seth D. Baum
- Global Catastrophic Risk InstituteWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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Rossiter-Rachor NA, Adams VM, Canham CA, Dixon DJ, Cameron TN, Setterfield SA. The cost of not acting: Delaying invasive grass management increases costs and threatens assets in a national park, northern Australia. J Environ Manage 2023; 333:116785. [PMID: 36758396 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Globally, invasive grasses are a major threat to protected areas (PAs) due to their ability to alter community structure and function, reduce biodiversity, and alter fire regimes. However, there is often a mismatch between the threat posed by invasive grasses and the management response. We document a case study of the spread and management of the ecosystem-transforming invasive grass, Andropogon gayanus Kunth. (gamba grass), in Litchfield National Park; an iconic PA in northern Australia that contains significant natural, cultural and social values. We undertook helicopter-based surveys of A. gayanus across 143,931 ha of Litchfield National Park in 2014 and 2021-2022. We used these data to parametrise a spatially-explicit spread model, interfaced with a management simulation model to predict 10-year patterns of spread, and associated management costs, under three scenarios. Our survey showed that between 2014 and 2021-22 A. gayanus spread by 9463 ha, and 47%. The gross A. gayanus infestation covered 29,713 ha of the total survey area, making it the largest national park infestation in Australia. A. gayanus had not been locally eradicated within the Park's small existing 'gamba grass eradication zone', and instead increased by 206 ha over the 7-year timeframe. Our modelled scenarios predict that without active management A. gayanus will continue spreading, covering 42,388 ha of Litchfield within a decade. Alternative scenarios predict that: (i) eradicating A. gayanus in the small existing eradication zone would likely protect 18% of visitor sites, and cost ∼AU$825,000 over 5 years - more than double the original predicted cost in 2014; or (ii) eradicating A. gayanus in a much larger eradication zone would likely protect 86% of visitor sites and several species of conservation significance, and cost ∼AU$6.6 million over 5 years. Totally eradicating A. gayanus from the Park is no longer viable due to substantial spread since 2014. Our study demonstrates the value of systematic landscape-scale surveys and costed management scenarios to enable assessment and prioritisation of weed management. It also demonstrates the increased environmental and financial costs of delaying invasive grass management, and the serious threat A. gayanus poses to PAs across northern Australia.
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- Natalie A Rossiter-Rachor
- National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
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- National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Adams VM, Engert JE. Australian agricultural resources: A national scale land capability map. Data Brief 2022; 46:108852. [PMID: 36624759 PMCID: PMC9823136 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Ongoing land clearing is a key driver of biodiversity loss and climate change. Effective action to halt land clearing and land degradation ultimately relies on understanding patterns of land capability for production uses, in particular agriculture, as a key driver of land use. Here we describe a national agricultural land capability map for Australia, based on harmonized state agricultural land capability datasets and modelled pastoral capability. State-level agricultural land capability datasets capture regional variations in crop selection and suitability. Hence, we reclassified these datasets to fit a nationally consistent land capability ranking scheme. For regions in which agricultural capability data was not available, we modelled agricultural and pastoral capability and mapped this to the same ranking scheme. The national land capability dataset fills an immediate knowledge need for Australia. This dataset has wide potential for utilization, such as for retrospective analysis of land use policies and prospective regional planning initiatives to ensure forward looking policies and land use plans optimize land allocation.
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- Vanessa M. Adams
- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia 7001,Corresponding author.
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Australia 4878
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Alden Hull R, Barmuta LA, Pinkard E, Jones ME, Adams VM, Lin C, Horner CA. Unlocking environmental accounting for healthy future landscapes. People and Nature 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Rowan Alden Hull
- Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Tasmanian School of Business and Economics University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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Johnson MS, Adams VM, Byrne J, Harris RMB. The benefits of Q + PPGIS for coupled human-natural systems research: A systematic review. Ambio 2022; 51:1819-1836. [PMID: 35254646 PMCID: PMC9200925 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-022-01709-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Managing complex problems in socio-ecological systems (SES) requires innovative approaches, which account for multiple scales, large datasets, and diverse lived experiences. By combining two commonly utilized mixed-methods, public participation GIS (PPGIS) and Q-method (Q), Q + PPGIS has the potential to reveal competing agendas and reduce conflict, but its benefits and weaknesses are comparatively understudied. Using a systematic review, we evaluated how different studies have employed and implemented the Q + PPGIS method. We found 16 studies, comprising 30 publications, with considerable variation in their geographic foci, research disciplines, and addressed SES challenges. These studies exhibit a lack of cohesion between methodological design and implementation and the absence of a consistent application of the method. Nonetheless, Q + PPGIS offers a tool that can guide policy, better inform stakeholders, and reduce conflict based on misconceptions. Resolving the shortcomings identified here will broaden Q + PPGIS utility in geographically situating and representing multiple realities within complex socio-ecological systems challenges.
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- Malcolm S Johnson
- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia.
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
- Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 78, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia.
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia
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Allan JR, Possingham HP, Atkinson SC, Waldron A, Di Marco M, Butchart SHM, Adams VM, Kissling WD, Worsdell T, Sandbrook C, Gibbon G, Kumar K, Mehta P, Maron M, Williams BA, Jones KR, Wintle BA, Reside AE, Watson JEM. The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity. Science 2022; 376:1094-1101. [PMID: 35653463 DOI: 10.1126/science.abl9127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Ambitious conservation efforts are needed to stop the global biodiversity crisis. In this study, we estimate the minimum land area to secure important biodiversity areas, ecologically intact areas, and optimal locations for representation of species ranges and ecoregions. We discover that at least 64 million square kilometers (44% of terrestrial area) would require conservation attention (ranging from protected areas to land-use policies) to meet this goal. More than 1.8 billion people live on these lands, so responses that promote autonomy, self-determination, equity, and sustainable management for safeguarding biodiversity are essential. Spatially explicit land-use scenarios suggest that 1.3 million square kilometers of this land is at risk of being converted for intensive human land uses by 2030, which requires immediate attention. However, a sevenfold difference exists between the amount of habitat converted in optimistic and pessimistic land-use scenarios, highlighting an opportunity to avert this crisis. Appropriate targets in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to encourage conservation of the identified land would contribute substantially to safeguarding biodiversity.
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- James R Allan
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, NY, USA
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- Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK.,Faculty of Science and Engineering ARU, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, I-00185 Rome, Italy.,School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- BirdLife International, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK.,Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK
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- Rights and Resources Initiative, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Latinovic A, Nichols DS, Adams VM, McQuillan PB. Grouped SPME Comparison of Floral Scent as a Method of Unlocking Phylogenetic Patterns in Volatiles. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.795122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Global crop production rate has exceeded the availability of pollination services provided by managed honeybees, and habitat loss remains a key factor in the loss of wild pollinators. Revegetation of agricultural land and wild pollination may provide a solution; however, the collection of floral trait data that are correlated to pollinator preferences remains an under studied and complex process. Here, we demonstrate a method for scent analysis, ordination [non-metric dimensional scaling (NMDS)], and clustering outputs that provides a fast and reproducible procedure for a broad grouping of flora based on scent and unlocking characteristic inter-floral patterns. We report the floral profiles of 15 unstudied native Australian plant species and the extent to which they match the commonly cultivated seed crops of Daucus carota L and Brassica rapa L. Through solid-phase microextraction (SPME) paired with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS), we identify a set of inter-family shared, common floral volatiles from these plant species as well as unique and characteristic patterns.
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Kearney SG, Carwardine J, Reside AE, Adams VM, Nelson R, Coggan A, Spindler R, Watson JEM. Saving species beyond the protected area fence: Threats must be managed across multiple land tenure types to secure Australia's endangered species. Conservat Sci and Prac 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Stephen G. Kearney
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Biological Science University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Technology, Environments and Design University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- University of Melbourne Law School Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
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Latinovic A, Nichols DS, Adams VM, McQuillan PB. Application of Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe Mass Spectrometry for the Taxonomic Analysis of Pollen. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.795104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Globally, both managed and wild pollination services are unable to meet current rates of crop production and pollination demand. Wild pollination services could be improved through the reforestation of agricultural land margins, however plant–pollinator networks remain poorly understood and the collection of key floral traits a complex process. Herein, we consider the merits of pollen as a floral trait and the application of a rapid pollen comparison method in assessing whether pollen traits are conserved at a taxonomic level. Reporting the previously unstudied, pollen fingerprints of 18 Australian plant species, these are compared against the seed crop Daucus carota L. and two naturalised Brassica hybrids. Applying atmospheric solids analysis probe mass spectrometry (ASAP-MS) for rapid pollen fingerprinting, pollens are compared through non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS), Jaccard index correlation and hierarchical clustering. Demonstrating the merits of this analytical method for the grouping of potential revegetation flora, we identify key pollen similarities and differences that could correlate with wild pollinator preferences.
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Jung M, Arnell A, de Lamo X, García-Rangel S, Lewis M, Mark J, Merow C, Miles L, Ondo I, Pironon S, Ravilious C, Rivers M, Schepaschenko D, Tallowin O, van Soesbergen A, Govaerts R, Boyle BL, Enquist BJ, Feng X, Gallagher R, Maitner B, Meiri S, Mulligan M, Ofer G, Roll U, Hanson JO, Jetz W, Di Marco M, McGowan J, Rinnan DS, Sachs JD, Lesiv M, Adams VM, Andrew SC, Burger JR, Hannah L, Marquet PA, McCarthy JK, Morueta-Holme N, Newman EA, Park DS, Roehrdanz PR, Svenning JC, Violle C, Wieringa JJ, Wynne G, Fritz S, Strassburg BBN, Obersteiner M, Kapos V, Burgess N, Schmidt-Traub G, Visconti P. Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water. Nat Ecol Evol 2021; 5:1499-1509. [PMID: 34429536 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01528-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and how multiple targets can be pursued concurrently. To support goal setting and the implementation of international strategies and action plans, spatial guidance is needed to identify which land areas have the potential to generate the greatest synergies between conserving biodiversity and nature's contributions to people. Here we present results from a joint optimization that minimizes the number of threatened species, maximizes carbon retention and water quality regulation, and ranks terrestrial conservation priorities globally. We found that selecting the top-ranked 30% and 50% of terrestrial land area would conserve respectively 60.7% and 85.3% of the estimated total carbon stock and 66% and 89.8% of all clean water, in addition to meeting conservation targets for 57.9% and 79% of all species considered. Our data and prioritization further suggest that adequately conserving all species considered (vertebrates and plants) would require giving conservation attention to ~70% of the terrestrial land surface. If priority was given to biodiversity only, managing 30% of optimally located land area for conservation may be sufficient to meet conservation targets for 81.3% of the terrestrial plant and vertebrate species considered. Our results provide a global assessment of where land could be optimally managed for conservation. We discuss how such a spatial prioritization framework can support the implementation of the biodiversity and climate conventions.
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- Martin Jung
- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.,Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT, USA
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmondy, UK
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.,Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
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- Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Cambio Global UC, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA.,Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Valparaíso (ISCV), Valparaíso, Chile
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Univ. Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.,Environmental Change Institute, Centre for the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
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Jung M, Arnell A, de Lamo X, García-Rangel S, Lewis M, Mark J, Merow C, Miles L, Ondo I, Pironon S, Ravilious C, Rivers M, Schepaschenko D, Tallowin O, van Soesbergen A, Govaerts R, Boyle BL, Enquist BJ, Feng X, Gallagher R, Maitner B, Meiri S, Mulligan M, Ofer G, Roll U, Hanson JO, Jetz W, Di Marco M, McGowan J, Rinnan DS, Sachs JD, Lesiv M, Adams VM, Andrew SC, Burger JR, Hannah L, Marquet PA, McCarthy JK, Morueta-Holme N, Newman EA, Park DS, Roehrdanz PR, Svenning JC, Violle C, Wieringa JJ, Wynne G, Fritz S, Strassburg BBN, Obersteiner M, Kapos V, Burgess N, Schmidt-Traub G, Visconti P. Author Correction: Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water. Nat Ecol Evol 2021; 5:1557. [PMID: 34556831 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01569-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Martin Jung
- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.,Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT, USA
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmondy, UK
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.,Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
| | | | - Bradley L Boyle
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
| | - Uri Roll
- Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
| | - Jeffrey O Hanson
- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
| | - Walter Jetz
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
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- Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Cambio Global UC, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA.,Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Valparaíso (ISCV), Valparaíso, Chile
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Erica A Newman
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
| | - Daniel S Park
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Univ. Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Programa de Pós Graduacão em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Botanical Garden Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.,Environmental Change Institute, Centre for the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
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Hernandez S, Barnes MD, Duce S, Adams VM. The impact of strictly protected areas in a deforestation hotspot. Conservat Sci and Prac 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Stephanie Hernandez
- College of Science and Engineering James Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
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- Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy The University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering James Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
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- School of Technology, Environments and Design University of Tasmania Hobart TAS Australia
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Butt N, Chauvenet ALM, Adams VM, Beger M, Gallagher RV, Shanahan DF, Ward M, Watson JEM, Possingham HP. Importance of species translocations under rapid climate change. Conserv Biol 2021; 35:775-783. [PMID: 33047846 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Species that cannot adapt or keep pace with a changing climate are likely to need human intervention to shift to more suitable climates. While hundreds of articles mention using translocation as a climate-change adaptation tool, in practice, assisted migration as a conservation action remains rare, especially for animals. This is likely due to concern over introducing species to places where they may become invasive. However, there are other barriers to consider, such as time-frame mismatch, sociopolitical, knowledge and uncertainty barriers to conservationists adopting assisted migration as a go-to strategy. We recommend the following to advance assisted migration as a conservation tool: attempt assisted migrations at small scales, translocate species with little invasion risk, adopt robust monitoring protocols that trigger an active response, and promote political and public support.
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- Nathalie Butt
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Environmental Futures Research Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- School of Technology, Environments & Design, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Zealandia Ecosanctuary, 53 Waiapu Road, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Global Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, U.S.A
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- The Nature Conservancy, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia
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Gallagher RV, Allen S, Mackenzie BDE, Yates CJ, Gosper CR, Keith DA, Merow C, White MD, Wenk E, Maitner BS, He K, Adams VM, Auld TD. High fire frequency and the impact of the 2019–2020 megafires on Australian plant diversity. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Science, Economics and Insights Division NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Parramatta NSW Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science University of New South Wales Kensington NSW Australia
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- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Biodiversity and Conservation Science Kensington WA Australia
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- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Biodiversity and Conservation Science Kensington WA Australia
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- Science, Economics and Insights Division NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Parramatta NSW Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science University of New South Wales Kensington NSW Australia
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- Eversource Energy Center University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
- Department of Environmental Engineering University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
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- Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
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- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart TAS Australia
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- Science, Economics and Insights Division NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Parramatta NSW Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science University of New South Wales Kensington NSW Australia
- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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Adams VM, Dimitrova N, Possingham HP, Allan JR, Kuempel CD, Peterson N, Kaiye A, Keako M, Tulloch VJ. Scheduling incremental actions to build a comprehensive national protected area network for Papua New Guinea. Conservat Sci and Prac 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Vanessa M. Adams
- Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia
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- The Nature Conservancy South Brisbane Queensland Australia
- School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia
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- The Nature Conservancy South Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Conservation and Environment Protection Authority Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
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- Conservation and Environment Protection Authority Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Science University of British Columbia British Columbia Canada
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Adams VM, Weeks R, Doherty TS. Advances in conservation science and practice in Oceania: Delivering on research priorities for the region. Conservat Sci and Prac 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Vanessa M. Adams
- School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Kemink KM, Adams VM, Pressey RL. Integrating dynamic processes into waterfowl conservation prioritization tools. DIVERS DISTRIB 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Kaylan M. Kemink
- Ducks Unlimited Inc. Bismarck ND USA
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Douglas Qld Australia
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- Geography and Spatial Sciences School of Technology, Environments and Design University of Tasmania Hobart TAS Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Douglas Qld Australia
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Kemink KM, Adams VM, Pressey RL, Walker JA. A synthesis of knowledge about motives for participation in perpetual conservation easements. Conservat Sci and Prac 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Kaylan M. Kemink
- Ducks Unlimited Inc. Bismarck North Dakota USA
- College of Science and Engineering James Cook University Douglas QLD Australia
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- Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments and Design University of Tasmania Hobart TAS Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Sir George Fisher Research Building Douglas QLD Australia
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Gallagher RV, Falster DS, Maitner BS, Salguero-Gómez R, Vandvik V, Pearse WD, Schneider FD, Kattge J, Poelen JH, Madin JS, Ankenbrand MJ, Penone C, Feng X, Adams VM, Alroy J, Andrew SC, Balk MA, Bland LM, Boyle BL, Bravo-Avila CH, Brennan I, Carthey AJR, Catullo R, Cavazos BR, Conde DA, Chown SL, Fadrique B, Gibb H, Halbritter AH, Hammock J, Hogan JA, Holewa H, Hope M, Iversen CM, Jochum M, Kearney M, Keller A, Mabee P, Manning P, McCormack L, Michaletz ST, Park DS, Perez TM, Pineda-Munoz S, Ray CA, Rossetto M, Sauquet H, Sparrow B, Spasojevic MJ, Telford RJ, Tobias JA, Violle C, Walls R, Weiss KCB, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Enquist BJ. Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life. Nat Ecol Evol 2020; 4:294-303. [PMID: 32066887 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1109-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Synthesizing trait observations and knowledge across the Tree of Life remains a grand challenge for biodiversity science. Species traits are widely used in ecological and evolutionary science, and new data and methods have proliferated rapidly. Yet accessing and integrating disparate data sources remains a considerable challenge, slowing progress toward a global synthesis to integrate trait data across organisms. Trait science needs a vision for achieving global integration across all organisms. Here, we outline how the adoption of key Open Science principles-open data, open source and open methods-is transforming trait science, increasing transparency, democratizing access and accelerating global synthesis. To enhance widespread adoption of these principles, we introduce the Open Traits Network (OTN), a global, decentralized community welcoming all researchers and institutions pursuing the collaborative goal of standardizing and integrating trait data across organisms. We demonstrate how adherence to Open Science principles is key to the OTN community and outline five activities that can accelerate the synthesis of trait data across the Tree of Life, thereby facilitating rapid advances to address scientific inquiries and environmental issues. Lessons learned along the path to a global synthesis of trait data will provide a framework for addressing similarly complex data science and informatics challenges.
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- Rachael V Gallagher
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.,Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Evolutionary Demography Laboratory, Max Plank Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Ecology Center and Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Manoa, HI, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.,Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA.,Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution and Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, USA
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.,Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- TERN / School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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Maina JM, Gamoyo M, Adams VM, D'agata S, Bosire J, Francis J, Waruinge D. Aligning marine spatial conservation priorities with functional connectivity across maritime jurisdictions. Conservat Sci and Prac 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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- Joseph M. Maina
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesMacquarie University Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- School of Technology, Environments and DesignUniversity of Tasmania Hobart Australia
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesMacquarie University Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- United Nations Environment, Ecosystems DivisionNairobi Convention Nairobi Kenya
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- Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association Zanzibar Tanzania
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- United Nations Environment, Ecosystems DivisionNairobi Convention Nairobi Kenya
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Adams VM, O'Donnell J, Burley A, Lawson J, Auld TD, Brazill‐Boast J, Laws CA, Gallagher RV. Planning for success: Why conservation programs need a strategic program for recovering species. Conservat Sci and Prac 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Vanessa M. Adams
- Discipline of Geography and Spatial SciencesUniversity of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania
- Department of Biological SciencesMacquarie University North Ryde New South Wales
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- Department of Biological SciencesMacquarie University North Ryde New South Wales
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- Conservation and Regional Delivery DivisionNew South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage Sydney New South Wales
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- Department of Biological SciencesMacquarie University North Ryde New South Wales
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- Science DivisionNew South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage Hurstville New South Wales
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales
- Centre for Ecosystem ScienceUniversity of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales
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- Conservation and Regional Delivery DivisionNew South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage Sydney New South Wales
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- Department of Biological SciencesMacquarie University North Ryde New South Wales
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- Department of Biological SciencesMacquarie University North Ryde New South Wales
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- Katie Moon
- Public Service Research Group, School of Business University of New South Wales Canberra ACT Australia
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
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- Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments, and Design University of Tasmania Hobart TAS Australia
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- Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies RMIT University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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Mappin B, Chauvenet AL, Adams VM, Di Marco M, Beyer HL, Venter O, Halpern BS, Possingham HP, Watson JE. Restoration priorities to achieve the global protected area target. Conserv Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Bonnie Mappin
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Earth Environmental SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Technology, Environments & DesignUniversity of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- School of Earth Environmental SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- CSIRO Land & WaterEcoSciences Precinct Dutton Park, Queensland Australia
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Natural Resource and Environmental Studies InstituteThe University of Northern British Columbia Prince George Canada
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and ManagementUniversity of California Santa Barbara California
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and SynthesisUniversity of California Santa Barbara California
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- The Nature Conservancy South Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- School of Earth Environmental SciencesUniversity of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Wildlife Conservation SocietyGlobal Conservation Bronx New York
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Adams VM, Mills M, Weeks R, Segan DB, Pressey RL, Gurney GG, Groves C, Davis FW, Álvarez-Romero JG. Implementation strategies for systematic conservation planning. Ambio 2019; 48:139-152. [PMID: 29949079 PMCID: PMC6346603 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-018-1067-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
The field of systematic conservation planning has grown substantially, with hundreds of publications in the peer-reviewed literature and numerous applications to regional conservation planning globally. However, the extent to which systematic conservation plans have influenced management is unclear. This paper analyses factors that facilitate the transition from assessment to implementation in conservation planning, in order to help integrate assessment and implementation into a seamless process. We propose a framework for designing implementation strategies, taking into account three critical planning aspects: processes, inputs, and context. Our review identified sixteen processes, which we broadly grouped into four themes and eight inputs. We illustrate how the framework can be used to inform context-dependent implementation strategies, using the process of 'engagement' as an example. The example application includes both lessons learned from successfully implemented plans across the engagement spectrum, and highlights key barriers that can hinder attempts to bridge the assessment-implementation gap.
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- Vanessa M Adams
- Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia.
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Berkshire, England, UK
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- Global Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, 10460, USA
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 128 Market Street, Stateline, NV, USA
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- Science for Nature and People Partnership, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93117, USA
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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Moon K, Blackman DA, Adams VM, Colvin RM, Davila F, Evans MC, Januchowski-Hartley SR, Bennett NJ, Dickinson H, Sandbrook C, Sherren K, St. John FAV, van Kerkhoff L, Wyborn C. Expanding the role of social science in conservation through an engagement with philosophy, methodology, and methods. Methods Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Katie Moon
- Public Service Research Group; School of Business; University of New South Wales; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
- Institute for Applied Ecology; University of Canberra; Bruce Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Public Service Research Group; School of Business; University of New South Wales; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- School of Technology, Environments & Design; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Climate Change Institute; Australian National University; Acton Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Acton Australian Capital Territory Australia
- Institute for Sustainable Futures; University of Technology Sydney; Ultimo New South Wales Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Centre for Policy Futures; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- Institute for Resources; Environment and Sustainability; University of British Columbia; Vancouver British Columbia Canada
- University of Nice Sophia Antipolis; Nice France
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- Public Service Research Group; School of Business; University of New South Wales; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Department of Geography; University of Cambridge; Cambridge UK
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- School for Resource and Environmental Studies; Dalhousie University; Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
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- School of Environment; Natural Resources and Geography; Bangor University; Bangor UK
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society; The Australian National University; Acton Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- IUCN Conservation Centre; Luc Hoffmann Institute; Gland Switzerland
- College of Forestry and Conservation; University of Montana; Missoula Montana
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Iacona GD, Sutherland WJ, Mappin B, Adams VM, Armsworth PR, Coleshaw T, Cook C, Craigie I, Dicks LV, Fitzsimons JA, McGowan J, Plumptre AJ, Polak T, Pullin AS, Ringma J, Rushworth I, Santangeli A, Stewart A, Tulloch A, Walsh JC, Possingham HP. Standardized reporting of the costs of management interventions for biodiversity conservation. Conserv Biol 2018; 32:979-988. [PMID: 30039609 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Effective conservation management interventions must combat threats and deliver benefits at costs that can be achieved within limited budgets. Considerable effort has focused on measuring the potential benefits of conservation interventions, but explicit quantification of the financial costs of implementation is rare. Even when costs have been quantified, haphazard and inconsistent reporting means published values are difficult to interpret. This reporting deficiency hinders progress toward a collective understanding of the financial costs of management interventions across projects and thus limits the ability to identify efficient solutions to conservation problems or attract adequate funding. We devised a standardized approach to describing financial costs reported for conservation interventions. The standards call for researchers and practitioners to describe the objective and outcome, context and methods, and scale of costed interventions, and to state which categories of costs are included and the currency and date for reported costs. These standards aim to provide enough contextual information that readers and future users can interpret the cost data appropriately. We suggest these standards be adopted by major conservation organizations, conservation science institutions, and journals so that cost reporting is comparable among studies. This would support shared learning and enhance the ability to identify and perform cost-effective conservation.
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- Gwenllian D Iacona
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1610, U.S.A
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- Natural England, Parkside Court, Hall Park Way, Telford, TF3 4LR, U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K
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- The Nature Conservancy, Suite 2-01, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K
- Key Biodiversity Secretariat, c/o BirdLife International, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Israeli Nature and Park Authority, Southern District, 3 Yotam Road, Eilat, 880000m, Israel
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- Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, U.K
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, The University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2500 Campus Road, Honolulu, HI, 96822, U.S.A
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- Ecological Advice Division, Scientific Services, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, P.O. Box 13053, Cascades 3202, South Africa
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- The Helsinki Lab of Ornithology, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Bush Heritage Australia, Level 1, 395 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Office of the Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA, 22203-1606, U.S.A
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Biggs D, Smith RJ, Adams VM, Brink H, Cook CN, Cooney R, Holden MH, Maron M, Phelps J, Possingham HP, Redford KH, Scholes RJ, Sutherland WJ, Underwood FM, Milner-Gulland EJ. Response—Ivory crisis. Science 2018; 360:277-278. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aat1596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Duan Biggs
- Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
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- University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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Januchowski-Hartley SR, Adams VM, Hermoso V. The need for spatially explicit quantification of benefits in invasive-species management. Conserv Biol 2018; 32:287-293. [PMID: 28940505 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 06/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Worldwide, invasive species are a leading driver of environmental change across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments and cost billions of dollars annually in ecological damages and economic losses. Resources limit invasive-species control, and planning processes are needed to identify cost-effective solutions. Thus, studies are increasingly considering spatially variable natural and socioeconomic assets (e.g., species persistence, recreational fishing) when planning the allocation of actions for invasive-species management. There is a need to improve understanding of how such assets are considered in invasive-species management. We reviewed over 1600 studies focused on management of invasive species, including flora and fauna. Eighty-four of these studies were included in our final analysis because they focused on the prioritization of actions for invasive species management. Forty-five percent (n = 38) of these studies were based on spatial optimization methods, and 35% (n = 13) accounted for spatially variable assets. Across all 84 optimization studies considered, 27% (n = 23) explicitly accounted for spatially variable assets. Based on our findings, we further explored the potential costs and benefits to invasive species management when spatially variable assets are explicitly considered or not. To include spatially variable assets in decision-making processes that guide invasive-species management there is a need to quantify environmental responses to invasive species and to enhance understanding of potential impacts of invasive species on different natural or socioeconomic assets. We suggest these gaps could be filled by systematic reviews, quantifying invasive species impacts on native species at different periods, and broadening sources and enhancing sharing of knowledge.
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- Stephanie R Januchowski-Hartley
- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, Université Paul Sabatier, Bat. 4R1, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 4, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- Macquarie University Department of Biological Sciences, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys, Solsona, Lleida, Spain
- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Kessels Road, 4111 Nathan, QLD, Australia
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Cattarino L, Hermoso V, Carwardine J, Adams VM, Kennard MJ, Linke S. Information uncertainty influences conservation outcomes when prioritizing multi‐action management efforts. J Appl Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Lorenzo Cattarino
- MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Imperial College London London UK
- Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University Nathan QLD Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University Nathan QLD Australia
- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya. Crta. Sant Llorenç de Morunys Solsona Spain
- National Environmental Science Research Program Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub Casuarina NT Australia
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- National Environmental Science Research Program Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub Casuarina NT Australia
- Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University Nathan QLD Australia
- National Environmental Science Research Program Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub Casuarina NT Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University Nathan QLD Australia
- National Environmental Science Research Program Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub Casuarina NT Australia
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Adams VM, Douglas MM, Jackson SE, Scheepers K, Kool JT, Setterfield SA. Conserving biodiversity and Indigenous bush tucker: Practical application of the strategic foresight framework to invasive alien species management planning. Conserv Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Vanessa M. Adams
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods; Charles Darwin University; Darwin NT 0909 Australia
- School of Biological Sciences; University of Queensland; St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
- Department of Biological Sciences; Macquarie University; North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods; Charles Darwin University; Darwin NT 0909 Australia
- Faculty of Science; University of Western Australia; Crawley WA 6009 Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute; Griffith University; Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
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- CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; PMB 44 Winnellie NT 0822 Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods; Charles Darwin University; Darwin NT 0909 Australia
- Faculty of Science; University of Western Australia; Crawley WA 6009 Australia
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Álvarez-Romero JG, Munguía-Vega A, Beger M, Del Mar Mancha-Cisneros M, Suárez-Castillo AN, Gurney GG, Pressey RL, Gerber LR, Morzaria-Luna HN, Reyes-Bonilla H, Adams VM, Kolb M, Graham EM, VanDerWal J, Castillo-López A, Hinojosa-Arango G, Petatán-Ramírez D, Moreno-Baez M, Godínez-Reyes CR, Torre J. Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming. Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:e671-e691. [PMID: 29274104 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Marine reserves are widely used to protect species important for conservation and fisheries and to help maintain ecological processes that sustain their populations, including recruitment and dispersal. Achieving these goals requires well-connected networks of marine reserves that maximize larval connectivity, thus allowing exchanges between populations and recolonization after local disturbances. However, global warming can disrupt connectivity by shortening potential dispersal pathways through changes in larval physiology. These changes can compromise the performance of marine reserve networks, thus requiring adjusting their design to account for ocean warming. To date, empirical approaches to marine prioritization have not considered larval connectivity as affected by global warming. Here, we develop a framework for designing marine reserve networks that integrates graph theory and changes in larval connectivity due to potential reductions in planktonic larval duration (PLD) associated with ocean warming, given current socioeconomic constraints. Using the Gulf of California as case study, we assess the benefits and costs of adjusting networks to account for connectivity, with and without ocean warming. We compare reserve networks designed to achieve representation of species and ecosystems with networks designed to also maximize connectivity under current and future ocean-warming scenarios. Our results indicate that current larval connectivity could be reduced significantly under ocean warming because of shortened PLDs. Given the potential changes in connectivity, we show that our graph-theoretical approach based on centrality (eigenvector and distance-weighted fragmentation) of habitat patches can help design better-connected marine reserve networks for the future with equivalent costs. We found that maintaining dispersal connectivity incidentally through representation-only reserve design is unlikely, particularly in regions with strong asymmetric patterns of dispersal connectivity. Our results support previous studies suggesting that, given potential reductions in PLD due to ocean warming, future marine reserve networks would require more and/or larger reserves in closer proximity to maintain larval connectivity.
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- Jorge G Álvarez-Romero
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C., Guaymas, Sonora, México
- School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA
- Visiting Researcher at Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México, Distrito Federal, México
- Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, México
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- Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- eResearch Centre, Division of Research and Innovation, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- eResearch Centre, Division of Research and Innovation, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Centro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación, A.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Oaxaca, México
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- Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA
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- Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas: Reserva de la Biosfera Bahía de Los Ángeles, Canales de Ballenas y Salsipuedes, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, México
- Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas: Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo, La Ribera, Baja California Sur, México
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- Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C., Guaymas, Sonora, México
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Weeks R, Adams VM. Research priorities for conservation and natural resource management in Oceania's small-island developing states. Conserv Biol 2018; 32:72-83. [PMID: 28585338 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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For conservation science to effectively inform management, research must focus on creating the scientific knowledge required to solve conservation problems. We identified research questions that, if answered, would increase the effectiveness of conservation and natural resource management practice and policy in Oceania's small-island developing states. We asked conservation professionals from academia, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations across the region to propose such questions and then identify which were of high priority in an online survey. We compared the high-priority questions with research questions identified globally and for other regions. Of 270 questions proposed by respondents, 38 were considered high priority, including: What are the highest priority areas for conservation in the face of increasing resource demand and climate change? How should marine protected areas be networked to account for connectivity and climate change? What are the most effective fisheries management policies that contribute to sustainable coral reef fisheries? High-priority questions related to the particular challenges of undertaking conservation on small-island developing states and the need for a research agenda that is responsive to the sociocultural context of Oceania. Research priorities for Oceania relative to elsewhere were broadly similar but differed in specific issues relevant to particular conservation contexts. These differences emphasize the importance of involving local practitioners in the identification of research priorities. Priorities were reasonably well aligned among sectoral groups. Only a few questions were widely considered answered, which may indicate a smaller-than-expected knowledge-action gap. We believe these questions can be used to strengthen research collaborations between scientists and practitioners working to further conservation and natural resource management in this region.
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- R Weeks
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Kuempel CD, Adams VM, Possingham HP, Bode M. Bigger or better: The relative benefits of protected area network expansion and enforcement for the conservation of an exploited species. Conserv Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Caitlin D. Kuempel
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions University of Queensland St. Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
- The Nature Conservancy South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville QLD 4811 Australia
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Biggs D, Holden MH, Braczkowski A, Cook CN, Milner-Gulland EJ, Phelps J, Scholes RJ, Smith RJ, Underwood FM, Adams VM, Allan J, Brink H, Cooney R, Gao Y, Hutton J, Macdonald-Madden E, Maron M, Redford KH, Sutherland WJ, Possingham HP. Breaking the deadlock on ivory. Science 2017; 358:1378-1381. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aan5215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Adams VM, Setterfield SA, Douglas MM, Kennard MJ, Ferdinands K. Measuring benefits of protected area management: trends across realms and research gaps for freshwater systems. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 370:rstb.2014.0274. [PMID: 26460127 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Protected areas remain a cornerstone for global conservation. However, their effectiveness at halting biodiversity decline is not fully understood. Studies of protected area benefits have largely focused on measuring their impact on halting deforestation and have neglected to measure the impacts of protected areas on other threats. Evaluations that measure the impact of protected area management require more complex evaluation designs and datasets. This is the case across realms (terrestrial, freshwater, marine), but measuring the impact of protected area management in freshwater systems may be even more difficult owing to the high level of connectivity and potential for threat propagation within systems (e.g. downstream flow of pollution). We review the potential barriers to conducting impact evaluation for protected area management in freshwater systems. We contrast the barriers identified for freshwater systems to terrestrial systems and discuss potential measurable outcomes and confounders associated with protected area management across the two realms. We identify key research gaps in conducting impact evaluation in freshwater systems that relate to three of their major characteristics: variability, connectivity and time lags in outcomes. Lastly, we use Kakadu National Park world heritage area, the largest national park in Australia, as a case study to illustrate the challenges of measuring impacts of protected area management programmes for environmental outcomes in freshwater systems.
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- Vanessa M Adams
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia
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Atkinson SC, Jupiter SD, Adams VM, Ingram JC, Narayan S, Klein CJ, Possingham HP. Prioritising Mangrove Ecosystem Services Results in Spatially Variable Management Priorities. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151992. [PMID: 27008421 PMCID: PMC4805192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Incorporating the values of the services that ecosystems provide into decision making is becoming increasingly common in nature conservation and resource management policies, both locally and globally. Yet with limited funds for conservation of threatened species and ecosystems there is a desire to identify priority areas where investment efficiently conserves multiple ecosystem services. We mapped four mangrove ecosystems services (coastal protection, fisheries, biodiversity, and carbon storage) across Fiji. Using a cost-effectiveness analysis, we prioritised mangrove areas for each service, where the effectiveness was a function of the benefits provided to the local communities, and the costs were associated with restricting specific uses of mangroves. We demonstrate that, although priority mangrove areas (top 20%) for each service can be managed at relatively low opportunity costs (ranging from 4.5 to 11.3% of overall opportunity costs), prioritising for a single service yields relatively low co-benefits due to limited geographical overlap with priority areas for other services. None-the-less, prioritisation of mangrove areas provides greater overlap of benefits than if sites were selected randomly for most ecosystem services. We discuss deficiencies in the mapping of ecosystems services in data poor regions and how this may impact upon the equity of managing mangroves for particular services across the urban-rural divide in developing countries. Finally we discuss how our maps may aid decision-makers to direct funding for mangrove management from various sources to localities that best meet funding objectives, as well as how this knowledge can aid in creating a national mangrove zoning scheme.
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- Scott C. Atkinson
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, New York City, United States of America
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States of America
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- School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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Gurney GG, Pressey RL, Ban NC, Álvarez-Romero JG, Jupiter S, Adams VM. Efficient and equitable design of marine protected areas in Fiji through inclusion of stakeholder-specific objectives in conservation planning. Conserv Biol 2015; 29:1378-1389. [PMID: 25916976 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The efficacy of protected areas varies, partly because socioeconomic factors are not sufficiently considered in planning and management. Although integrating socioeconomic factors into systematic conservation planning is increasingly advocated, research is needed to progress from recognition of these factors to incorporating them effectively in spatial prioritization of protected areas. We evaluated 2 key aspects of incorporating socioeconomic factors into spatial prioritization: treatment of socioeconomic factors as costs or objectives and treatment of stakeholders as a single group or multiple groups. Using as a case study the design of a system of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) in Kubulau, Fiji, we assessed how these aspects affected the configuration of no-take MPAs in terms of trade-offs between biodiversity objectives, fisheries objectives, and equity in catch losses among fisher stakeholder groups. The achievement of fisheries objectives and equity tended to trade-off concavely with increasing biodiversity objectives, indicating that it is possible to achieve low to mid-range biodiversity objectives with relatively small losses to fisheries and equity. Importantly, the extent of trade-offs depended on the method used to incorporate socioeconomic data and was least severe when objectives were set for each fisher stakeholder group explicitly. We found that using different methods to incorporate socioeconomic factors that require similar data and expertise can result in plans with very different impacts on local stakeholders.
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- Georgina G Gurney
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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- School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3060 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3R4, Canada
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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- Wildlife Conservation Society Fiji Country Program, 11 Ma'afu Street, Suva, Fiji
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, 0909, Australia
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The social, economic, and environmental impacts of invasive plants are well recognized. However, these variable impacts are rarely accounted for in the spatial prioritization of funding for weed management. We examine how current spatially explicit prioritization methods can be extended to identify optimal budget allocations to both eradication and control measures of invasive species to minimize the costs and likelihood of invasion. Our framework extends recent approaches to systematic prioritization of weed management to account for multiple values that are threatened by weed invasions with a multi-year dynamic prioritization approach. We apply our method to the northern portion of the Daly catchment in the Northern Territory, which has significant conservation values that are threatened by gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus), a highly invasive species recognized by the Australian government as a Weed of National Significance (WONS). We interface Marxan, a widely applied conservation planning tool, with a dynamic biophysical model of gamba grass to optimally allocate funds to eradication and control programs under two budget scenarios comparing maximizing gain (MaxGain) and minimizing loss (MinLoss) optimization approaches. The prioritizations support previous findings that a MinLoss approach is a better strategy when threats are more spatially variable than conservation values. Over a 10-year simulation period, we find that a MinLoss approach reduces future infestations by ~8% compared to MaxGain in the constrained budget scenarios and ~12% in the unlimited budget scenarios. We find that due to the extensive current invasion and rapid rate of spread, allocating the annual budget to control efforts is more efficient than funding eradication efforts when there is a constrained budget. Under a constrained budget, applying the most efficient optimization scenario (control, minloss) reduces spread by ~27% compared to no control. Conversely, if the budget is unlimited it is more efficient to fund eradication efforts and reduces spread by ~65% compared to no control.
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Adams VM, Petty AM, Douglas MM, Buckley YM, Ferdinands KB, Okazaki T, Ko DW, Setterfield SA. Distribution, demography and dispersal model of spatial spread of invasive plant populations with limited data. Methods Ecol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Vanessa M. Adams
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods and Northern Australia National Environmental Research Program Hub Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods and Northern Australia National Environmental Research Program Hub Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods and Northern Australia National Environmental Research Program Hub Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences and Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research Trinity College Dublin, Zoology Dublin 2 Ireland
- ARC Center of Excellence for Environmental Decisions School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia
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- Department of Land Resource Management Weed Management Branch Palmerston NT 0831 Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods and Northern Australia National Environmental Research Program Hub Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods and Northern Australia National Environmental Research Program Hub Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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Devitt KR, Adams VM, Kyne PM. Australia’s protected area network fails to adequately protect the world’s most threatened marine fishes. Glob Ecol Conserv 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Moon K, Adams VM, Januchowski-Hartley SR, Polyakov M, Mills M, Biggs D, Knight AT, Game ET, Raymond CM. A multidisciplinary conceptualization of conservation opportunity. Conserv Biol 2014; 28:1484-1496. [PMID: 25381959 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An opportunity represents an advantageous combination of circumstances that allows goals to be achieved. We reviewed the nature of opportunity and how it manifests in different subsystems (e.g., biophysical, social, political, economic) as conceptualized in other bodies of literature, including behavior, adoption, entrepreneur, public policy, and resilience literature. We then developed a multidisciplinary conceptualization of conservation opportunity. We identified 3 types of conservation opportunity: potential, actors remove barriers to problem solving by identifying the capabilities within the system that can be manipulated to create support for conservation action; traction, actors identify windows of opportunity that arise from exogenous shocks, events, or changes that remove barriers to solving problems; and existing, everything is in place for conservation action (i.e., no barriers exist) and an actor takes advantage of the existing circumstances to solve problems. Different leverage points characterize each type of opportunity. Thus, unique stages of opportunity identification or creation and exploitation exist: characterizing the system and defining problems; identifying potential solutions; assessing the feasibility of solutions; identifying or creating opportunities; and taking advantage of opportunities. These stages can be undertaken independently or as part of a situational analysis and typically comprise the first stage, but they can also be conducted iteratively throughout a conservation planning process. Four types of entrepreneur can be identified (business, policy, social, and conservation), each possessing attributes that enable them to identify or create opportunities and take advantage of them. We examined how different types of conservation opportunity manifest in a social-ecological system (the Great Barrier Reef) and how they can be taken advantage of. Our multidisciplinary conceptualization of conservation opportunity strengthens and legitimizes the concept.
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- Katie Moon
- Institute for Applied Ecology/Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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Lechner AM, Raymond CM, Adams VM, Polyakov M, Gordon A, Rhodes JR, Mills M, Stein A, Ives CD, Lefroy EC. Characterizing spatial uncertainty when integrating social data in conservation planning. Conserv Biol 2014; 28:1497-1511. [PMID: 25382071 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Recent conservation planning studies have presented approaches for integrating spatially referenced social (SRS) data with a view to improving the feasibility of conservation action. We reviewed the growing conservation literature on SRS data, focusing on elicited or stated preferences derived through social survey methods such as choice experiments and public participation geographic information systems. Elicited SRS data includes the spatial distribution of willingness to sell, willingness to pay, willingness to act, and assessments of social and cultural values. We developed a typology for assessing elicited SRS data uncertainty which describes how social survey uncertainty propagates when projected spatially and the importance of accounting for spatial uncertainty such as scale effects and data quality. These uncertainties will propagate when elicited SRS data is integrated with biophysical data for conservation planning and may have important consequences for assessing the feasibility of conservation actions. To explore this issue further, we conducted a systematic review of the elicited SRS data literature. We found that social survey uncertainty was commonly tested for, but that these uncertainties were ignored when projected spatially. Based on these results we developed a framework which will help researchers and practitioners estimate social survey uncertainty and use these quantitative estimates to systematically address uncertainty within an analysis. This is important when using SRS data in conservation applications because decisions need to be made irrespective of data quality and well characterized uncertainty can be incorporated into decision theoretic approaches.
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- A M Lechner
- The Centre for Environment, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 141, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
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Adams VM, Pressey RL, Stoeckl N. Estimating landholders' probability of participating in a stewardship program, and the implications for spatial conservation priorities. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97941. [PMID: 24892520 PMCID: PMC4043528 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The need to integrate social and economic factors into conservation planning has become a focus of academic discussions and has important practical implications for the implementation of conservation areas, both private and public. We conducted a survey in the Daly Catchment, Northern Territory, to inform the design and implementation of a stewardship payment program. We used a choice model to estimate the likely level of participation in two legal arrangements - conservation covenants and management agreements - based on payment level and proportion of properties required to be managed. We then spatially predicted landholders’ probability of participating at the resolution of individual properties and incorporated these predictions into conservation planning software to examine the potential for the stewardship program to meet conservation objectives. We found that the properties that were least costly, per unit area, to manage were also the least likely to participate. This highlights a tension between planning for a cost-effective program and planning for a program that targets properties with the highest probability of participation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vanessa M. Adams
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods and Northern Australia National Environmental Research Program Hub, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Business and Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Adams VM, Pressey RL. Uncertainties around the implementation of a clearing-control policy in a unique catchment in northern Australia: exploring equity issues and balancing competing objectives. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96479. [PMID: 24798486 PMCID: PMC4010502 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Land use change is the most significant driver linked to global species extinctions. In Northern Australia, the landscape is still relatively intact with very low levels of clearing. However, a re-energized political discourse around creating a northern food bowl means that currently intact ecosystems in northern Australia could be under imminent threat from increased land clearing and water extraction. These impacts are likely to be concentrated in a few regions with suitable soils and water supplies. The Daly River Catchment in the Northern Territory is an important catchment for both conservation and development. Land use in the Daly catchment has been subject to clearing guidelines that are largely untested in terms of their eventual implications for the spatial configuration of conservation and development. Given the guidelines are not legislated they might also be removed or revised by subsequent Territory Governments, including the recently-elected one. We examine the uncertainties around the spatial implications of full implementation of the Daly clearing guidelines and their potential effects on equity of opportunity across land tenures and land uses. We also examine how removal of the guidelines could affect conservation in the catchment. We conclude that the guidelines are important in supporting development in the catchment while still achieving conservation goals, and we recommend ways of implementing the guidelines to make best use of available land resources for intensified production.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vanessa M. Adams
- Northern Australia National Environmental Research Program Hub and Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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Adams VM, Álvarez-Romero JG, Carwardine J, Cattarino L, Hermoso V, Kennard MJ, Linke S, Pressey RL, Stoeckl N. Planning Across Freshwater and Terrestrial Realms: Cobenefits and Tradeoffs Between Conservation Actions. Conserv Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Vanessa M. Adams
- National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods; Charles Darwin University; Darwin NT 0909 Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies; James Cook University; Townsville QLD 4811 Australia
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- National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods; Charles Darwin University; Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute; Griffith University; Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
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- National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub
- Australian Rivers Institute; Griffith University; Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
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- National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub
- Australian Rivers Institute; Griffith University; Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
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- National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub
- Australian Rivers Institute; Griffith University; Nathan QLD 4111 Australia
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- National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies; James Cook University; Townsville QLD 4811 Australia
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- National Environmental Research Program Northern Australia Hub
- School of Business and Cairns Institute; James Cook University; Townsville QLD 4811 Australia
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