1. A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets
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Thomas E. Lacher, Friederike C. Bolam, Eduardo Lacerda, Meizani Irmadhiany, Karmila Parakkasi, Leon Bennun, Michael R. Hoffmann, Francesca Verones, Alvaro Iribarrem, Jörg Freyhof, Keping Ma, Colin Clubbe, Carla Gómez-Creutzberg, Monika Böhm, Jonathan Green, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Simeon Bezeng Bezeng, Jon Hutton, Jonathan Hughes, Domitilla C. Raimondo, Giulia Carbone, Louise Mair, Sam Sinclair, Neil A. Cox, Viola Clausnitzer, James E. M. Watson, Joshua D. Schneck, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Lucas Joppa, Nicholas B.W. Macfarlane, Thomas M. Brooks, Richard K. B. Jenkins, David G. Hole, Malin C. Rivers, Penny F. Langhammer, Bruce E. Young, Barney Long, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Leah R. Gerber, Simon N. Stuart, Louise Glew, Xiaoli Shen, David Mallon, Helen J. Temple, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Philip J. K. McGowan, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Nicolette S. Roach, Lian Pin Koh, Jane Smart, Neil D. Burgess, E. J. Milner-Gulland, Leonardo R. Viana, Romie Goedicke, Andrew J. Plumptre, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Arne Geschke, Eugenie Regan, Gilles Seutin, Russell Galt, Abhishek Chaudhary, Caroline M. Pollock, Bianca C. Mattos, Michela Pacifici, Ackbar Joolia, Carlo Rondinini, Laetitia M. Navarro, Hugh P. Possingham, Ian J. Burfield, Philippe Puydarrieux, Cyriaque N. Sendashonga, Catherine Bryan, Andrew Skowno, Aleksandar Rankovic, Antoine Vallier, Jonathan M. M. Ekstrom, Beth Polidoro, Juha Siikamäki, Craig Beatty, Frank Hawkins, Carolina A. Soto-Navarro, Marco P. W. Keijzer, Samantha L. L. Hill, Richard D. Gregory, Maxime Eiselin, Craig Hilton-Taylor, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University [Newcastle], Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])
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0106 biological sciences ,Conservation of Natural Resources ,Biodiversity ,extinction risk ,[SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity ,Star (graph theory) ,Colombia ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,conservation prioritization ,Madagascar ,Animals ,14. Life underwater ,Taxonomic rank ,Mexico ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,biodiversity ,2. Zero hunger ,Convention on Biological Diversity ,Extinction ,Ecology ,business.industry ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Environmental resource management ,15. Life on land ,Geography ,Habitat ,13. Climate action ,Indonesia ,Stewardship ,business ,Brazil ,Global biodiversity - Abstract
International audience; The Convention on Biological Diversity’s post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework will probably include a goal to stabilize and restore the status of species. Its delivery would be facilitated by making the actions required to halt and reverse species loss spatially explicit. Here, we develop a species threat abatement and restoration (STAR) metric that is scalable across species, threats and geographies. STAR quantifies the contributions that abating threats and restoring habitats in specific places offer towards reducing extinction risk. While every nation can contribute towards halting biodiversity loss, Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, Madagascar and Brazil combined have stewardship over 31% of total STAR values for terrestrial amphibians, birds and mammals. Among actions, sustainable crop production and forestry dominate, contributing 41% of total STAR values for these taxonomic groups. Key Biodiversity Areas cover 9% of the terrestrial surface but capture 47% of STAR values. STAR could support governmental and non-state actors in quantifying their contributions to meeting science-based species targets within the framework.
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- 2020
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