Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates

Autores
Nori, Javier; Loyola, Rafael; Villalobos, Fabricio
Año de publicación
2020
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inglés
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Effective conservation policies require comprehensive knowledge of biodiversity. However, knowledge shortfalls still remain, hindering possibilities to improve decision making and built such policies. During the last 2 decades, conservationists have made great efforts to allocate resources as efficiently as possible but have rarely considered the idea that if research investments are also strategically allocated, it would likely fill knowledge gaps while simultaneously improving conservation actions. Therefore, prioritizing areas where both conservation and research actions could be conducted becomes a critical endeavor that can further maximize return on investment. We used Zonation, a conservation planning tool and geographical distributions of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles to suggest and compare priority areas for conservation and research of terrestrial vertebrates worldwide. We also evaluated the degree of human disturbance in both types of priority areas by describing the value of the human footprint index within such areas. The spatial concordance between priority conservation and research areas was low: 0.36% of the world's land area. In these areas, we found it would be possible to protect almost half of the currently threatened species and to gather information on nearly 42% of data-deficient (DD) species. We also found that 6199 protected areas worldwide are located in such places, although only 35% of them have strict conservation purposes. Areas of consensus between conservation and research areas represent an opportunity for simultaneously conserving and acquiring knowledge of threatened and DD species of vertebrates. Although the picture is not the most encouraging, joint conservation and research efforts are possible and should be fostered to save vertebrate species from our own ignorance and extinction.
Fil: Nori, Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Loyola, Rafael. Universidade Federal de Goiás; Brasil
Fil: Villalobos, Fabricio. Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Red de Biología Evolutiva. Laboratorio de Macroecología Evolutiva; México
Materia
CONSERVATION INVESTMENT
CONSERVATION PLANNING
DECISION MAKING
INVERSIÓN EN LA CONSERVACIÓN
PLANEACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN
PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS
PROTECTED AREAS
TOMA DE DECISIONES
ÁREAS PRIORITARIAS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN
ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS
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spelling Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebratesNori, JavierLoyola, RafaelVillalobos, FabricioCONSERVATION INVESTMENTCONSERVATION PLANNINGDECISION MAKINGINVERSIÓN EN LA CONSERVACIÓNPLANEACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓNPRIORITY RESEARCH AREASPROTECTED AREASTOMA DE DECISIONESÁREAS PRIORITARIAS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓNÁREAS PROTEGIDAShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Effective conservation policies require comprehensive knowledge of biodiversity. However, knowledge shortfalls still remain, hindering possibilities to improve decision making and built such policies. During the last 2 decades, conservationists have made great efforts to allocate resources as efficiently as possible but have rarely considered the idea that if research investments are also strategically allocated, it would likely fill knowledge gaps while simultaneously improving conservation actions. Therefore, prioritizing areas where both conservation and research actions could be conducted becomes a critical endeavor that can further maximize return on investment. We used Zonation, a conservation planning tool and geographical distributions of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles to suggest and compare priority areas for conservation and research of terrestrial vertebrates worldwide. We also evaluated the degree of human disturbance in both types of priority areas by describing the value of the human footprint index within such areas. The spatial concordance between priority conservation and research areas was low: 0.36% of the world's land area. In these areas, we found it would be possible to protect almost half of the currently threatened species and to gather information on nearly 42% of data-deficient (DD) species. We also found that 6199 protected areas worldwide are located in such places, although only 35% of them have strict conservation purposes. Areas of consensus between conservation and research areas represent an opportunity for simultaneously conserving and acquiring knowledge of threatened and DD species of vertebrates. Although the picture is not the most encouraging, joint conservation and research efforts are possible and should be fostered to save vertebrate species from our own ignorance and extinction.Fil: Nori, Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal; ArgentinaFil: Loyola, Rafael. Universidade Federal de Goiás; BrasilFil: Villalobos, Fabricio. Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Red de Biología Evolutiva. Laboratorio de Macroecología Evolutiva; MéxicoWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2020-10-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/141401Nori, Javier; Loyola, Rafael; Villalobos, Fabricio; Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Conservation Biology; 34; 5; 3-10-2020; 1281-12910888-88921523-1739CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cobi.13476info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/cobi.13476info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:26:49Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/141401instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:26:49.248CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
title Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
spellingShingle Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
Nori, Javier
CONSERVATION INVESTMENT
CONSERVATION PLANNING
DECISION MAKING
INVERSIÓN EN LA CONSERVACIÓN
PLANEACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN
PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS
PROTECTED AREAS
TOMA DE DECISIONES
ÁREAS PRIORITARIAS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN
ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS
title_short Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
title_full Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
title_fullStr Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
title_full_unstemmed Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
title_sort Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nori, Javier
Loyola, Rafael
Villalobos, Fabricio
author Nori, Javier
author_facet Nori, Javier
Loyola, Rafael
Villalobos, Fabricio
author_role author
author2 Loyola, Rafael
Villalobos, Fabricio
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CONSERVATION INVESTMENT
CONSERVATION PLANNING
DECISION MAKING
INVERSIÓN EN LA CONSERVACIÓN
PLANEACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN
PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS
PROTECTED AREAS
TOMA DE DECISIONES
ÁREAS PRIORITARIAS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN
ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS
topic CONSERVATION INVESTMENT
CONSERVATION PLANNING
DECISION MAKING
INVERSIÓN EN LA CONSERVACIÓN
PLANEACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN
PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS
PROTECTED AREAS
TOMA DE DECISIONES
ÁREAS PRIORITARIAS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN
ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Effective conservation policies require comprehensive knowledge of biodiversity. However, knowledge shortfalls still remain, hindering possibilities to improve decision making and built such policies. During the last 2 decades, conservationists have made great efforts to allocate resources as efficiently as possible but have rarely considered the idea that if research investments are also strategically allocated, it would likely fill knowledge gaps while simultaneously improving conservation actions. Therefore, prioritizing areas where both conservation and research actions could be conducted becomes a critical endeavor that can further maximize return on investment. We used Zonation, a conservation planning tool and geographical distributions of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles to suggest and compare priority areas for conservation and research of terrestrial vertebrates worldwide. We also evaluated the degree of human disturbance in both types of priority areas by describing the value of the human footprint index within such areas. The spatial concordance between priority conservation and research areas was low: 0.36% of the world's land area. In these areas, we found it would be possible to protect almost half of the currently threatened species and to gather information on nearly 42% of data-deficient (DD) species. We also found that 6199 protected areas worldwide are located in such places, although only 35% of them have strict conservation purposes. Areas of consensus between conservation and research areas represent an opportunity for simultaneously conserving and acquiring knowledge of threatened and DD species of vertebrates. Although the picture is not the most encouraging, joint conservation and research efforts are possible and should be fostered to save vertebrate species from our own ignorance and extinction.
Fil: Nori, Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal; Argentina
Fil: Loyola, Rafael. Universidade Federal de Goiás; Brasil
Fil: Villalobos, Fabricio. Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Red de Biología Evolutiva. Laboratorio de Macroecología Evolutiva; México
description Effective conservation policies require comprehensive knowledge of biodiversity. However, knowledge shortfalls still remain, hindering possibilities to improve decision making and built such policies. During the last 2 decades, conservationists have made great efforts to allocate resources as efficiently as possible but have rarely considered the idea that if research investments are also strategically allocated, it would likely fill knowledge gaps while simultaneously improving conservation actions. Therefore, prioritizing areas where both conservation and research actions could be conducted becomes a critical endeavor that can further maximize return on investment. We used Zonation, a conservation planning tool and geographical distributions of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles to suggest and compare priority areas for conservation and research of terrestrial vertebrates worldwide. We also evaluated the degree of human disturbance in both types of priority areas by describing the value of the human footprint index within such areas. The spatial concordance between priority conservation and research areas was low: 0.36% of the world's land area. In these areas, we found it would be possible to protect almost half of the currently threatened species and to gather information on nearly 42% of data-deficient (DD) species. We also found that 6199 protected areas worldwide are located in such places, although only 35% of them have strict conservation purposes. Areas of consensus between conservation and research areas represent an opportunity for simultaneously conserving and acquiring knowledge of threatened and DD species of vertebrates. Although the picture is not the most encouraging, joint conservation and research efforts are possible and should be fostered to save vertebrate species from our own ignorance and extinction.
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