Limits to the use of threatened species lists

By Hugh P. Possingham, Sandy J. Andelman, Mark A. Burgman, R. Medellín, LAWRENCE L. Master, David A. Keith. 2002

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Diversidad y endemismo de los mamíferos del Perú (2011, background): “Possingham et al. (2002) mencionan por ejemplo que las listas de especies amenazadas (e.g., IUCN 2008) tienen un enfoque global y centrada en las especies, pero no están diseñadas con criterios para priorizar recursos o unidades de conservación.”
Fingerprints of environmental change on the rare mediterranean flora: a 115‐year study (2006, methodology): “, 2005), and that the reliability of Red Lists still needs to be improved (Burgman, 2002; Possingham et al., 2002).”
Applying IUCN criteria to invertebrates: How red is the Red List of European butterflies? (2011, unknown): “Apart from compiling a Red List for European butterflies, we also used the data to determine so called SPecies of European conservation Concern (SPEC’s – van Swaay and Warren, 1999; Keller and Bollmann, 2004) based on the Red List status, endemicity and the strength of the decline (Possingham et al.”
From Red Lists to Species of Conservation Concern (2004, background): “This is not necessarily equivalent to a need for conservation action or for the setting of national conservation priorities (Gärdenfors 2001; Gärdenfors et al. 2001; Possingham et al. 2002).”
Conservation Biology of Caecilian Amphibians (2005, background): “…species lists might have limited value in certain respects because of “uneven taxonomic treatment; variation in observational effort; and the fact that changes in the lists more often reflect change in knowledge of status rather than change in status itself” (Possingham et al. 2002: 505).”
Spatial socioeconomic data as a cost in systematic marine conservation planning (2009, background): “Scoring systems, which assign points based on different parameters, have been criticized because combining scores is arbitrary and often not mathematically correct (Possingham et al. 2002; Mace et al. 2007).”
What are the best correlates of predicted extinction risk (2004, background): “Thus, a variety of simple parameters are used frequently as indicators of extinction risk for categorizing taxa (Millsap et al., 1990; Master, 1991; IUCN, 2000; Possingham et al., 2002) and for state of the environment reporting (Saunders et al., 1998; Burgman, 2002).”
Core concepts of spatial prioritisation in systematic conservation planning (2012, background): “The red list status has often been considered as a synonym of the conservation priority of a species (Possingham et al., 2002), and conservation organisations have formulated their strategies around these priorities (Myers et al.”
Amphibians over the edge: silent extinction risk of Data Deficient species (2014, methodology): “Despite these limitations, the IUCN Red List is used in a wide range of policy making, conservation management decisions and research agendas (Possingham et al., 2002; Rodrigues et al., 2006).”
The role of taxonomy in species conservation. (2004, background): “Because of this various authors have criticized threatened and extinct species lists and questioned their value as monitoring and planning tools (Burgman 2002; Possingham et al. 2002; Balmford et al. 2003), but this problem lies largely with taxonomy, not with the assessment of threat or extinction ”
Developing indicators for European birds (2005, background): “Some have suggested that while extinction rate provides an important measure of human impacts over the long term, it is an inherently poor measure of contemporary biodiversity loss (McKinney & Lockwood 1999; Possingham et al. 2002; Royal Society 2003; Jenkins 2003; Balmford et al. 2003).”
The use of opportunistic data for IUCN Red List assessments (2015, background): “Red Lists should, therefore, be considered is a decision support tools and not as decision making tools (Possingham et al., 2002).”