A Standard Lexicon for Biodiversity Conservation: Unified Classifications of Threats and Actions

By N. Salafsky, D. Salzer, A. Stattersfield, C. Hilton‐Taylor, Rachel A. Neugarten, S. Butchart, B. Collen, N. Cox, L. Master, S. O’Connor and 1 more. Conservation Biology, 2008

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Insight, part of a Special Feature on Exploring Opportunities for Advancing Collaborative Adaptive Management (CAM): Integrating Experience and Practice Results Chains: a Tool for Conservation Action Design, Management, and Evaluation (2013, background): “However, measuring solely the status of biodiversity (species, habitats, ecosystems) is usually insufficient to gauge the efficacy of the interventions an organization is implementing or how well it is implementing them (Salzer and Salafsky 2006).”
Managing the middle: A shift in conservation priorities based on the global human modification gradient (2019, methodology): “First, while the HMc maps 13 different stressors, it does not account for all human threats (Salafsky et al., 2008): in particular timber production, recreation, pastureland, pollution, and invasive species due to data limitations (Geldmann et al., 2014; Kuemmerle et al., 2013).”
A global threats overview for Numeniini populations: synthesising expert knowledge for a group of declining migratory birds (2017, methodology): “Threats were listed on the questionnaire in accordance with the IUCN–CMP Unified Classification of Direct Threats Version 3.2., and based on Salafsky et al. (2008), adopting a spread of first- to third-order threats as appropriate for the species group (Table 2).”
Extinction risk and bottlenecks in the conservation of charismatic marine species (2012, methodology): “We compiled a full list of “first-order threats” for each family, as defined by the IUCN threat typology (Salafsky et al. 2008).”
Mapping human pressures on biodiversity across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes (2020, methodology): “We further searched for data on other relevant variables following the IUCN threats categories (Table S1; Salafsky et al., 2008).”
Current global risks to marine mammals: Taking stock of the threats (2018, background): “Our threat classification expands upon the existing IUCN Threats Classification (Salafsky et al., 2008; International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources – IUCN, 2016) by including new terms that are specific to marine mammals.”
The conservation status of the world's reptiles (2013, background): “These were coded following Salafsky et al. (2008) and broadly defined as: threats due to agriculture/aquaculture; biological resource use (e.g., hunting and harvesting of species; logging activities); urban development (residential and commercial); pollution; invasive or problematic species; energy…”
Financial Costs of Meeting Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets: Current Spending and Unmet Needs (2012, background): “S1 to S8 Tables S1 to S5 References (42–53) 18 July 2012; accepted 4 October 2012 10.1126/science.1227608”
Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays (2013, background): “(B) Chondrichthyan species threatened by (i) control measures, and (ii) habitat destruction and degradation, pollution or climate change with the corresponding IUCN threat classification (Salafsky et al., 2008).”
Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management (2016, background): “Both follow the IUCN's unified threats classification scheme (Salafsky et al., 2008) comprising 12 major direct threat categories (Figure 1(a)).”
The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss (2022, positive): “The IUCN classification of direct threats to biodiversity ( 65 ) was then used to extend the list of search terms for each driver, with further terms added from reviews of threats in freshwater ( 66 ) and marine ( 67 ) realms.”