Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010

By Michael R W Rands, William M. Adams, L. Bennun, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Andy Clements, David A. Coomes, Abigail Entwistle, I. Hodge, Valerie Kapos, Jörn P W Scharlemann and 2 more. Science, 2010

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Biodiversity Convention In October 2010, the Convention on Biological Diversity will meet to assess the current condition of global biodiversity and to propose and agree on priorities for its future conservation. In this context, Rands et al. (p. 1298; see the News Focus section; see the cover) review recent patterns of biodiversity conservation, highlighting successes, as well as current and future threats. They argue that biodiversity should be treated as a public good, with responsibility for its conservation integrated across sectors of society and government, rather than be confined to the business of environmental agencies, and review the conditions under which this goal might be achieved. The continued growth of human populations and of per capita consumption have resulted in unsustainable exploitation of Earth’s biological diversity, exacerbated by climate change, ocean acidification, and other anthropogenic environmental impacts. We argue that effective conservation of biodiversity is essential for human survival and the maintenance of ecosystem processes. Despite some conservation successes (especially at local scales) and increasing public and government interest in living sustainably, biodiversity continues to decline. Moving beyond 2010, successful conservation approaches need to be reinforced and adequately financed. In addition, however, more radical changes are required that recognize biodiversity as a global public good, that integrate biodiversity conservation into policies and decision frameworks for resource production and consumption, and that focus on wider institutional and societal changes to enable more effective implementation of policy.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Distribution and conservation of threatened plants in China (2015, background): “Biodiversity is fundamental for the health of global ecosystems and human well-being (Rands et al., 2010; Brugiere and Scholte, 2013).”
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Dung beetles as indicators of tropical forest restoration success: Is it possible to recover species and functional diversity? (2014, background): “The maintenance of tropical forest biodiversity and ecosystem processes depends on the development of effective conservation efforts, which remains a great challenge to conservationists (Gardner et al., 2009; Rands et al., 2010).”
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