Filling in biodiversity threat gaps
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Filling in biodiversity threat gaps. / Joppa, L. N.; O'Connor, Brian; Visconti, Piero; Smith, Cathy; Geldmann, Jonas; Hoffmann, Mike; Watson, James E. M.; Butchart, Stuart H. M .; Virah-Sawmy, M.; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Ahmed, S. E.; Balmford, A.; Sutherland, William J.; Harfoot, Mike; Hilton-Taylor, Craig ; Foden, Wendy; Di Minin, Enrico; Pagard, S.; Genovesi, Piero; Hutton, Jon; Burgess, Neil David.
In: Science, Vol. 352, No. 6284, 2016, p. 416-418.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Filling in biodiversity threat gaps
AU - Joppa, L. N.
AU - O'Connor, Brian
AU - Visconti, Piero
AU - Smith, Cathy
AU - Geldmann, Jonas
AU - Hoffmann, Mike
AU - Watson, James E. M.
AU - Butchart, Stuart H. M .
AU - Virah-Sawmy, M.
AU - Halpern, Benjamin S.
AU - Ahmed, S. E.
AU - Balmford, A.
AU - Sutherland, William J.
AU - Harfoot, Mike
AU - Hilton-Taylor, Craig
AU - Foden, Wendy
AU - Di Minin, Enrico
AU - Pagard, S.
AU - Genovesi, Piero
AU - Hutton, Jon
AU - Burgess, Neil David
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - he diversity of life on Earth—which provides vital services to humanity (1)—stems from the difference between rates of evolutionary diversification and extinction. Human activities have shifted the balance (2): Species extinction rates are an estimated 1000 times the “background” rate (3) and could increase to 10,000 times the background rate should species threatened with extinction succumb to pressures they face (4). Reversing these trends is a focus of the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its 20 Aichi Targets and is explicitly incorporated into the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We identify major gaps in data available for assessing global biodiversity threats and suggest mechanisms for closing them.
AB - he diversity of life on Earth—which provides vital services to humanity (1)—stems from the difference between rates of evolutionary diversification and extinction. Human activities have shifted the balance (2): Species extinction rates are an estimated 1000 times the “background” rate (3) and could increase to 10,000 times the background rate should species threatened with extinction succumb to pressures they face (4). Reversing these trends is a focus of the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its 20 Aichi Targets and is explicitly incorporated into the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We identify major gaps in data available for assessing global biodiversity threats and suggest mechanisms for closing them.
U2 - 10.1126/science.aaf3565
DO - 10.1126/science.aaf3565
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27102469
VL - 352
SP - 416
EP - 418
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 6284
ER -
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