TY - JOUR

T1 - The importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals

AU - O'Bryan, Christopher J.

AU - Garnett, Stephen T.

AU - Fa, Julia E.

AU - Leiper, Ian

AU - Rehbein, Jose A.

AU - Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro

AU - Jackson, Micha V.

AU - Jonas, Harry D.

AU - Brondizio, Eduardo S.

AU - Burgess, Neil D.

AU - Robinson, Catherine J.

AU - Zander, Kerstin K.

AU - Molnár, Zsolt

AU - Venter, Oscar

AU - Watson, James E.M.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Society for Conservation Biology

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Indigenous Peoples’ lands cover over one-quarter of Earth's surface, a significant proportion of which is still free from industrial-level human impacts. As a result, Indigenous Peoples and their lands are crucial for the long-term persistence of Earth's biodiversity and ecosystem services. Yet, information on species composition on these lands globally remains largely unknown. We conducted the first comprehensive analysis of terrestrial mammal composition across mapped Indigenous lands based on data on area of habitat (AOH) for 4460 mammal species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. We overlaid each species’ AOH on a current map of Indigenous lands and found that 2695 species (60% of assessed mammals) had ≥10% of their ranges on Indigenous Peoples’ lands and 1009 species (23%) had >50% of their ranges on these lands. For threatened species, 473 (47%) occurred on Indigenous lands with 26% having >50% of their habitat on these lands. We also found that 935 mammal species (131 categorized as threatened) had ≥ 10% of their range on Indigenous Peoples’ lands that had low human pressure. Our results show how important Indigenous Peoples’ lands are to the successful implementation of conservation and sustainable development agendas worldwide.

AB - Indigenous Peoples’ lands cover over one-quarter of Earth's surface, a significant proportion of which is still free from industrial-level human impacts. As a result, Indigenous Peoples and their lands are crucial for the long-term persistence of Earth's biodiversity and ecosystem services. Yet, information on species composition on these lands globally remains largely unknown. We conducted the first comprehensive analysis of terrestrial mammal composition across mapped Indigenous lands based on data on area of habitat (AOH) for 4460 mammal species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. We overlaid each species’ AOH on a current map of Indigenous lands and found that 2695 species (60% of assessed mammals) had ≥10% of their ranges on Indigenous Peoples’ lands and 1009 species (23%) had >50% of their ranges on these lands. For threatened species, 473 (47%) occurred on Indigenous lands with 26% having >50% of their habitat on these lands. We also found that 935 mammal species (131 categorized as threatened) had ≥ 10% of their range on Indigenous Peoples’ lands that had low human pressure. Our results show how important Indigenous Peoples’ lands are to the successful implementation of conservation and sustainable development agendas worldwide.

KW - ADH

KW - AOH

KW - area of habitat

KW - biodiversity conservation

KW - conservación de la biodiversidad

KW - conservación del paisaje

KW - distribuciones

KW - distributions

KW - dueños tradicionales

KW - endangered species

KW - especies en peligro

KW - landscape conservation

KW - metas de desarrollo sustentable

KW - sustainable development goals

KW - traditional owners

KW - área del hábitat

KW - 传统所有者

KW - 可持续发展目标

KW - 景观保护

KW - 栖息地范围 (AOH)

KW - 濒危物种

KW - 物种分布

KW - 生物多样性保护

U2 - 10.1111/cobi.13620

DO - 10.1111/cobi.13620

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 32852067

AN - SCOPUS:85098124522

VL - 35

SP - 1002

EP - 1008

JO - Conservation Biology

JF - Conservation Biology

SN - 0888-8892

IS - 2

ER -