An expert-based approach to invertebrate conservation: Identification of priority areas in central-eastern Alps

Gobbi, Mauro; Riservato, Elisa; Bragalanti, Natalia; Lencioni, Valeria

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2012.05.003

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“…To address this lack of conformity, we used expert knowledge to allow for synthesis among bycatch records. Expert knowledge has been shown to be a necessary approach to account for data gaps and synthesize existing knowledge and disparate data (26)(27)(28)(29). Our expert panel consisted of 17 independent experts (5,6, and 6 experts with expertise in seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles, respectively) with at least 5 y of experience in fisheries bycatch evaluating the intensity of each bycatch record from high (five) to low (one) within each gear category type.…”

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Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

Lewison

Crowder

Wallace³

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Recent research on ocean health has found large predator abundance to be a key element of ocean condition. Fisheries can impact large predator abundance directly through targeted capture and indirectly through incidental capture of nontarget species or bycatch. However, measures of the global nature of bycatch are lacking for air-breathing megafauna. We fill this knowledge gap and present a synoptic global assessment of the distribution and intensity of bycatch of seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles based on empirical data from the three most commonly used types of fishing gears worldwide. We identify taxa-specific hotspots of bycatch intensity and find evidence of cumulative impacts across fishing fleets and gears. This global map of bycatch illustrates where data are particularly scarce-in coastal and small-scale fisheries and ocean regions that support developed industrial fisheries and millions of small-scale fishers-and identifies fishing areas where, given the evidence of cumulative hotspots across gear and taxa, traditional species or gear-specific bycatch management and mitigation efforts may be necessary but not sufficient. Given the global distribution of bycatch and the mitigation success achieved by some fleets, the reduction of air-breathing megafauna bycatch is both an urgent and achievable conservation priority.fisheries bycatch | trophic downgrading | longlines | gillnets | trawls

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Section: Significancementioning

confidence: 99%

Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

Lewison

Crowder

Wallace³

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

393

313

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“…The Delphi technique is a structured, iterative, anonymous collaborative method based on three phases for structuring the communication process: exploration, understanding, and evaluation. The technique is the most effective in situations in which there is a strong degree of conflict among parties [9]. The knowledge spiral model [23] is composed by four modes of knowledge conversion: socialization, externalization, combination and internalization, that are considered the main stages of knowledge creation within an organization.…”

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Harmonization of conflicting medical opinions using argumentation protocols and textual entailment - a case study on Parkinson disease

Groza

Nagy

2016

2016 IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (ICCP)

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Abstract-Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting more than 1.2 million people in Europe. Medications are available for the management of its symptoms, but the exact cause of the disease is unknown and there is currently no cure on the market. To better understand the relations between new findings and current medical knowledge, we need tools able to analyse published medical papers based on natural language processing and tools capable to identify various relationships of new findings with the current medical knowledge. Our work aims to fill the above technological gap. To identify conflicting information in medical documents, we enact textual entailment technology. To encapsulate existing medical knowledge, we rely on ontologies. To connect the formal axioms in ontologies with natural text in medical articles, we exploit ontology verbalisation techniques. To assess the level of disagreement between human agents with respect to a medical issue, we rely on fuzzy aggregation. To harmonize this disagreement, we design mediation protocols within a multi-agent framework.

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“…A Delphi method was devised in this study to elicit perceptions and options for climate change management scenarios. The Delphi method is becoming more frequently applied to conservation and biodiversity management issues due to their complex nature, involving a range of stakeholders and trade-offs (Hess and King, 2002;O'Neill et al, 2008;Gobbi et al, 2012). The Delphi method is a flexible methodology suitable for complex policy problems, particularly where there is significant uncertainty, lack of historical precedent and especially in situations where information is limited or conflicting (Mukherjee et al, 2015).…”

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Navigating future uncertainty in marine protected area governance: Lessons from the Scottish MPA network

Hopkins

Bailey

Potts

2018

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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As international pressure for marine protection has increased, Scotland has increased spatial protection through the development of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) network. Few MPA networks to date have included specific considerations of climate change in the design, monitoring or management of the network. The Scottish MPA network followed a feature-led approach to identify a series of MPAs across the Scottish marine area and incorporated the diverse views of many different stakeholders. This feature led approach has led to wide ranging opinions and understandings regarding the success of the MPA network. Translating ideas of success into a policy approach whilst also considering how climate change may affect these ideas of success is a complex challenge. This paper presents the results of a Delphi process that aimed to facilitate clear communication between academics, policy makers and stakeholders in order to identify specific climate change considerations applicable to the Scottish MPA network. This study engaged a group of academic and non-academic stakeholders to discuss potential options that could be translated into an operational process for management of the MPA network. The results of Delphi process discussion are presented with the output of a management matrix tool, which could aid in future decisions for MPA management under scenarios of climate change.

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An expert-based approach to invertebrate conservation: Identification of priority areas in central-eastern Alps

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

Harmonization of conflicting medical opinions using argumentation protocols and textual entailment - a case study on Parkinson disease

Navigating future uncertainty in marine protected area governance: Lessons from the Scottish MPA network

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