Global patterns in conservation capacity development

Elliott, Lindsey; Ryan, Melanie; Wyborn, Carina

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.018

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“…Thus, our results provide further evidence of a well‐known mismatch between the need and capacity for research and conservation. Importantly, specific training and support for early‐career conservationists has been shown to have similar geographic discrepancies (Elliott, Ryan, & Wyborn, ). However, this also indicates a potential opportunity, whereby funding and expertise from Europe and North American countries in particular (either from non‐profits, governments, or private investors) could be invested in developing countries to simultaneously promote biodiversity conservation, poverty reduction and sociopolitical development in the places that need it most (Şekercioğlu, ).…”

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Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps

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Diversity and Distributions

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Aim: Raptors serve critical ecological functions, are particularly extinction-prone and are often used as environmental indicators and flagship species. Yet, there is no global framework to prioritize research and conservation actions on them. We identify for the first time the factors driving extinction risk and scientific attention on raptors and develop a novel research and conservation priority index (RCPI) to identify global research and conservation priorities. Location: Global. Methods: We use random forest models based on ecological traits and extrinsic data to identify the drivers of risk and scientific attention in all raptors. We then map global research and conservation priorities. Lastly, we model where priorities fall relative to country-level human social indicators. Results: Raptors with small geographic ranges, scavengers, forest-dependent species and those with slow life histories are particularly extinction-prone. Research is extremely biased towards a small fraction of raptor species: 10 species (1.8% of all raptors) account for one-third of all research, while one-fifth of species have no publications. Species with small geographic ranges and those inhabiting less developed countries are greatly understudied. Regions of Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia are identified as particularly high priority for raptor research and conservation. These priorities are highly concentrated in developing countries, indicating a global mismatch between priorities and capacity for research and conservation. Main conclusions: A redistribution of scientific attention and conservation efforts towards developing tropical countries and the least-studied, extinction-prone species is critical to conserve raptors and their ecological functions worldwide. We identify clear taxonomic and geographic research and conservation priorities for all raptors, and our methodology can be applied across other taxa to prioritize scientific investment. K E Y W O R D S avian biology, biogeography, conservation biology, conservation prioritization, ecology, extinction, ornithology, predator Editor: Diederik Strubbe | 857 BUECHLEY Et aL.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps

Buechley

Santangeli

Girardello

et al. 2019

Diversity and Distributions

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“…Others describe a need for researchers to be more attentive to the specific needs, perspectives and capacities of local contexts, working with local actors to bring about lasting positive change rather than deliver short-term research projects (Hind et al 2015). There have also been calls to learn from failure, including documenting and sharing experience when interventions have not gone according to plan (Catalano et al 2019) and to fill gaps in skills development that support more integrative, interactive and inclusive approaches to conservation (Elliott et al 2018). Meanwhile, scholars have called on organizations such as the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to further institutionalize reflexivity in transformative learning (Borie et al 2020).…”

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The need for improved reflexivity in conservation science

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“…A critical success factor for regional sustainability initiatives is multidisciplinarity (Zimm et al, 2018, Zilahy & Huisingh 2009Radinger-Peer & Pflitsch, 2017, Santos & Horta, 2018, Elliott et al, 2018. However, education for sustainable development skills and knowledge are rarely embedded fully in universities' curricula (Cebrián , 2017, Velazquez et al, 2005.…”

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The role of higher education institutions in sustainability initiatives at the local level

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Vargas

Salvia

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Universities are central players and important economic actors in many regions, and many of them are, in general, nationally and internationally active in respect of matters related to sustainable development. But there is a paucity of research which examines their contributions towards sustainability efforts at the local level, i.e. in the places they are situated. This paper addresses this need, by reporting on a qualitative study deploying a Matrix, which allows an analysis and reporting of regional sustainable development initiatives of a set of 22 universities in industrialised and developing countries. Recommendations to enhance their role are provided, including the importance of pursuing partnerships and joint initiatives, understanding the need of local communities, and making their know-how more widely available. The scientific value of this research is related to the understanding of how the interaction between universities and local communities happens and by shedding light to this topic, it supports universities to improve their own actions. Its implications are twofold: it demonstrates the potential of universities as local players, and outlines the range of activities they may engage with, and which may allow them to act as pillars to local sustainability initiatives.

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Global patterns in conservation capacity development

Cited by 43 publications

References 62 publications

Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps

Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps

The need for improved reflexivity in conservation science

The role of higher education institutions in sustainability initiatives at the local level

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