Research priorities for conservation and natural resource management in Oceania's small‐island developing states

Adams, Vanessa M.

doi:10.1111/cobi.12964

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“…In fact, funding availability, or an economic analysis of the trade‐offs that are involved in resource allocation decisions (Alston, Norton, & Pardey, ), could be incorporated in the process of research question selection. This would allow for available funding to be more effectively used, societal needs to be more effectively considered and for scientific evidence to be better integrated into regional and local policy processes and conservation actions (Turner et al, ; Weeks & Adams, ). As previously acknowledged (e.g., Sutherland et al, ), if priority topics (and specific questions within these topics) are to be decided by top‐down processes, then one should aim for inclusion of different stakeholder types in decision‐making. This collaborative exercise may include the co‐design of research questions and search for adequate funding sources that depend on stakeholder priorities.…”

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“…In fact, funding availability, or an economic analysis of the trade-offs that are involved in resource allocation decisions (Alston, Norton, & Pardey, 1995), could be incorporated in the process of research question selection. This would allow for available funding to be more effectively used, societal needs to be more effectively considered and for scientific evidence to be better integrated into regional and local policy processes and conservation actions (Turner et al, 2016;Weeks & Adams, 2017). 2.…”

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Priority questions for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean biome: Heterogeneous perspectives across continents and stakeholders

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Conservat Sci and Prac

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The identification of research questions with high relevance for biodiversity conservation is an important step towards designing more effective policies and management actions, and to better allocate funding among alternative conservation options. However, the identification of priority questions may be influenced by regional differences in biodiversity threats and social contexts, and to variations in the perceptions and interests of different stakeholders. Here we describe the results of a prioritization exercise involving six types of stakeholders from the Mediterranean biome, which includes several biodiversity hotspots spread across five regions of the planet (Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Australia). We found great heterogeneity across regions and stakeholder types in the priority topics identified and disagreement among the priorities of research scientists and other stakeholders. However, governance, climate change, and public participation issues were key topics in most regions. We conclude that the identification of research priorities should be targeted in a way that integrates the spectrum of stakeholder interests, potential funding sources and regional needs, and that further development of interdisciplinary studies is required. The key questions identified here provide a basis to identify priorities for research funding aligned with biodiversity conservation needs in this biome.

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Priority questions for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean biome: Heterogeneous perspectives across continents and stakeholders

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Esler

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“…Cheng and Lee, 2002;Ho and Lee, 2003;Ma et al, 2006;Park et al, 2000) generated in this century helps to assess the threatened status of bat species and plan effective conservation strategies (Mickleburgh et al, 2002). However, conservation-driven research is needed to draw efficient conservation actions (Weeks and Adams, 2017). For example, although the majority of articles were related to ecological aspects of bats, long-term monitoring studies are still lacking.…”

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Research trends on bats in China: A twenty-first century review

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a b s t r a c tIn this century, China has sustained unparalleled economic development, leading to exponentially growing investments in scientific research. Yet, the demand for research-funding is large and tracing the current knowledge is a key step to define priority research topics. In this same span, studies on bats in China have uncovered an overlooked diversity and revealed novelties in bats' evolutionary history and life-history aspects. All this 21st-century knowledge, however, is scattered and a large part is concealed from most of the international scientific community in Mandarin-language articles. Here, we summarize the post-millennium (2000-2017) research on bats in China and point out trends and future directions based on neglected topics, groups, and regions. In addition, we provide an up-to-date list of bat species in China. We retrieved 594 publications related to bats in China, nearly half were written in Mandarin. At least 147 bat species are present in China, which places it among the most bat-rich countries in the world. There was a significant positive trend on the number of publications, from 12.5 annual average in 2000-2005 to 46.5 in recent years, reflecting the Chinese economic-scientific development in this century. We found marked taxonomic and spatial biases. Half of the studies in this century focused on Rhinolophus, Myotis, and Hipposideros, and the southern and eastern provinces were the most studied. Systematic/taxonomy and Ecology were the predominant topics post-millennium, whereas only 10 articles have clear conservation-driven goals. Our review shows that the majority of studies were focused on the least concern, cave-dweller species, and on bat-rich provinces. Future projects should address the effects of human-modified landscapes on bat community to define proper conservation actions. We discuss some priority actions and projects that will help to enhance bat protection in China.

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“…In many cases where resources for regulation and enforcement are lacking, conservation activities involve community participation through voluntary assistances by resource users (Weeks and Adams, 2018). These contributors can be in the form of time or money.…”

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“…A critical gap identified by the MACBIO project is potential sustainable financing mechanisms used to maintain a MPA network. Worldwide, implementing sustainable financing mechanisms for MPA management is a challenge, especially in SIDSs' like Fiji (Weeks and Adams, 2018). Common sources of funding for MPAs can be local and/or international and include government budget support (Bos et al, 2015), non-government organizations (Binet et al, 2015), user fees (Vianna et al, 2011), ecotourism (Fronseca, 2009) and donations (Reid-Grant and Bhat, 2009).…”

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