Sixty years of tracking conservation progress using the World Database on Protected Areas

Bingham, Heather; Juffe‐Bignoli, Diego; Lewis, Edward; MacSharry, Brian; Burgess, Neil D.; Visconti, Piero; Deguignet, Marine; Misrachi, Murielle; Walpole, Matt; Stewart, Jessica; Brooks, Thomas M.; Kingston, Naomi

doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0869-3

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“…There is no global assessment of the overall contribution of ICCAs to biodiversity conservation, though it is recognised that they are underreported in the Protected Planet databases (Bingham et al, 2019). It is possible that they could cover a large part of the terrestrial environment, including a significant portion of remaining wilderness areas (Garnett et al, 2018).…”

Section: Opportunities For Progress On Target 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

Editorial Essay: An update on progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

Gannon¹,

Dubois²,

Dudley³

et al. 2019

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In 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity with 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets expected to be achieved by 2020. Target 11 sets out goals for protected and conserved areas in terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems. This paper, prepared on behalf of the Global Partnership on Aichi Target 11, reports on progress to date in meeting the quantitative and qualitative elements of Target 11 and identifies opportunities for further progress prior to the 15th Conference of the Parties in Kunming in 2020 and beyond.

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Section: Opportunities For Progress On Target 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

Editorial Essay: An update on progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

Gannon¹,

Dubois²,

Dudley³

et al. 2019

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“…In the current global scenario of environmental degradation, protected areas are the cornerstone of efforts to sustain biodiversity and natural ecosystem processes (Bingham et al, 2019). However, they are threatened due to the forest fragmentation in the surrounding areas.…”

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Protected areas and forest fragmentation: sustainability index for prioritizing fragments for landscape restoration

Matos

Mello

et al. 2019

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Tropical forests are threatened due to forest clearing and fragmentation which lead to a decrease in forest cover area and landscape connectivity, while also increasing edge effects. These impacts affect biodiversity and ecosystem service provision which are essential for humanity's well-being. Protected areas are created to minimize these effects on biodiversity, but many of them are threatened due to forest fragmentation in the surrounding areas. Thus, forest restoration is needed to ensure the suitability of protected areas in the landscape. However, restoration planning needs to adopt an ecological landscape approach to ensure the recovery of the biodiversity and the ecological processes. This study developed a forest sustainability index (FSI) which represents the forest patch potential in facilitating landscape restoration in a protected area and its surroundings. A land-use/land-cover map was used to calculate landscape metrics at two levels: landscape and patch. Landscape metrics were subsequently selected to create the index. The tested landscape presents a great number of fragments with most of them being small in size and having irregular shapes. The focus areas for forest restoration are located close to forest fragments with higher FSI values, as these can facilitate natural restoration and guarantee the maintenance of the ecosystem processes.

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“…In conservation biogeography, the multiple roles of protected areas are studied, which aim at preserving values and objectives of nature (Ladle and Whittaker 2011a). The success that protected areas had during the 21st century (Watson et al 2014, Bingham et al 2019) is threatened, primarily by human land use (Schulze et al 2018) and climate change (Hannah 2008, Peters and Darling 1985, Gross et al 2017, Thomas and Gillingham 2015, Araújo et al 2011. Threats to biodiversity are occurring globally (Díaz et al 2019) and biodiversity is rapidly lost (Pimm et al 2014).…”

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“…resources (Postel and Thompson 2005, Palomo et al 2013, Xu et al 2017, tourism and recreation (Balmford et al 2009) and poverty reduction (Andam et al 2010). Moreover, the global protected area estate expands (Bingham et al 2019).…”

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Advances in conservation biogeography: towards protected area effectiveness under anthropogenic threats

Hoffmann¹

2021

Frontiers of Biogeography

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Sixty years of tracking conservation progress using the World Database on Protected Areas

Cited by 81 publications

References 20 publications

Editorial Essay: An update on progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

Editorial Essay: An update on progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

Protected areas and forest fragmentation: sustainability index for prioritizing fragments for landscape restoration

Advances in conservation biogeography: towards protected area effectiveness under anthropogenic threats

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