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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Finding common ground for biodiversity and ecosystem services
BioScience, Volume 62, No. 5, Year 2012
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Recently, some members of the conservation community have used ecosystem services as a strategy to conserve biodiversity. Others in the community have criticized this strategy as a distraction from the mission of biodiversity conservation. The debate continues, and it remains unclear whether the concerns expressed are significant enough to merit the opposition. Through an exploration of the science of biodiversity and ecosystem services, we find that narrow interpretations of metrics, values, and management drive much of the tension and make the common ground appear small. The size of this common ground depends on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services and how they respond to management interventions. We demonstrate how understanding this response can be used to delimit common ground but highlight the importance of differentiating between objectives and approaches to meeting those objectives in conservation projects. © 2012 by American Institute of Biological Sciences. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Reyers, Belinda
South Africa, Pretoria
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Polásky, Stephen A.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Tallis, Heather M.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Mooney, Harold A.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Larigauderie, Anne
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Statistics
Citations: 192
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1525/bio.2012.62.5.12
ISSN:
00063568