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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Evaluating the success of conservation actions in safeguarding tropical forest biodiversity
Conservation Biology, Volume 23, No. 6, Year 2009
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We reviewed the evidence on the extent and efficacy of conservation of tropical forest biodiversity for each of the classes of conservation action defined by the new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification. Protected areas are the most tested conservation approach, and a number of studies show they are generally effective in slowing deforestation. There is some documentation of the extent of sustainable timber management in tropical forest, but little information on other landscape-conservation tactics. The extent and effectiveness of ex situ species conservation is quite well known. Forty-one tropical-forest species now survive only in captivity. Other single-species conservation actions are not as well documented. The potential of policy mechanisms, such as international conventions and provision of funds, to slow extinctions in tropical forests is considerable, but the effects of policy are difficult to measure. Finally, interventions to promote tropical conservation by supporting education and livelihoods, providing incentives, and furthering capacity building are all thought to be important, but their extent and effectiveness remain poorly known. For birds, the best studied taxon, the sum of such conservation actions has averted one-fifth of the extinctions that would otherwise have occurred over the last century. Clearly, tropical forest conservation works, but more is needed, as is critical assessment of what works in what circumstances, if mass extinction is to be averted. © 2009 Society for Conservation Biology.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brooks, Thomas M.
United States, Arlington
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
Philippines, Los Banos
University of the Philippines Los Banos
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Wright, Stuart Joseph
United States, Washington, D.c.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Sheil, Douglas
Uganda, Mbarara
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Statistics
Citations: 118
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01334.x
ISSN:
08888892
e-ISSN:
15231739
Research Areas
Health System And Policy