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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Antarctica and the strategic plan for biodiversity
PLoS Biology, Volume 15, No. 3, Article e2001656, Year 2017
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The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, adopted under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, provides the basis for taking effective action to curb biodiversity loss across the planet by 2020—an urgent imperative. Yet, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, which encompass 10% of the planet’s surface, are excluded from assessments of progress against the Strategic Plan. The situation is a lost opportunity for biodiversity conservation globally. We provide such an assessment. Our evidence suggests, surprisingly, that for a region so remote and apparently pristine as the Antarctic, the biodiversity outlook is similar to that for the rest of the planet. Promisingly, however, much scope for remedial action exists. © 2017 Chown et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chown, Steven L.
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Brooks, Cassandra M.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Terauds, Aleks
Australia, Hobart
Australian Antarctic Division
Le Bohec, Céline
Monaco, Monte Carlo
Centre Scientifique de Monaco
France, Strasbourg
Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
Butchart, Stuart H.M.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Coetzee, Bernard W.T.
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Collen, Ben
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Convey, Peter
United Kingdom, Cambridge
British Antarctic Survey
Gaston, Kevin J.
United Kingdom, Exeter
University of Exeter
Gilbert, Neil
New Zealand, Christchurch
Antarctica new Zealand
Gill, Micheal J.
Canada, Ottawa
Government of Canada
Höft, Robert
Canada, Montreal
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Kennicutt, Mahlon C.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Kriesell, Hannah Joy
Monaco, Monte Carlo
Centre Scientifique de Monaco
Le Maho, Yvon
Monaco, Monte Carlo
Centre Scientifique de Monaco
France, Strasbourg
Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
Lynch, Heather J.
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
McGeoch, Melodie A.
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Statistics
Citations: 55
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 20
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pbio.2001656
ISSN:
15449173