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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Protecting important sites for biodiversity contributes to meeting global conservation targets
PLoS ONE, Volume 7, No. 3, Article e32529, Year 2012
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Protected areas (PAs) are a cornerstone of conservation efforts and now cover nearly 13% of the world's land surface, with the world's governments committed to expand this to 17%. However, as biodiversity continues to decline, the effectiveness of PAs in reducing the extinction risk of species remains largely untested. We analyzed PA coverage and trends in species' extinction risk at globally significant sites for conserving birds (10,993 Important Bird Areas, IBAs) and highly threatened vertebrates and conifers (588 Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, AZEs) (referred to collectively hereafter as 'important sites'). Species occurring in important sites with greater PA coverage experienced smaller increases in extinction risk over recent decades: the increase was half as large for bird species with&50% of the IBAs at which they occur completely covered by PAs, and a third lower for birds, mammals and amphibians restricted to protected AZEs (compared with unprotected or partially protected sites). Globally, half of the important sites for biodiversity conservation remain unprotected (49% of IBAs, 51% of AZEs). While PA coverage of important sites has increased over time, the proportion of PA area covering important sites, as opposed to less important land, has declined (by 0.45-1.14% annually since 1950 for IBAs and 0.79-1.49% annually for AZEs). Thus, while appropriately located PAs may slow the rate at which species are driven towards extinction, recent PA network expansion has under-represented important sites. We conclude that better targeted expansion of PA networks would help to improve biodiversity trends. © 2012 Butchart et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Butchart, Stuart H.M.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Scharlemann, Jörn P.W.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Evans, Michael I.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Quader, Suhel
India, Bengaluru
National Centre for Biological Sciences
India, Mysore
Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore
Aricò, Salvatore
France, Paris
Scientific and Cultural Organization
Arinaitwe, Julius A.
Kenya, Nairobi
Birdlife International - Africa Partnership Secretariat
Balman, Mark
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Bennun, Leon A.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Bertzky, Bastian
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Besançon, Charles
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Boucher, Timothy M.
United States, Arlington
Nature Conservancy
Brooks, Thomas M.
United States, Arlington
Natureserve
Philippines, Los Banos
University of the Philippines Los Banos
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Burfield, Ian J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Burgess, Neil David
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
United States, Washington, D.c.
Conservation Science Program
Chan, Simba
Japan, Tokyo
Birdlife International Asia Regional Office
Clay, Rob P.
Ecuador, Quito
Birdlife International Americas Secretariat
Crosby, Michael J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Davidson, Nick C.
Switzerland, Gland
Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
de Silva, Naamal
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Devenish, Christian
Ecuador, Quito
Birdlife International Americas Secretariat
United Kingdom, Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University
Dutson, Guy C.L.
Australia, Carlton
Birds Australia
Fernández, David F.Díaz
Ecuador, Quito
Aves y Conservación
Fishpool, Lincoln D.C.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Fitzgerald, Claire
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Foster, Matt
United States, Washington
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Heath, Melanie F.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Hockings, Marc
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Hoffmann, Mike
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Knox, David
United States, Philadelphia
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Larsen, Frank W.
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Lamoreux, John F.
United States, Washington
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Loucks, Colby J.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Conservation Science Program
May, Ian
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Millett, James
Fiji, Suva
Birdlife International Pacific Partnership Secretariat
United Kingdom, Bedford
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Molloy, Dominic
United Kingdom, Bedford
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Morling, Paul
United Kingdom, Bedford
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Parr, Mike J.
United States, Washington
American Bird Conservancy
Ricketts, Taylor H.
United States, Burlington
The University of Vermont
Seddon, Nathalie
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Skolnik, Benjamin
United States, Washington
American Bird Conservancy
Stuart, Simon N.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
United Kingdom, Bath
University of Bath
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort
Upgren, Amy
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Woodley, Stephen J.
Canada, Gatineau
Parks Canada
Statistics
Citations: 386
Authors: 43
Affiliations: 31
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0032529
e-ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Health System And Policy