The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates

Hoffman, Michael, Hilton-Taylor, Craig, Angulo, Ariadne, Böhm, Monika, Brooks, Thomas M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Carpenter, Kent E., Chanson, Janice, Collen, Ben, Cox, Neil A., Darwall, William R.T., Dulvy, Nicholas K., Harrison, Lucy R., Katariya, Vineet, Pollock, Caroline M., Quader, Suhel, Richman, Nadia I., Rodrigues, Ana S.L., Tognelli, Marcelo F., Vié, Jean-Christophe, Aguiar, John M., Allen, David J., Allen, Gerald R., Amori, Giovanni, Ananjeva, Natalia B., Andreone, Franco, Andrew, Paul, Ortiz, Aida Luz Aquino, Baillie, Jonathan E.M., Baldi, Ricardo, Bell, Ben D., Biju, S.D., Bird, Jeremy P., Black-Decima, Patricia, Blanc, J. Julian, Bolaños, Federico, Bolivar-G., Wilmar, Burfield, Ian J., Burton, James A., Capper, David R., Castro, Fernando, Catullo, Gianluca, Cavanagh, Rachel D., Channing, Alan, Chao, Ning Labbish, Chenery, Anna M., Chiozza, Federica, Clausnitzer, Viola, Collar, Nigel J., Collett, Leah C., Collette, Bruce B., Ferandez, Claudia F. Cortez, Craig, Matthew T., Crosby, Michael J., Cumberlidge, Neil, Cuttelod, Annabelle, Derocher, Andrew E., Diesmos, Arvin C., Donaldson, John S., Duckworth, J.W., Dutson, Guy, Dutta, S.K., Emslie, Richard H., Farjon, Aljos, Fowler, Sarah, Freyhof, Jörg, Garshelis, David L., Gerlach, Justin, Gowler, David J., Grant, Tandora D., Hammerson, Geoffrey A., Harris, Richard B., Heaney, Lawrence R., Hedges, S. Blair, Hero, Jean-Marc, Hughes, Baz, Hussain, Syed Ainul, Icochea M., Javier, Inger, Robert F., Ishii, Nobuo, Iskandar, Djoko T., Jenkins, Richard K.B., Kaneko, Yoshio, Kottelat, Maurice, Kovacs, Kit M., Kuzmin, Sergius L., La Marca, Enrique, Lamoreux, John F., Lau, Michael W.N., Lavilla, Esteban O., Leus, Kristin, Lewison, Rebecca L., Lichtenstein, Gabriela, Livingstone, Suzanne R., Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi, Mallon, David P., McGowan, Philip J.K., McIvor, Anna, Moehlman, Patricia D., Molur, Sanjay, Alonso, Antonio Muñoz, Musick, John A., Nowell, Kristin, Nussbaum, Ronald A., Olech, Wanda, Orlov, Nikolay L., Papenfuss, Theodore J., Parra-Olea, Gabriela, Perrin, Wiliam F., Polidoro, Beth A., Pourkazemi, Mohammad, Racey, Paul A., Ragle, James S., Ram, Mala, Rathbun, Galen, Reynolds, Robert P., Rhodin, Anders G.J., Richards, Stephen J., Rodríguez, Lily O., Ron, Santiago R., Rondinini, Carlo, Rylands, Anthony B., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, Sanciangco, Jonnell C., Sanders, Kate L., Santos-Barrera, Georgina, Schipper, Jan, Self-Sullivan, Caryn, Shi, Yichuan, Shoemaker, Alan, Short, Frederick T., Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio, Silvano, Débora L., Smith, Kevin G., Smith, Andrew T., Snoeks, Jos, Stattersfield, Alison J., Symes, Andrew J., Taber, Andrew B., Talukdar, Bibhab K., Temple, Helen J., Timmins, Rob, Tobias, Joseph A., Tsytsulina, Katerina, Tweddle, Denis, Ubeda, Carmen, Valenti, Sarah V., van Dijk, Peter Paul, Veiga, Liza M., Veloso, Alberto, Wege, David C., Wilkinson, Mark, Williamson, Elizabeth A., Xie, Feng, Young, Bruce E., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Bennun, Leon, Blackburn, Tim M., Boitani, Luigi, Dublin, Holly T., da Fonseca, Gustavo A.B., Gascon, Claude, Lacher, Thomas E., Mace, Georgina M., Mainka, Susan A., McNeely, Jeffrey A., Mittermeier, Russell A., Reid, Gordon McGregor, Rodriguez, Jon Paul, Rosenberg, Andrew A., Samways, Michael J., Smart, Jane, Stein, Bruce A., and Stuart, Simon N. (2010) The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates. Science , 330 (6010). pp. 1503-1509.

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Abstract

Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world’s vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration would have been at least one-fifth again as much in the absence of these. Nonetheless, current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups: agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species.

Item ID: 15880
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1095-9203
Keywords: vertebrates, conservation
Date Deposited: 18 May 2011 02:09
FoR Codes: 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity @ 100%
SEO Codes: 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960805 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales @ 100%
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