The mismeasure of conservation

Pressey, Robert L., Visconti, Piero, Mckinnon, Madeleine C., Gurney, Georgina G., Barnes, Megan D., Glew, Louise, and Maron, Martine (2021) The mismeasure of conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36 (9). pp. 808-821.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.06.008

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Abstract

One of the basic purposes of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation interventions is to achieve conservation impact, the sum of avoided biodiversity loss and promoted recovery relative to outcomes without protection. In the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity's negotiations on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, we find that targets for area-based interventions are framed overwhelmingly with measures that fail to inform decision-makers about impact and that risk diverting limited resources away from achieving it. We show that predicting impact in space and time is feasible and can provide the basis for global guidance for jurisdictions to develop targets for conservation impact and shift investment priorities to areas where impact can be most effectively achieved.


Item ID:	70152
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1872-8383
Keywords:	Conservation impact, Conservation planning, Impact evaluation, Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Protected area targets
Copyright Information:	© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2022 23:51
FoR Codes:	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410401 Conservation and biodiversity @ 50% 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410404 Environmental management @ 50%
SEO Codes:	18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1899 Other environmental management > 189999 Other environmental management not elsewhere classified @ 40% 19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS > 1902 Environmental policy, legislation and standards > 190205 Environmental protection frameworks (incl. economic incentives) @ 60%
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