A5043588956- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Marine and fisheries research
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
Zoological Society of London
2015-2025
University College London
2023-2025
Hospital for Sick Children
2025
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
2023
University of Copenhagen
2023
Public Health Agency of Canada
2010-2021
Health Canada
2000-2015
Government of Canada
2012
Global Biodiversity Target Missed In 2002, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed to a significant reduction in rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. There has been widespread conjecture that this target not met. Butchart et al. (p. 1164 , published online 29 April) analyzed over 30 indicators developed within CBD's framework. These include condition or state (e.g., species numbers, population sizes), pressures deforestation), and responses maintain protected areas) were...
The task of measuring the decline global biodiversity and instituting changes to halt reverse this downturn has been taken up in response Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 target. It is an undertaking made more difficult by complex nature consequent difficulty accurately gauging its depletion. In Living Planet Index, aggregated population trends among vertebrate species indicate rate change status biodiversity, index can be used address question whether or not target achieved. We...
Nations around the world are required to measure their progress towards key biodiversity goals. One important example of this, Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 target, is soon approaching. The target set significantly reduce rate loss by year 2010. However, what extent data, especially for tropical countries, available indicate change and current knowledge truly a global picture? While species richness greatest in tropics, data skewed poles. This not only provides significant...
Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) consolidate information from varied biodiversity observation sources. Here we demonstrate the links between data sources, EBVs and indicators discuss how different sources of observations can be harnessed to inform EBVs. We classify primary into four types: extensive intensive monitoring schemes, ecological field studies satellite remote sensing. characterize their geographic, taxonomic temporal coverage. Ecological schemes a wide range EBVs, but...
As threats to species continue increase, precise and unbiased measures of the impact these pressures are having on global biodiversity urgently needed. Some existing indicators status trends largely rely publicly available data from scientific grey literature, therefore prone biases introduced through over-representation well-studied groups regions in monitoring schemes. This can give misleading estimates trends. Here, we report an approach tackle taxonomic geographic bias one such indicator...
Abstract Protecting important sites is a key strategy for halting the loss of biodiversity. However, our understanding relationship between management inputs and biodiversity outcomes in protected areas (PAs) remains weak. Here, we examine using species population trends PAs derived from Living Planet Database relation to data Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) database 217 time‐series 73 PAs. We found positive METT‐based scores Capacity Resources changes vertebrate abundance,...
Conserving species biodiversity demands decisive and effective action. Effective action requires an understanding of population dynamics. Therefore, robust measures which track temporal changes in populations are needed. This need, however, must be balanced against the scale at change is being assessed. Advances citizen science remote sensing technology have heralded era "big unstructured data" for conservation. However, value big data assessing populations, effectively guiding conservation...
Much biodiversity data is collected worldwide, but it remains challenging to assemble the scattered knowledge forassessing status and trends. The concept of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) was introduced tostructure monitoring globally, harmonize standardize from disparate sourcesto capture a minimum set critical variables required study, report manage change. Here, weassess challenges ‘Big Data’ approach building global EBV products across taxa spatiotemporalscales, focusing on...
Global species extinction typically represents the endpoint in a long sequence of population declines and local extinctions. In comparative studies risk contemporary mammalian species, there appear to be some universal traits that may predispose taxa an elevated extinction. population-level studies, are limited insights into process decline Moreover, is still little appreciation how processes scale up global patterns. Advancing understanding factors which populations rapid will benefit...
In order to influence global policy effectively, conservation scientists need be able provide robust predictions of the impact alternative policies on biodiversity and measure progress towards goals using reliable indicators. We present a framework for indicators predictively inform choices at level. The approach is illustrated with two case studies in which we project forwards impacts feasible trends relevant are based targets agreed Convention Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting Nagoya...
Abstract Biodiversity loss is a critical sustainability issue, and companies are beginning to seek ways assess their biodiversity performance. Initiatives date have developed indicators for specific business contexts (e.g., spatial scales—from site, product, regional, or corporate scales); however, many not widely translatable across different making it challenging businesses seeking manage By synthesising the steps of common conservation decision‐making systems, we propose framework support...
To safeguard nature, we must understand the drivers of biodiversity loss. Time-delayed responses to environmental changes (ecological lags) are often absent from models change, despite their well-documented existence. We quantify how lagged climate and land-use change have influenced mammal bird populations around world, while incorporating effects direct exploitation conservation interventions. Ecological lag duration varies between drivers, vertebrate classes body size groupings-e.g. lags...
The Living Planet Index (LPI) is a leading global biodiversity indicator based on vertebrate population time series. Since it was first developed over 25 years ago, the LPI has been widely used to indicate trends in globally, primarily reported every two Report. Based relative abundance, sensitive metric of change, also applied as tool for informing policy and assessments several multilateral conventions agreements, including Convention Biological Diversity 2010 Biodiversity Target Aichi...