Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact

• DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13756
• Publication Date: 2021-07-21T23:26:39Z
• Authors: Molly K. Grace; H. Resit Akçakaya; Elizabeth L. Bennett; Thomas M. Brooks; Anna Heath; Simon Hedges; Craig Hilton‐Taylor; Michael Hoffmann; Axel Hochkirch; Richard Jenkins; David A. Keith; Barney Long; David P. Mallon; Erik Meijaard; E.J. Milner‐Gulland; Jon Paul Rodriguez; P.J. Stephenson; Simon N. Stuart; Richard P. Young; Pablo Acebes; Joanna Alfaro‐Shi...; Silvia Alvarez‐Clare; Raphali Rodlis An...; Marina Arbetman; Claudio Azat; Gianluigi Bacchetta; Ruchi Badola; Luís M.D. Barcelos; Joao Pedro Barreiros; Sayanti Basak; Danielle J. Berger; Sabuj Bhattacharyya; Gilad Bino; Paulo A.V. Borges; Raoul K. Boughton; H. Jane Brockmann; Hannah L. Buckley; Ian J. Burfield; James Burton; Teresa Camacho‐Ba...; Luis Santiago Can...; Ruth H. Carmichael; Christina Carrero; John P. Carroll; Giorgos Catsadorakis; David G. Chapple; Guillaume Chapron; Gawsia Wahidunnes...; Louw Claassens; Donatella Cogoni; Rochelle Constantine; Christie Anne Craig; Andrew A. Cunningham; Nishma Dahal; Jennifer C. Daltry; Goura Chandra Das; Niladri Dasgupta; Alexandra Davey; Katharine Davies; Pedro Develey; Vanitha Elangovan; David Fairclough; Mirko Di Febbraro; Giuseppe Fenu; Fernando Moreira ...; Eduardo Pinheiro ...; Brittany Finucci; Rita Földesi; Catherine M. Foley; Matthew Ford; Michael R.J. Fors...; Néstor García; Ricardo Garcia‐Sa...; Penny C. Gardner; Roberto Garibay‐O...; Marites Gatan‐Balbas; Irene Gauto; Mirza Ghazanfar U...; Stephanie S. Godfrey; Matthew Gollock; Benito A. González; Tandora D. Grant; Thomas Gray; Andrew J. Gregory; Roy H.A. van Grun...; Marieka Gryzenhout; Noelle C. Guernsey; Garima Gupta; Christina Hagen; Christian A. Hagen; Madison B. Hall; Eric Hallerman; Kelly Hare; Tom Hart; Ruston Hartdegen; Yvette Harvey‐Brown; Richard Hatfield; Tahneal Hawke; Claudia Hermes; Rod Hitchmough; Pablo Melo Hoffmann; Charlie Howarth; Michael A. Hudson; Syed Ainul Hussain; Charlie Huveneers; Hélène Jacques; Dennis Jorgensen; Suyash Katdare; Lydia K.D. Katsis; Rahul Kaul; Boaz Kaunda‐Arara; Lucy Keith‐Diagne; Daniel T. Kraus; Thales Moreira de...; Ken Lindeman; Jean Linsky; Edward Louis; Anna Loy; Eimear Nic Lughadha; Jeffrey C. Mangel; Paul E. Marinari; Gabriel M. Martin; Gustavo Martinelli; Philip J.K. McGowan; Alistair McInnes; Eduardo Teles Bar...; Michael J. Millard; Claire Mirande; Daniel Money; Joanne M. Monks; Carolina Laura Mo...; Nazia Naoreen Mumu; Raquel Negrao; Anh Ha Nguyen; Md. Nazmul Hasan ...; Grant Leslie Norbury; Cale Nordmeyer; Darren Norris; Mark O'Brien; Gabriela Akemi Oda; Simone Orsenigo; Mark Evan Outerbr...; Stesha Pasachnik; Juan Carlos Pérez...; Charlotte Pike; Fred Pilkington; Glenn Plumb; Rita de Cassia Qu...; Ana Prohaska; Manuel G. Quintana; Eddie Fanantenana...; Dustin H. Ranglack; Hassan Rankou; Ajay Prakash Rawat; James Thomas Reardon; Marcelo Lopes Rhe...; Stephen C. Richter; Malin C. Rivers; Luke Rollie Rogers; Patrícia da Rosa; Paul Rose; Emily Royer; Catherine Ryan; Yvonne J. Sadovy ...; Lily Salmon; Carlos Henrique S...; Michael J. Samways; Tatiana Sanjuan; Amanda Souza dos ...; Hiroshi Sasaki; Emmanuel Schutz; Heather Ann Scott; Robert Michael Scott; Fabrizio Serena; Surya P. Sharma; John A. Shuey; Carlos Julio Polo...; John P. Simaika; David R. Smith; Julia L.Y. Spaet; Shanjida Sultana; Bibhab Kumar Talu...; Vikash Tatayah; Philip Thomas; Angela Tringali; Hoang Trinh‐Dinh; Chongpi Tuboi; Aftab Alam Usmani; Aída M. Vasco‐Pal...; Jean‐Christophe Vié; Evelyn Virens; Alan Walker; Bryan Wallace; Lauren J. Waller; Hongfeng Wang; Oliver R. Wearn; Merlijn van Weerd; Simon Weigmann; Daniel Willcox; John Woinarski; Jean W.H. Yong; Stuart Young
• Keywords: Conservation-dependent species; Extinction (optical mineralogy); Biome; Data deficient

Abstract Recognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called development a “Green List Species” (now IUCN Green Status Species). A draft framework assessing species’ progress toward recovery, published 2018, proposed 2 separate but interlinked components: standardized method (i.e., measurement against benchmarks viability, functionality, preimpact distribution) determine current status (herein score ) application that estimate past potential future impacts based on 4 metrics ( legacy, dependence , gain ). We tested with 181 representing diverse taxa, life histories, biomes, Red categories (extinction risk). Based observed distribution scores, we propose following : fully recovered, slightly depleted, moderately largely critically extinct wild, indeterminate. Fifty‐nine percent were considered or depleted. Although there was negative relationship between extinction risk score, variation considerable. Some lower assessed as farther from than those at higher risk. This emphasizes is conceptually different reinforces utility Species more understand status. did not predict dependence, gain, it positively correlated potential. Only 1.7% categorized zero across all these impact indicating has, will, play role improving maintaining vast majority species. our results, devised an updated assessment introduces option using dynamic baseline assess over short term avoid misleading results which generated small number cases, redefines 10 years better align planning. These changes are reflected Standard.