A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome

• DOI: 10.1111/conl.12834
• Publication Date: 2021-08-13T12:37:47Z
• Authors: J. Judson Wynne; Francis G. Howarth; Stefano Mammola; Rodrigo Lopes Fer...; Pedro Cardoso; Tiziana Di Lorenzo; Diana M. P. Galassi; Rodrigo A. Medellin; Bruce W. Miller; David Sánchez‐Fer...; Maria Elina Bichu...; Jayant Biswas; Cory W. BlackEagle; Chaichat Boonyanu...; Isabel R. Amorim; Paulo Alexandre V...; Penelope J. Boston; Reynold N. Cal; Naowarat Cheeptham; Louis Deharveng; David Eme; Arnaud Faille; Danté Fenolio; Cene Fišer; Žiga Fišer; Samuel M. ʻOhukan...; Forough Goudarzi; Christian Griebler; Stuart Halse; Hannelore Hoch; Enock Kale; Aron D. Katz; Ľubomír Kováč; Thomas M. Lilley; Shirish Manchi; Raoul Manenti; Alejandro Martínez; Melissa B. Meierh...; Ana Z. Miller; Oana Teodora Mold...; Matthew L. Niemiller; Stewart B. Peck; Thais Giovannini ...; Tanja Pipan; Charity M. Philli...; Celso Poot; Paul A. Racey; Alberto Sendra; William A. Shear; Marconi Souza Silva; Stefano Taiti; Mingyi Tian; Michael P. Venarsky; Sebastián Yancovi...; Maja Zagmajster; Yahui Zhao
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; GROUNDWATER; Convention on biological diversity; Hypogean; QH1-199.5; hypogean; Indicator Species; indicator species; 03 medical and health sciences; caves; 11. Sustainability; Convention on Biological Diversity; 106020 Limnology; biodiversity; 0303 health sciences; biodiversity; caves; convention on biological diversity; hypogean; indicator species; SDG 4 – Hochwertige Bildung; General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution; Biodiversity; 15. Life on land; 106020 Limnologie; Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss; 16. Peace & justice; Biodiversitat; 6. Clean water; [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Environmental sciences; Caves; Indicator species; 13. Climate action; http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15; convention on biological diversity; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; SDG 4 - Quality Education

AbstractThe 15th UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (COP15) will be held in Kunming, China in October 2021. Historically, CBDs and other multilateral treaties have either alluded to or entirely overlooked the subterranean biome. A multilateral effort to robustly examine, monitor, and incorporate the subterranean biome into future conservation targets will enable the CBD to further improve the ecological effectiveness of protected areas by including groundwater resources, subterranean ecosystem services, and the profoundly endemic subsurface biodiversity. To this end, we proffer a conservation roadmap that embodies five conceptual areas: (1) science gaps and data management needs; (2) anthropogenic stressors; (3) socioeconomic analysis and conflict resolution; (4) environmental education; and (5) national policies and multilateral agreements.