Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

Isbell, Forest; Balvanera, Patricia; Mori, Akira S.; He, Jin‐Sheng; Bullock, James M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-4020; Regmi, Ganga Ram; Seabloom, Eric W.; Ferrier, Simon; Sala, Osvaldo E.; Guerrero‐Ramírez, Nathaly R.; Tavella, Julia; Larkin, Daniel J.; Schmid, Bernhard; Outhwaite, Charlotte L.; Pramual, Pairot; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Loreau, Michel; Omotoriogun, Taiwo Crossby; Obura, David O.; Anderson, Maggie; Portales‐Reyes, Cristina; Kirkman, Kevin; Vergara, Pablo M.; Clark, Adam Thomas; Komatsu, Kimberly J.; Petchey, Owen L.; Weiskopf, Sarah R.; Williams, Laura J.; Collins, Scott L.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Trisos, Christopher H.; Renard, Delphine; Wright, Alexandra J.; Tripathi, Poonam; Cowles, Jane; Byrnes, Jarrett E.K.; Reich, Peter B.; Purvis, Andy; Sharip, Zati; O’Connor, Mary I.; Kazanski, Clare E.; Haddad, Nick M.; Soto, Eulogio H.; Dee, Laura E.; Díaz, Sandra; Zirbel, Chad R.; Avolio, Meghan L.; Wang, Shaopeng; Ma, Zhiyuan; Liang, Jingjing; Farah, Hanan C.; Johnson, Justin Andrew; Miller, Brian W.; Hautier, Yann; Smith, Melinda D.; Knops, Johannes M.H.; Myers, Bonnie J.E.; Harmáčková, Zuzana V.; Cortés, Jorge; Harfoot, Michael B.J.; Gonzalez, Andrew; Newbold, Tim; Oehri, Jacqueline; Mazón, Marina; Dobbs, Cynnamon; Palmer, Meredith S.. 2023 Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21 (2). 94-103. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2536

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2536

Abstract/Summary

Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill knowledge gaps, but are rarely able to engage with sufficiently large and diverse groups of specialists. To improve understanding of the perspectives of thousands of biodiversity experts worldwide, we conducted a survey and asked experts to focus on the taxa and freshwater, terrestrial, or marine ecosystem with which they are most familiar. We found several points of overwhelming consensus (for instance, multiple drivers of biodiversity loss interact synergistically) and important demographic and geographic differences in specialists’ perspectives and estimates. Experts from groups that are underrepresented in biodiversity science, including women and those from the Global South, recommended different priorities for conservation solutions, with less emphasis on acquiring new protected areas, and provided higher estimates of biodiversity loss and its impacts. This may in part be because they disproportionately study the most highly threatened taxa and habitats.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2536
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	1540-9295
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment Data and Information
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Date made live:	20 Jun 2023 14:45 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534700

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2536

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

1540-9295

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment
Data and Information