A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets

Louise Mair¹, Leon A Bennun^{2

3}, Thomas M Brooks^{4

5

6}, Stuart H M Butchart^{3

7}, Friederike C Bolam^{8

9}, Neil D Burgess^{9

10}, Jonathan M M Ekstrom², E J Milner-Gulland¹¹, Michael Hoffmann¹², Keping Ma¹³, Nicholas B W Macfarlane¹⁴, Domitilla C Raimondo^{15

16}, Ana S L Rodrigues¹⁷, Xiaoli Shen¹³, Bernardo B N Strassburg^{18

19}, Craig R Beatty^{14

20}, Carla Gómez-Creutzberg²¹, Alvaro Iribarrem^{18

19}, Meizani Irmadhiany²², Eduardo Lacerda^{19

23}, Bianca C Mattos²⁴, Karmila Parakkasi²², Marcelo F Tognelli^{25

26}, Elizabeth L Bennett²⁷, Catherine Bryan²⁸, Giulia Carbone⁴, Abhishek Chaudhary²⁹, Maxime Eiselin³⁰, Gustavo A B da Fonseca³¹, Russell Galt³², Arne Geschke³³, Louise Glew²⁰, Romie Goedicke³⁰, Jonathan M H Green³⁴, Richard D Gregory^{35

36}, Samantha L L Hill⁹, David G Hole²⁵, Jonathan Hughes⁹, Jonathan Hutton³⁷, Marco P W Keijzer³⁰, Laetitia M Navarro^{38

39}, Eimear Nic Lughadha⁴⁰, Andrew J Plumptre^{3

41}, Philippe Puydarrieux⁴, Hugh P Possingham^{42

43}, Aleksandar Rankovic⁴⁴, Eugenie C Regan^{9

45}, Carlo Rondinini⁴⁶, Joshua D Schneck¹⁴, Juha Siikamäki¹⁴, Cyriaque Sendashonga⁴, Gilles Seutin⁴⁷, Sam Sinclair⁴⁸, Andrew L Skowno^{15

49}, Carolina A Soto-Navarro^{9

37}, Simon N Stuart^{28

50

51}, Helen J Temple², Antoine Vallier⁵², Francesca Verones⁵³, Leonardo R Viana^{25

54}, James Watson^{27

43}, Simeon Bezeng^{55

56}, Monika Böhm¹², Ian J Burfield⁷, Viola Clausnitzer⁵⁷, Colin Clubbe⁴⁰, Neil A Cox^{25

26}, Jörg Freyhof⁵⁸, Leah R Gerber⁵⁹, Craig Hilton-Taylor³², Richard Jenkins³², Ackbar Joolia³², Lucas N Joppa⁶⁰, Lian Pin Koh⁶¹, Thomas E Lacher Jr^{62

63}, Penny F Langhammer^{63

64}, Barney Long⁶³, David Mallon⁶⁵, Michela Pacifici⁴⁶, Beth A Polidoro^{59

66}, Caroline M Pollock³², Malin C Rivers⁶⁷, Nicolette S Roach^{62

63}, Jon Paul Rodríguez^{68

69

70}, Jane Smart⁴, Bruce E Young⁷¹, Frank Hawkins¹⁴, Philip J K McGowan⁸

Affiliations

¹ School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Louise.Mair@newcastle.ac.uk.
² The Biodiversity Consultancy, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
⁵ World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of The Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
⁶ Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
⁷ BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁹ United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK.
¹⁰ GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹¹ Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹² Zoological Society of London, London, UK.
¹³ State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
¹⁴ IUCN, Washington DC, USA.
¹⁵ South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁶ IUCN Species Survival Commission, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁷ CEFE, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
¹⁸ Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁹ International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
²⁰ World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC, USA.
²¹ IUCN, San José, Costa Rica.
²² PT Royal Lestari Utama, Jakarta, Indonesia.
²³ Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil.
²⁴ SSC Post-2020 Biodiversity Task Force, Seville, Spain.
²⁵ Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA.
²⁶ IUCN-Conservation International Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Washington DC, USA.
²⁷ Wildlife Conservation Society, New York City, NY, USA.
²⁸ Synchronicity Earth, London, UK.
²⁹ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Kanpur, India.
³⁰ IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³¹ Global Environment Facility, Washington DC, USA.
³² IUCN, Cambridge, UK.
³³ Integrated Sustainability Analysis, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³⁴ Stockholm Environment Institute York, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK.
³⁵ RSPB, Sandy, UK.
³⁶ Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
³⁷ Luc Hoffmann Institute, Gland, Switzerland.
³⁸ German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
³⁹ Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
⁴⁰ Conservation Science Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK.
⁴¹ Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat, BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
⁴² The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA.
⁴³ The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴⁴ Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Sciences Po, Paris, France.
⁴⁵ Springer Nature, London, UK.
⁴⁶ Global Mammal Assessment Programme, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
⁴⁷ Parks Canada, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
⁴⁸ Biodiversify, Newark, UK.
⁴⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵⁰ IUCN Species Survival Commission, Bath, UK.
⁵¹ A Rocha International, London, UK.
⁵² CDC Biodiversité, Paris, France.
⁵³ Industrial Ecology Programme, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
⁵⁴ Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc., Washington DC, USA.
⁵⁵ BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵⁶ Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵⁷ Senckenberg Research Institute, Goerlitz, Germany.
⁵⁸ Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
⁵⁹ Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁶⁰ Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA.
⁶¹ Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁶² Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
⁶³ Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, TX, USA.
⁶⁴ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁶⁵ Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
⁶⁶ School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
⁶⁷ Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, UK.
⁶⁸ IUCN Species Survival Commission, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁶⁹ Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Investigation (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela.
⁷⁰ Provita, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁷¹ NatureServe, Arlington, VA, USA.

PMID: 33833421
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01432-0

A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets

Louise Mair et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;5(6):836-844.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01432-0. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Louise.Mair@newcastle.ac.uk.
² The Biodiversity Consultancy, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
⁵ World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of The Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
⁶ Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
⁷ BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁹ United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK.
¹⁰ GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹¹ Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹² Zoological Society of London, London, UK.
¹³ State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
¹⁴ IUCN, Washington DC, USA.
¹⁵ South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁶ IUCN Species Survival Commission, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁷ CEFE, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
¹⁸ Rio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
¹⁹ International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
²⁰ World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC, USA.
²¹ IUCN, San José, Costa Rica.
²² PT Royal Lestari Utama, Jakarta, Indonesia.
²³ Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil.
²⁴ SSC Post-2020 Biodiversity Task Force, Seville, Spain.
²⁵ Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA.
²⁶ IUCN-Conservation International Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Washington DC, USA.
²⁷ Wildlife Conservation Society, New York City, NY, USA.
²⁸ Synchronicity Earth, London, UK.
²⁹ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Kanpur, India.
³⁰ IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³¹ Global Environment Facility, Washington DC, USA.
³² IUCN, Cambridge, UK.
³³ Integrated Sustainability Analysis, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³⁴ Stockholm Environment Institute York, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK.
³⁵ RSPB, Sandy, UK.
³⁶ Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
³⁷ Luc Hoffmann Institute, Gland, Switzerland.
³⁸ German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
³⁹ Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
⁴⁰ Conservation Science Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK.
⁴¹ Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat, BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
⁴² The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA.
⁴³ The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴⁴ Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Sciences Po, Paris, France.
⁴⁵ Springer Nature, London, UK.
⁴⁶ Global Mammal Assessment Programme, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
⁴⁷ Parks Canada, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
⁴⁸ Biodiversify, Newark, UK.
⁴⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵⁰ IUCN Species Survival Commission, Bath, UK.
⁵¹ A Rocha International, London, UK.
⁵² CDC Biodiversité, Paris, France.
⁵³ Industrial Ecology Programme, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
⁵⁴ Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc., Washington DC, USA.
⁵⁵ BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵⁶ Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵⁷ Senckenberg Research Institute, Goerlitz, Germany.
⁵⁸ Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
⁵⁹ Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁶⁰ Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA.
⁶¹ Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁶² Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
⁶³ Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, TX, USA.
⁶⁴ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁶⁵ Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
⁶⁶ School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
⁶⁷ Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, UK.
⁶⁸ IUCN Species Survival Commission, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁶⁹ Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Investigation (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela.
⁷⁰ Provita, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁷¹ NatureServe, Arlington, VA, USA.

PMID: 33833421
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01432-0

Abstract

The Convention on Biological Diversity's post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework will probably include a goal to stabilize and restore the status of species. Its delivery would be facilitated by making the actions required to halt and reverse species loss spatially explicit. Here, we develop a species threat abatement and restoration (STAR) metric that is scalable across species, threats and geographies. STAR quantifies the contributions that abating threats and restoring habitats in specific places offer towards reducing extinction risk. While every nation can contribute towards halting biodiversity loss, Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, Madagascar and Brazil combined have stewardship over 31% of total STAR values for terrestrial amphibians, birds and mammals. Among actions, sustainable crop production and forestry dominate, contributing 41% of total STAR values for these taxonomic groups. Key Biodiversity Areas cover 9% of the terrestrial surface but capture 47% of STAR values. STAR could support governmental and non-state actors in quantifying their contributions to meeting science-based species targets within the framework.

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