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Review
. 2022 Jan;37(1):42-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.009. Epub 2021 Sep 13.

Quantitative conservation geography

Enrico Di Minin  1 , Ricardo A Correia  2 , Tuuli Toivonen  3
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Review

Quantitative conservation geography

Enrico Di Minin et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Jan.

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Abstract

Ongoing biodiversity loss represents the erosion of intrinsic value of living nature, reduces the contributions nature provides to people, and undermines efforts to move towards sustainability. We propose the recognition of quantitative conservation geography as a subfield of conservation science that studies where, when, and what conservation actions could be implemented in order to mitigate threats and promote sustainable people-nature interactions. We outline relevant methods and data needed in quantitative conservation geography. We also discuss the importance of filling information gaps, for example by using emerging technologies and digital data sources, for the further advancement of this subfield. Quantitative conservation geography can help inform the implementation of national and international conservation actions and policy to help stem the global biodiversity crisis.

Keywords: actions; biodiversity; digital media; socioecological system; space; threats; time.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests No interests are declared.

Comment in

  • What is conservation geography?
    Silva JMCD, Bueno O. Silva JMCD, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Aug;37(8):625-626. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.03.002. Epub 2022 Apr 4. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022. PMID: 35393156 No abstract available.
  • Advancing conservation geography.
    Di Minin E, Correia RA, Toivonen T. Di Minin E, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Aug;37(8):627. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.009. Epub 2022 May 14. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022. PMID: 35581034 No abstract available.

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