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Biodiversity conservation: challenges beyond 2010
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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:42 authored by Michael R W Rands, William M Adams, Leon Bennun, Stuart H M Butchart, Andrew Clements, David Coomes, Abigail Entwistle, Ian Hodge, Valerie Kapos, Jörn P W Scharlemann, William J Sutherland, Bhaskar ViraThe continued growth of human populations and of per capita consumption have resulted in unsustainable exploitation of Earth’s biological diversity, exacerbated by climate change, ocean acidification, and other anthropogenic environmental impacts. We argue that effective conservation of biodiversity is essential for human survival and the maintenance of ecosystem processes. Despite some conservation successes (especially at local scales) and increasing public and government interest in living sustainably, biodiversity continues to decline. Moving beyond 2010, successful conservation approaches need to be reinforced and adequately financed. In addition, however, more radical changes are required that recognize biodiversity as a global public good, that integrate biodiversity conservation into policies and decision frameworks for resource production and consumption, and that focus on wider institutional and societal changes to enable more effective implementation of policy
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ScienceISSN
0036-8075External DOI
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5997Volume
329Page range
1298-1303Department affiliated with
- Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications
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2012-11-15Usage metrics
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