Using the IUCN Red List to map threats to terrestrial vertebrates at global scale.

Autor: Harfoot MBJ; UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK. mike.harfoot@unep-wcmc.org., Johnston A; Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.; Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Balmford A; Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Burgess ND; UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK.; Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark., Butchart SHM; Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK., Dias MP; BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.; MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Center, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal., Hazin C; BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK., Hilton-Taylor C; IUCN, Cambridge, UK., Hoffmann M; Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK., Isaac NJB; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford, UK., Iversen LL; Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA., Outhwaite CL; Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, London, UK., Visconti P; IIASA-International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria., Geldmann J; Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. jgeldmann@sund.ku.dk.; Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. jgeldmann@sund.ku.dk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature ecology & evolution [Nat Ecol Evol] 2021 Nov; Vol. 5 (11), pp. 1510-1519. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 30.
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01542-9
Abstrakt: The Anthropocene is characterized by unparalleled human impact on other species, potentially ushering in the sixth mass extinction. Yet mitigation efforts remain hampered by limited information on the spatial patterns and intensity of the threats driving global biodiversity loss. Here we use expert-derived information from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List on threats to 23,271 species, representing all terrestrial amphibians, birds and mammals, to generate global maps of the six major threats to these groups: agriculture, hunting and trapping, logging, pollution, invasive species, and climate change. Our results show that agriculture and logging are pervasive in the tropics and that hunting and trapping is the most geographically widespread threat to mammals and birds. Additionally, current representations of human pressure underestimate the overall pressure on biodiversity, due to the exclusion of threats such as hunting and climate change. Alarmingly, this is particularly the case in areas of the highest biodiversity importance.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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