Voluntary consensus based geospatial data standards for the global illegal trade in wild fauna and flora.

Autor: Gore ML; Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. gorem@umd.edu.; Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA. gorem@umd.edu., Schwartz LR; Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA. schwartzlr@state.gov., Amponsah-Mensah K; Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Barbee E; Department of Operations Management, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA., Canney S; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom., Carbo-Penche M; Wildlife Conservation Society South Sudan Program, Juba, South Sudan., Cronin D; International Conservation, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC, USA., Hilend R; Department of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Laituri M; Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA.; Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA., Luna D; Luna Global Networks & Convergence Strategies, Washington, DC, USA., Maina F; Space for Giants, Nanyuki, Kenya., Mey C; Special Wildlife Protection Fund, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Yaoundé, Cameroon., Mumford K; Booze Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA, USA., Mugo R; Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya., Nduguta R; Space for Giants, Nanyuki, Kenya., Nyce C; Embassy Juba, US Department of State, Juba, South Sudan., McEvoy J; Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA., McShea W; Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA., Mandimbihasina A; Madagascar Program Patrol Coordinator, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Antananarivo, Madagascar., Salafsky N; Foundations of Success, Washington, DC, USA., Smetana D; Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Ottawa, Canada., Tait A; National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA., Wittig T; United for Wildlife Taskforce, London, United Kingdom.; Focused Conservation, Flemming Island, FL, USA., Wright D; Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Redlands, CA, USA., Naess LW; Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific data [Sci Data] 2022 Jun 03; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 267. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 03.
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01371-w
Abstrakt: We have more data about wildlife trafficking than ever before, but it remains underutilized for decision-making. Central to effective wildlife trafficking interventions is collection, aggregation, and analysis of data across a range of source, transit, and destination geographies. Many data are geospatial, but these data cannot be effectively accessed or aggregated without appropriate geospatial data standards. Our goal was to create geospatial data standards to help advance efforts to combat wildlife trafficking. We achieved our goal using voluntary, participatory, and engagement-based workshops with diverse and multisectoral stakeholders, online portals, and electronic communication with more than 100 participants on three continents. The standards support data-to-decision efforts in the field, for example indictments of key figures within wildlife trafficking, and disruption of their networks. Geospatial data standards help enable broader utilization of wildlife trafficking data across disciplines and sectors, accelerate aggregation and analysis of data across space and time, advance evidence-based decision making, and reduce wildlife trafficking.
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