Filling in biodiversity threat gaps

Joppa, Lucas; O’Connor, Brian A.; Visconti, Piero; Smith, C. A.; Geldmann, Jonas; Hoffmann, Michael; Watson, James; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Virah‐Sawmy, Malika; Halpern, Ben; Ahmed, Selena; Balmford, Andrew; Sutherland, William J.; Harfoot, Michael B. J.; Hilton‐Taylor, Craig; Foden, Wendy; Minin, Enrico Di; Pagad, Shyama; Genovesi, Piero; Hutton, J. M.; Burgess, Neil D.

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“…Recently, Joppa et al (2016) have found that no global datasets are available for addressing IUCN listed pressures most affecting threatened marine species: "transportation and service corridors" and "human intrusions and disturbance". The catalogue contains indicators that tackle both issues (e.g., "Ballast water treatment indicator, " "Trends in pathways of introduction NIS").…”

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“…The DEVOTool catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators together with the DEVOTES catalogue on marine biodiversity monitoring networks compiled such information, and although it was evident that data are available, it is, nevertheless, difficult to evaluate its adequacy (e.g., Joppa et al, 2016) or account for this feature without a framework for properly ranking and selecting indicators.…”

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A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators

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A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators was developed with the aim of providing the basis for assessing the environmental status of the marine ecosystems. Useful for the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), this catalogue allows the navigation of a database of indicators mostly related to biological diversity, non-indigenous species, food webs, and seafloor integrity. Over 600 indicators were compiled, which were developed and used in the framework of different initiatives (e.g., EU policies, research projects) and in national and international contexts (e.g., Regional Seas Conventions, and assessments in non-European seas). The catalogue reflects the current scientific capability to address environmental assessment needs by providing a broad coverage of the most relevant indicators for marine biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. The available indicators are reviewed according to their typology, data requirements, development status, geographical coverage, relevance to habitats or biodiversity components, and related human pressures. Through this comprehensive overview, we discuss the potential of the current set of indicators in a wide range of contexts, from large-scale to local environmental programs, and we also address shortcomings in light of current needs. Developed by the DEVOTES Project, the catalogue is freely available through the DEVOTool software application, which provides browsing and query options for the associated metadata. The tool allows extraction of ranked indicator lists best fulfilling selected criteria, enabling users to search for suitable indicators to address a particular biodiversity component, ecosystem feature, habitat, or pressure in a marine area of interest. This tool is useful for EU Member States, Teixeira et al. Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity IndicatorsRegional Sea Conventions, the European Commission, non-governmental organizations, managers, scientists, and any person interested in marine environmental assessment. It allows users to build, complement or adjust monitoring programs and has the potential to improve comparability and foster transfer of knowledge across marine regions.

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A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators

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“…Better assessments of Eco-natural organic farming should conduct multidimensional long-term studies that consider local, regional, and global feedback between different variables (65)(66)(67)(68)(69). In addition, the representativeness of management practices used in studies requires attention (70)(71)(72)(73) have shown that relative Eco-natural yield performance is higher when best practices are used (120-125). Critics and advocates of Eco-natural organic farming describe (3,5) evidence of great uncertainty in many dimensions.…”

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The Dynamism of Eco-Organic Food Products , Consumer Intentions for Purchasing

Goyal¹,

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2018

IJBMR

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The research tries to understand the intention and perception of consumers in buying the organic food products. The demographic profile of the consumers who purchase the eco-natural organic food products were understood in this attempt. Data were collected in supermarkets within 3 different areas Delhi NCR using mall-intercept approach. 277 respondents were interviewed using the survey method of primary data collection. The data obtained from the survey were analyzed using chi-square test, ANOVA, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression tests. Result indicated that the intention to purchase Eco-natural products was heavily influenced by the perception on Eco-natural product worth of purchase and the belief on the safety and health aspect of the product. Respondents were divided into two groups, one that of the buyers of organic food and the other of non-buyers. Among the Eco-natural buyers, majority consumers believed Eco-natural food to be healthier, tastier and better as compared to non-organic traditionally cultivated food. The study tries to estimate the existing awareness and understanding of the outlay and rewards of Econatural organic farming across innumerate levels viz. generation, environmental, marketer, and consumer purchase dimensions. Eco-natural organic farming shows many potential rewards that mainly include higher biodiversity and improved soil and water quality, enhanced profitability, and higher nutritional value as well as many potential outlay including lower yields and higher consumer prices. However, numerous important dimensions have high uncertainty, particularly the environmental performance when controlling for lower Eco-natural yields, but also yield stability, soil erosion, water use, and labor conditions. The study is an effort to identify conditions that influence the relative acceptance and performance of Eco-natural farming products, highlighting areas for increased research and policy support. Lack of sustainability, today is a leading cause of environmental decadence. Despite major increases in the generation of natural food items, developing countries like India seem to follow and adapt at a slower pace. Eco-natural organic farming has been proposed as a solution to achieving sustainable food protection.

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“…Any new initiative to collate data needs to consider its role and define its niche within a complex environment of global, continental, national and regional data repositories [7,26]. Almost any effort to compile and harmonize data from these sources is impeded by differences in field names, definitions, and taxonomy, as well as access and license restrictions [3,27]. The use of common standards for all these aspects can improve the interoperability of these data sources: their data can be more efficiently exchanged, combined, compared, and presented.…”

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Seven Recommendations to Make Your Invasive Alien Species Data More Useful

Groom

Adriaens

Desmet

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Front. Appl. Math. Stat.

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Science-based strategies to tackle biological invasions depend on recent, accurate, well-documented, standardized and openly accessible information on alien species. Currently and historically, biodiversity data are scattered in numerous disconnected data silos that lack interoperability. The situation is no different for alien species data, and this obstructs efficient retrieval, combination, and use of these kinds of information for research and policy-making. Standardization and interoperability are particularly important as many alien species related research and policy activities require pooling data. We describe seven ways that data on alien species can be made more accessible and useful, based on the results of a European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) workshop: (1) Create data management plans; (2) Increase interoperability of information sources; (3) Document data through metadata; (4) Format data using existing standards; (5) Adopt controlled vocabularies; (6) Increase data availability; and (7) Ensure long-term data preservation. We identify four properties specific and integral to alien species data (species status, introduction pathway, degree of establishment, and impact mechanism) that are either missing from existing data standards or lack a recommended Groom et al.Making Alien Species Data Useful controlled vocabulary. Improved access to accurate, real-time and historical data will repay the long-term investment in data management infrastructure, by providing more accurate, timely and realistic assessments and analyses. If we improve core biodiversity data standards by developing their relevance to alien species, it will allow the automation of common activities regarding data processing in support of environmental policy. Furthermore, we call for considerable effort to maintain, update, standardize, archive, and aggregate datasets, to ensure proper valorization of alien species data and information before they become obsolete or lost.

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Filling in biodiversity threat gaps

Cited by 213 publications

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A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators

A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators

The Dynamism of Eco-Organic Food Products , Consumer Intentions for Purchasing

Seven Recommendations to Make Your Invasive Alien Species Data More Useful

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