The Barometer of Life

Stuart, Simon N.; Wilson, Edward O.; McNeely, J. A.; Mittermeier, R. A.; Rodrı́guez, Jon Paul

doi:10.1126/science.1188606

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“…However, for the Red List to fulfil its function as the 'barometer of life', resources are needed to ensure repeat assessments of mammal diversity [89]. We estimate that maintaining and improving the mammal dataset on the Red List costs less than US$400 000 per annum (ca US$70/species).…”

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The changing fates of the world's mammals

Hoffmann

Belant

Chanson

et al. 2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort, PO Box 45553, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA recent complete assessment of the conservation status of 5487 mammal species demonstrated that at least one-fifth are at risk of extinction in the wild. We retrospectively identified genuine changes in extinction risk for mammals between 1996 and 2008 to calculate changes in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Index (RLI). Species-level trends in the conservation status of mammalian diversity reveal that extinction risk in large-bodied species is increasing, and that the rate of deterioration has been most accelerated in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Expanding agriculture and hunting have been the main drivers of increased extinction risk in mammals. Site-based protection and management, legislation, and captivebreeding and reintroduction programmes have led to improvements in 24 species. We contextualize these changes, and explain why both deteriorations and improvements may be under-reported. Although this study highlights where conservation actions are leading to improvements, it fails to account for instances where conservation has prevented further deteriorations in the status of the world's mammals. The continued utility of the RLI is dependent on sustained investment to ensure repeated assessments of mammals over time and to facilitate future calculations of the RLI and measurement against global targets.

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The changing fates of the world's mammals

Hoffmann

Belant

Chanson

et al. 2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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142

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“…Six species were included in more than one plan, either in a single species and multi-species plan, or in two multi-species plans. research, taxonomy and ecology, not just in Australia but globally (Stuart et al, 2010). A related problem is that most anthropogenic threats have occurred more recently in Australia compared to other continents.…”

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Trends and biases in the listing and recovery planning for threatened species: an Australian case study

Walsh

Watson

Bottrill

et al. 2012

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Many countries rely on formal legislation to protect and plan for the recovery of threatened species. Even though the listing procedures in threatened species legislation are designed to be consistent for all species there is usually a bias in implementing the laws towards charismatic fauna and flora, which leads to uneven allocation of conservation efforts. However, the extent of bias in national threatened species lists is often unknown. Australia is a good example: the list of threatened species under the Environmental Protection and Biological Conservation Act has not been reviewed since 2000, when it was first introduced. We assessed how well this Act represents threatened species across taxonomic groups and threat status, and whether biases exist in the types of species with recovery plans. We found that birds, amphibians and mammals have high levels of threatened species (12-24%) but , 6% of all reptiles and plants and , 0.01% of invertebrates and fish are considered threatened. Similar taxonomic biases are present in the types of species with recovery plans. Although there have been recent improvements in the representation of threatened species with recovery plans across taxonomic groups, there are still major gaps between the predicted and listed numbers of threatened species. Because of biases in the listing and recovery planning processes many threatened species may receive little attention regardless of their potential for recovery: a lost opportunity to achieve the greatest conservation impact possible. The Environmental Protection and Biological Conservation Act in Australia needs reform to rectify these biases.

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“…Consistent RLTSs could, among other things, provide the global RLTS with valuable information from N RLTS and SRLTS assessments, especially for endemic species, and support cross-border cooperation for conservation (Rodríguez 2008). This would improve the role of RLTSs as 'barometers of life' (Stuart et al 2010).…”

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National and subnational Red Lists in European and Mediterranean countries: current state and use for conservation

Azam¹,

Gigot²,

Witté³

et al. 2016

Endang. Species. Res.

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The Barometer of Life

Abstract: A broader taxonomic base to threatened species assessments will enable better conservation and policy decisions.

Cited by 150 publications

References 4 publications

The changing fates of the world's mammals

The changing fates of the world's mammals

Trends and biases in the listing and recovery planning for threatened species: an Australian case study

National and subnational Red Lists in European and Mediterranean countries: current state and use for conservation

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