Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

Forest Isbell; Patricia Balvanera; Akira Mori; Jin‐sheng He; James Bullock; Ganga Ram Regmi; Eric Seabloom; Simon Ferrier; Osvaldo Sala; Nathaly Guerrero-Ramírez; Julia Tavella; Daniel Larkin; Bernhard Schmid; Charlotte Outhwaite; Pairot Pramual; Elizabeth Borer; Michel Loreau; Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun; David Obura; Maggie Anderson; Cristina Portales-Reyes; Kevin Kirkman; Pablo Vergara; Adam Thomas Clark; Kimberly Komatsu; Owen Petchey; Sarah Weiskopf; Laura Williams; Scott Collins; Nico Eisenhauer; Christopher Trisos; Delphine Renard; Alexandra Wright; Poonam Tripathi; Jane Cowles; Jarrett Ek Byrnes; Peter Reich; Andy Purvis; Zati Sharip; Mary O’connor; Clare Kazanski; Nick Haddad; Eulogio Soto; Laura Dee; Sandra Díaz; Chad Zirbel; Meghan Avolio; Shaopeng Wang; Zhiyuan Ma; Jingjing Liang; Hanan Farah; Justin Andrew Johnson; Brian Miller; Yann Hautier; Melinda Smith; Johannes Mh Knops; Bonnie Je Myers; Zuzana Harmáčková; Jorge Cortés; Michael Bj Harfoot; Andrew Gonzalez; Tim Newbold; Jacqueline Oehri; Marina Mazón; Cynnamon Dobbs; Meredith Palmer

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Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

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Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

Forest Isbell, Patricia Balvanera, Akira Mori, Jin‐sheng He, James Bullock, Ganga Ram Regmi, Eric Seabloom, Simon Ferrier, Osvaldo Sala, Nathaly Guerrero-Ramírez, …

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol.21(2), pp.94-103

03/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2536

Abstract

Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill knowledge gaps, but are rarely able to engage with sufficiently large and diverse groups of specialists. To improve understanding of the perspectives of thousands of biodiversity experts worldwide, we conducted a survey and asked experts to focus on the taxa and freshwater, terrestrial, or marine ecosystem with which they are most familiar. We found several points of overwhelming consensus (for instance, multiple drivers of biodiversity loss interact synergistically) and important demographic and geographic differences in specialists’ perspectives and estimates. Experts from groups that are underrepresented in biodiversity science, including women and those from the Global South, recommended different priorities for conservation solutions, with less emphasis on acquiring new protected areas, and provided higher estimates of biodiversity loss and its impacts. This may in part be because they disproportionately study the most highly threatened taxa and habitats. Front Ecol Environ 2022;

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Title: Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people
Creators - without role: Forest Isbell - University of Minnesota
Patricia Balvanera - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Akira Mori - The University of Tokyo
Jin‐sheng He
James Bullock - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ganga Ram Regmi - African Wildlife Foundation
Eric Seabloom - University of Minnesota
Simon Ferrier - CSIRO Land and Water
Osvaldo Sala - Arizona State University
Nathaly Guerrero-Ramírez - University of Göttingen
Julia Tavella - University of Buenos Aires
Daniel Larkin - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Bernhard Schmid - University of Zurich
Charlotte Outhwaite - University College London
Pairot Pramual - Mahasarakham University
Elizabeth Borer - University of Minnesota
Michel Loreau - Station d’Écologie Théorique et Expérimentale
Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun - University of Jos
David Obura - Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean
Maggie Anderson - University of Minnesota
Cristina Portales-Reyes - University of Minnesota
Kevin Kirkman - University of KwaZulu-Natal
Pablo Vergara - Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Adam Thomas Clark - University of Graz
Kimberly Komatsu - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Owen Petchey - University of Zurich
Sarah Weiskopf - United States Geological Survey
Laura Williams - University of Minnesota
Scott Collins - University of New Mexico
Nico Eisenhauer - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Christopher Trisos - South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative
Delphine Renard - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Alexandra Wright - California State University Los Angeles
Poonam Tripathi - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Jane Cowles - University of Minnesota
Jarrett Ek Byrnes - University of Massachusetts Boston
Peter Reich - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Andy Purvis - Natural History Museum
Zati Sharip - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Mary O’connor - University of British Columbia
Clare Kazanski - The Nature Conservancy
Nick Haddad - Michigan State University
Eulogio Soto - Viña del Mar University
Laura Dee - University of Colorado Boulder
Sandra Díaz
Chad Zirbel - University of Minnesota
Meghan Avolio - Johns Hopkins University
Shaopeng Wang - Peking University
Zhiyuan Ma - Peking University
Jingjing Liang - Purdue University West Lafayette
Hanan Farah - University of Minnesota
Justin Andrew Johnson - University of Minnesota
Brian Miller - United States Geological Survey
Yann Hautier - Utrecht University
Melinda Smith - Colorado State University
Johannes Mh Knops - Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Bonnie Je Myers - North Carolina State University
Zuzana Harmáčková - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
Jorge Cortés - Universidad de Costa Rica
Michael Bj Harfoot - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Andrew Gonzalez - McGill University
Tim Newbold - University College London
Jacqueline Oehri - University of Zurich
Marina Mazón - Universidad Nacional de Loja
Cynnamon Dobbs - Universidad Mayor
Meredith Palmer - Princeton University
Publication Details: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol.21(2), pp.94-103
Identifiers: 9936770909311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-04287019