Title
Scenarios and models to support global conservation targets
Author(s)
Nicholson, E.;Fulton, E. A.;Brooks, T. M.;Blanchard, R.;Leadley, P.;Metzger, J. P.;Mokany, K.;Stevenson, S.;Wintle, B. A.;Woolley, S. N. C.;Barnes, M.;Watson, J. E. M.;Ferrier, S.
Published
2019
Publisher
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Abstract
Global biodiversity targets have far-reaching implications for nature conservation worldwide. Scenarios and models hold unfulfilled promise for ensuring such targets are well founded and implemented; here, we review how they can and should inform the Aichi Targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and their reformulation. They offer two clear benefits: providing a scientific basis for the wording and quantitative elements of targets; and identifying synergies and trade-offs by accounting for interactions between targets and the actions needed to achieve them. The capacity of scenarios and models to address complexity makes them invaluable for developing meaningful targets and policy, and improving conservation outcomes.
Keywords
ecosystem services;climate-change;protected areas;biodiversity;conservation;population-models;extinction risk;indicators;impacts;evaluate;progress
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