A flagship species-based approach to efficient, cost-effective biodiversity conservation in the Qinling Mountains, China

2022 ◽  
Vol 305 ◽  
pp. 114388
Author(s):  
Hongfei Zhuang ◽  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Xuelin Jin ◽  
Anxin Ge ◽  
Minhao Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
Qinling Mountains

scholarly journals Flagship species approach: are we heading on the right track?

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Kanchan Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
The Right ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Aim The paper aims to evaluate the usefulness of the Flagship Species Approach (FSA) as a conservation strategy. Location The study was conducted primarily among the conservation practitioners working with the flagship species in Nepal. Material and Methods Using a structured questionnaire, a total of 89 conservationists from three different categories of conservation agencies: government, nongovernmental organizations, and intellectuals (academics and researchers), were asked about their views regarding the FSA in bringing conservation benefits and reducing the biodiversity threats. I used non-parametric tests for analyzing the data. Key findings A majority of respondents shared the view that the FSA is being used effectively in raising funds for conservation and in bringing awareness to people and enhancing conservation of other species. Level of satisfaction pertaining to FSA, however, differed among the governmental / nongovernmental organizations and the intellectual agencies. Conservation implications This study found that FSA had been instrumental in raising the funds for biodiversity conservation and keeping the science in the forerunner. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/cs.v1i1.9585 Conservation Science 2013 1(1), 47-52

scholarly journals Combining Deforestation and Species Distribution Models to Improve Measures of Chimpanzee Conservation Impacts of REDD: A Case Study from Ntakata Mountains, Western Tanzania

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1195
Author(s):  
Rebecca Dickson ◽  
Marc Baker ◽  
Noémie Bonnin ◽  
David Shoch ◽  
Benjamin Rifkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Species Distribution Models ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Western Tanzania

Projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) are designed to reduce carbon emissions through avoided deforestation and degradation, and in many cases, to produce additional community and biodiversity conservation co-benefits. While these co-benefits can be significant, quantifying conservation impacts has been challenging, and most projects use simple species presence to demonstrate positive biodiversity impact. Some of the same tools applied in the quantification of climate mitigation benefits have relevance and potential application to estimating co-benefits for biodiversity conservation. In western Tanzania, most chimpanzees live outside of national park boundaries, and thus face threats from human activity, including competition for suitable habitat. Through a case study of the Ntakata Mountains REDD project in western Tanzania, we demonstrate a combined application of deforestation modelling with species distribution models to assess forest conservation benefits in terms of avoided carbon emissions and improved chimpanzee habitat. The application of such tools is a novel approach that we argue permits the better design of future REDD projects for biodiversity co-benefits. This approach also enables project developers to produce the more manageable, accurate and cost-effective monitoring, reporting and verification of project impacts that are critical to verification under carbon standards.

Nonhuman Charisma

10.1068/d71j ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 911-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Lorimer
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Boundary Objects ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Professional Discourse ◽  
Human Understanding ◽  
Nonhuman Agency

In this paper I outline the parameters of nonhuman charisma in the context of UK biodiversity conservation. Although conservationists frequently discuss charismatic species in their professional discourse there is little existing work that explores the character of this charisma and how it operates in environmental governance. In this paper I map nonhuman charisma and explore its ontological, ethical, and epistemological implications. I first illustrate a three-part typology of nonhuman charisma, comprising ecological, aesthetic, and corporeal charisma. Exploring nonhuman agency through the lens of charisma I contribute to ongoing efforts in geography and cognate disciplines to forge a ‘more-than-human’ understanding of agency and ethics. Nonhuman charisma provides a bounded relational ontology for considering nonhuman difference. Furthermore, nonhuman charisma draws attention to the importance of affect in understanding environmental ethics. Affect provides the vital motivating force that impels people to get involved in conservation. Second, I provide an example of nonhuman charisma in action. I draw on earlier work on human charisma to explore how charismatic organisms, operating as ‘flagship species’, are mobilised as boundary objects to achieve organisation order in the assemblages of UK biodiversity conservation.

scholarly journals A Novel and Cost-Effective Monitoring Approach for Outcomes in an Australian Biodiversity Conservation Incentive Program

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e50872 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Lindenmayer ◽  
Charles Zammit ◽  
Simon J. Attwood ◽  
Emma Burns ◽  
Claire L. Shepherd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Incentive Program ◽  
Conservation Incentive

scholarly journals Parasitoids of Butterflies: Reassignment of Dolichogenidea hasorae (wilkinson, 1928) as a New Combination along with New Host-parasitoid Linkages and Notes on Host Specificity from Kerala, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Ankita Gupta ◽  
K. Saji ◽  
P. Manoj
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Host Specificity ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Time

Butterflies are flagship species for biodiversity conservation and thus the knowledge of their associated natural enemies is important. In this study, rearing data on parasitism of seven butterfly species in six genera belonging to three Lepidoptera families (Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae and Papilionidae) are presented for the first time from Kerala, India. Four species of parasitic wasps along with two possibly unnamed species, collectively from three Hymenoptera families (Braconidae, Chalcididae and Ichneumonidae), were discovered. <em>Dolichogenidea hasorae</em> (Wilkinson, 1928) <strong>n. comb.</strong> (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is reassigned from the traditionally defined genus <em>Apanteles</em>. The following host associations are recorded: <em>Brachymeria lasus</em> (Walker) (Chalcididae) from pupa of <em>Hasora chromus</em> (Cramer) (Hesperiidae); <em>Casinaria ajanta</em> Maheshwary&amp;Gupta (Ichneumonidae) from caterpillars of two hesperiid species − <em>Ampittia dioscorides</em> (Fabricius) (Hesperiidae) and <em>Parnara</em> sp. (Hesperiidae); <em>Dolichogenidea hasorae</em> (Wilkinson) <strong>n. comb.</strong> from caterpillar of <em>Hasora taminatus</em> (Hübner); <em>Glyptapanteles aristolochiae</em> (Wilkinson) from caterpillar of <em>Troides minos</em> (Cramer) (Papilionidae); <em>Apanteles</em> sp. (Braconidae) from caterpillar of <em>Telicota bambusae</em> (Moore) (Hesperiidae); and <em>Cotesia</em> sp. from caterpillar of <em>Udara akasa</em> (Horsfield) (Lycaenidae). The majority of these records are the first reports except <em>C. ajanta</em> from <em>Parnara</em> sp. Host range extension and varied host association of parasitoids are discussed based on newly acquired and previously published data. Brief diagnosis of wasps and illustrations of wasps along with their respective hosts are provided.

scholarly journals Protected and other conserved areas: ensuring the future of forest biodiversity in a changing climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
K. MacKinnon ◽  
K. Richardson ◽  
J. MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Effective Conservation

Biodiversity loss and climate change are two of the greatest environmental challenges of our times and are inextricably interlinked. The most significant drivers of forest and biodiversity loss are habitat loss and fragmentation due to land use changes and overexploitation. These changes will be exacerbated by climate change with increasing land degradation and more conversion of forests to meet increasing demands for agriculture and forest resources. Protected areas are the cornerstones of biodiversity conservation. Currently terrestrial protected areas cover about 15 percent of the world's land surface but this is inadequate to fully represent global biodiversity, with many forest ecosystems poorly represented in protected area networks. Ensuring effective biodiversity conservation post-2020 will require both expansion of formal reserve systems and recognition and support for other effective conservation measures, under a diverse range of governance and management regimes. Expanding forest conservation efforts will not only protect biodiversity but is increasingly recognised as an efficient and cost-effective strategy to help societies to cope with climate change and its impacts.

Heathens in the chapel? Economics and the conservation of native biodiversity

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Pannell
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Behaviour ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Non Market Valuation ◽  
Selection Of

Biodiversity conservation is a human endeavour and economic drivers playa key role in shaping human behaviour. This is particularly true of human behaviour in management of businesses (such as farms) and in relation to the resources that underpin businesses (such as land and water). For this reason, the theories and models of economics have a lot to offer people concemed with biodiversity conservation. The paper outlines a number of theories and insights from economics that are relevant to biodiversity, particularly from the point of view of governments wishing to make efficient and cost-effective decisions about investment priorities for biodiversity. There is a need for better definition of biodiversity objectives, and for improved information about cause and effect relationships between interventions and outcomes. The importance of paying adequate attention to the farm-level economics of proposed changes in land management is emphasized. This is an important influence on farmers' responses, particularly if large-scale changes are sought. Non-market valuation studies to place monetary values on biodiversity outcomes have a potential role to play in evaluating policy options, although a measured approach to the use of these techniques seems warranted. There is a discussion about the limited role that economics can play in determining who should pay for biodiversity interventions. The selection of policy approaches and policy instruments for biodiversity needs to be sophisticated, based on science, and sensitive to different biodiversity-related problems and opportunities.

scholarly journals Strategic protection of landslide vulnerable mountains for biodiversity conservation under land-cover and climate change impacts

2022 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. e2113416118
Author(s):  
Binbin V. Li ◽  
Clinton N. Jenkins ◽  
Weihua Xu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Areas Of Endemism

Natural disasters impose huge uncertainty and loss to human lives and economic activities. Landslides are one disaster that has become more prevalent because of anthropogenic disturbances, such as land-cover changes, land degradation, and expansion of infrastructure. These are further exacerbated by more extreme precipitation due to climate change, which is predicted to trigger more landslides and threaten sustainable development in vulnerable regions. Although biodiversity conservation and development are often regarded as having a trade-off relationship, here we present a global analysis of the area with co-benefits, where conservation through expanding protection and reducing deforestation can not only benefit biodiversity but also reduce landslide risks to human society. High overlap exists between landslide susceptibility and areas of endemism for mammals, birds, and amphibians, which are mostly concentrated in mountain regions. We identified 247 mountain ranges as areas with high vulnerability, having both exceptional biodiversity and landslide risks, accounting for 25.8% of the global mountainous areas. Another 31 biodiverse mountains are classified as future vulnerable mountains as they face increasing landslide risks because of predicted climate change and deforestation. None of these 278 mountains reach the Aichi Target 11 of 17% coverage by protected areas. Of the 278 mountains, 52 need immediate actions because of high vulnerability, severe threats from future deforestation and precipitation extremes, low protection, and high-population density and anthropogenic activities. These actions include protected area expansion, forest conservation, and restoration where it could be a cost-effective way to reduce the risks of landslides.

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