Connectivity conservation at the crossroads: protected areas versus payments for ecosystem services in conserving connectivity for Colombian carnivores

Protected areas (PAs) constitute one of the main tools for global landscape conservation. Recently, payments for environmental services (PES) have attracted interest from national and regional governments and are becoming one of the leading conservation policy instruments in tropical countries. However, the degree to which areas designated for PES overlap with areas that are critical for maintaining species' landscape connectivity is rarely evaluated. We estimated habitat distributions and connectivity for 16 of the 22 mammalian carnivores occurring in the Caribbean region of Colombia, and identified the overlap between existing PAs and areas identified as being important for connectivity for these species. We also evaluated the potential impact of creation of new PAs versus new PES areas on conserving connectivity for carnivores. Our results show that PAs cover only a minor percentage of the total area that is important for maintaining connectivity ( x = 26.8 % ± 20.2 s . d . ). On the other hand, PES, if implemented extensively, could contribute substantially to mammalian carnivores’ connectivity ( x = 45.4 % ± 12.8 s . d . ). However, in a more realistic scenario with limited conservation investment in which fewer areas are set aside, a strategy based on implementing new PAs seems superior to PES. We argue that prioritizing designation of new PAs will be the most efficient means through which to maintain connectivity.

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Payments for environmental service’s role in landscape connectivity

Environmental Conservation ◽

10.1017/s0376892920000016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 89-96

Author(s):

Margot A Wood ◽

Jessica A Gilbert ◽

Thomas E Lacher

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Biological Diversity ◽

Landscape Connectivity ◽

Electrical Current ◽

Convention On Biological Diversity ◽

Environmental Services ◽

Biological Corridor ◽

Development Goals ◽

High Connectivity

SummaryCreating landscapes with connectivity is vital for protecting biodiversity and meeting the environmental targets embedded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with connectivity specifically mentioned in Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets. Costa Rica created the National Biological Corridor Program (NBCP) in 2006 to enhance connectivity among protected areas. Targeted investments of payments for environmental services (PES) are the main tools used within the designated biological corridors. We conducted spatially explicit analyses to determine whether Costa Rica’s NBCP, using PES, enhanced landscape connectivity within the Paso de las Nubes Biological Corridor. We conducted landscape modelling in order to determine the connectivity held within PES’s properties by developing connectivity resistance surfaces and electrical current models. The results indicate that PES properties established after the NBCP contributed more to areas with intermediate values of connectivity and less to areas with high connectivity values as compared to properties before the NBCP. Although overall connectivity within the corridor has decreased since NBCP establishment, our results confirm the importance of PES properties for landscape connectivity, but emphasize the need for spatially targeted PES in order to improve viable paths of landscape connectivity among protected areas. Future targeted PES investments could contribute greatly to meeting connectivity goals.

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African Caribbean Residents of Edinburgh in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Kalfou A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies ◽

10.15367/kf.v7i1.300 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Williams

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

British Empire ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

African Caribbean ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries

Scotland is gradually coming to terms with its involvement in slavery and colonialism as part of the British Empire. This article places the spotlight on the lives of African Caribbean people who were residents of Edinburgh during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I discuss their varied experiences and contributions: from runaways and men fighting for their freedom in the Scottish courts to women working as servants in city households or marrying into Edinburgh high society. The nineteenth century saw activism among political radicals from abolitionists to anticolonialists; some of these figures studied and taught at Edinburgh University. Their stories reflect the Scottish capital’s many direct connections with the Caribbean region.

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Undiscovered phosphate resources in the Caribbean region and their potential value for agricultural development

Circular ◽

10.3133/cir962 ◽

1985 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Richard Porter Sheldon ◽

D.F. Davidson ◽

S.R. Riggs ◽

W.C. Burnett

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Development ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Potential Value ◽

The Caribbean

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Map showing total intensity geomagnetic field of the Caribbean region

10.3133/mf742 ◽

1976 ◽

Keyword(s):

Geomagnetic Field ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

The Caribbean

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Wind Power Assessment In The Caribbean Region Of Colombia, Using Ten-Minute Wind Observations And Era5 Data

Renewable Energy ◽

10.1016/j.renene.2021.03.033 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Samuel Andrés Gil Ruiz ◽

Julio Eduardo Cañón Barriga ◽

J. Alejandro Martínez

Keyword(s):

Wind Power ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

The Caribbean

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PCV56 COMPARISON OF THE FRAMINGHAM, PROCAM AND MODIFIED FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORES FOR PREDICTING CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN A COHORT FROM A CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION PROGRAM IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION OF COLOMBIA

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.159 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. S100-S101

Author(s):

F. Salcedo Mejía ◽

P. Miranda Machado ◽

D. Parra Padilla ◽

F. Gómez De la Rosa ◽

M. Carrasquilla Sotomayor ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Prevention Program ◽

Cardiovascular Events ◽

Cardiovascular Prevention ◽

Risk Scores ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Framingham Risk ◽

The Caribbean

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Current Status of Marine Protected Areas in Latin America and the Caribbean

Conservation Biology ◽

10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01023.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 22 (6) ◽

pp. 1630-1640 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

A. PAULINA GUARDERAS ◽

SALLY D. HACKER ◽

JANE LUBCHENCO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Marine Protected Areas ◽

Current Status ◽

The Caribbean

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Wider Caribbean Region—A Pivotal Time to Strengthen Regional Instruments For Biodiversity Conservation

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law ◽

10.1163/092735208x331890 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 499-530 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Barbara Lausche

Keyword(s):

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

International Policy ◽

Global Environment Facility ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Specially Protected Areas

AbstractThe countries of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) are linked economically by their transboundary living marine resources. The region is facing a continued decline of these resources. Science is improving our understanding of the human contributions to this decline, but national policies and programmes have not kept pace with this understanding. The Caribbean Regional Seas Programme and its Cartagena Convention and Protocols provide the regional legal framework for protection and sustainable management of the WCR's living marine and coastal resources. This article focuses on the Cartagena Convention's Protocol for biodiversity conservation, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW), arguing that governments and organizations need to significantly increase participation in this regional treaty regime to effectively address transboundary environmental challenges. A new initiative, the Global Environment Facility-supported Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem project, will help in this effort. International policy supports strengthened regional seas programmes. It is now imperative for all levels and sectors to assist governments in strengthening this important treaty regime for biodiversity conservation in the Wider Caribbean Region.

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