Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination

Title

Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination

 Author

Navarro, Laetitia M. (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv))
Fernandez, Nestor (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv); Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
Guerra, Carlos (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv); Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
Guralnick, Rob (University of Florida)
Kissling, W. Daniel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Londono, Maria Cecilia (Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt)
Muller-Karger, Frank (University of South Florida Tampa)
Turak, Eren (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; Australian Museum)
El Serafy, G.Y.H. (TU Delft Mathematical Physics; Deltares)
Balvanera, Patricia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Date

2017

 Abstract

The ability to monitor changes in biodiversity, and their societal impact, is critical to conserving species and managing ecosystems. While emerging technologies increase the breadth and reach of data acquisition, monitoring efforts are still spatially and temporally fragmented, and taxonomically biased. Appropriate long-term information remains therefore limited. The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) aims to provide a general framework for biodiversity monitoring to support decision-makers. Here, we discuss the coordinated observing system adopted by GEO BON, and review challenges and advances in its implementation, focusing on two interconnected core components — the Essential Biodiversity Variables as a standard framework for biodiversity monitoring, and the Biodiversity Observation Networks that support harmonized observation systems — while highlighting their societal relevance.


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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.005

 ISSN

1877-3435

 Source

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 29, 158-169

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© 2017 Laetitia M. Navarro, Nestor Fernandez, Carlos Guerra, Rob Guralnick, W. Daniel Kissling, Maria Cecilia Londono, Frank Muller-Karger, Eren Turak, G.Y.H. El Serafy, Patricia Balvanera, More Authors
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