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Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination

Review (2017)
Author(s)

Laetitia M. Navarro (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv))

Nestor Fernandez (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv))

Carlos Guerra (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv))

Rob Guralnick (University of Florida)

W. Daniel Kissling (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Maria Cecilia Londono (Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt)

Frank Muller-Karger (University of South Florida Tampa)

Eren Turak (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Australian Museum)

Ghada El Serafy (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Deltares)

Patricia Balvanera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

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Research Group
Mathematical Physics
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.005 Final published version
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Research Group
Mathematical Physics
Volume number
29
Pages (from-to)
158-169
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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.