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Factors affecting the availability of data on East African wildlife: the monitoring needs of conservationists are not being met
Moreno, I.; Gippet, J.M.W.; Fumagalli, L.; Stephenson, P.J. (2023). Factors affecting the availability of data on East African wildlife: the monitoring needs of conservationists are not being met. Biodivers. Conserv. 32(1): 249-273. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02497-4
In: Biodiversity and Conservation. Kluwer Academic Publishers/Springer: London. ISSN 0960-3115; e-ISSN 1572-9710
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Biodiversity monitoring · Data availability · East Africa · Global biodiversity information facility · IUCN red list of threatened species · Living Planet Index |
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- Moreno, I.
- Gippet, J.M.W.
- Fumagalli, L.
- Stephenson, P.J.
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Understanding the status and abundance of species is essential for effective conservation decision-making. However, the availability of species data varies across space, taxonomic groups and data types. A case study was therefore conducted in a high biodiversity region—East Africa—to evaluate data biases, the factors influencing data availability, and the consequences for conservation. In each of the eleven target countries, priority animal species were identified as threatened species that are protected by national governments, international conventions or conservation NGOs. We assessed data gaps and biases in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and the Living Planet Index. A survey of practitioners and decision makers was conducted to confirm and assess consequences of these biases on biodiversity conservation efforts. Our results showed data on species occurrence and population trends were available for a significantly higher proportion of vertebrates than invertebrates. We observed a geographical bias, with higher tourism income countries having more priority species and more species with data than lower tourism income countries. Conservationists surveyed felt that, of the 40 types of data investigated, those data that are most important to conservation projects are the most difficult to access. The main challenges to data accessibility are excessive expense, technological challenges, and a lack of resources to process and analyse data. With this information, practitioners and decision makers can prioritise how and where to fill gaps to improve data availability and use, and ensure biodiversity monitoring is improved and conservation impacts enhanced. |
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