1. Priority questions for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean biome: Heterogeneous perspectives across continents and stakeholders
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Maria Jose Martinez-Harms, Eliezer Frankenberg, Pablo A. Marquet, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Phil Rundel, Miguel Clavero, Ana Filipa Filipe, Grant Wardell-Johnson, Patricio Pliscoff, Danilo Russo, Jeffrey Clary, Adriano Martinoli, Leonardo Ancillotto, Karen J. Esler, Jasper A. Slingsby, Milena Holmgren, Ben P. Miller, Lluís Brotons, John Thompson, Nicky Allsopp, Raquel Fagoaga, Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, Peggy L. Fiedler, Angela Wardell-Johnson, Francisco Moreira, Margarita Arianoutsou, Pedro Beja, Sch Agron, CIBIO InBIO, University of Lisbon, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology and Ecogenomics, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University [Shanghai], Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Estación Biológica de Doñana, EBD (CSIC), Department of the Built Environment [Eindhoven], Eindhoven University of Technology [Eindhoven] (TU/e), Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), CIBIO/UP, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), Center of applied ecology & sustainability (CAPES), Facultad de ciencias biologicas [Santiago], Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), Dipartimento di scienze teoriche e applicate [Università degli Studi dell'Insubria] (DiSTA), Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Université de Vienne, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM), Centro de Investigacão em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Curtin University [Perth], Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC), University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, University of the Aegean, Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese] (Uninsubria), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Moreira, Francisco, Allsopp, Nicky, Esler, Karen J., Wardell‐johnson, Grant, Ancillotto, Leonardo, Arianoutsou, Margarita, Clary, Jeffrey, Brotons, Llui, Clavero, Miguel, Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G., Fagoaga, Raquel, Fiedler, Peggy, Filipe, Ana F., Frankenberg, Eliezer, Holmgren, Milena, Marquet, Pablo A., Martinez‐harms, Maria J., Martinoli, Adriano, Miller, Ben P., Olsvig‐whittaker, Linda, Pliscoff, Patricio, Rundel, Phil, Russo, Danilo, Slingsby, Jasper A., Thompson, John, Wardell‐johnson, Angela, and Beja, Pedro
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0106 biological sciences ,lcsh:QH1-199.5 ,Biome ,Biodiversity ,Climate change ,Recommendations ,lcsh:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,stakeholder differences ,lcsh:QH540-549.5 ,Life Science ,Threats ,Environmental planning ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,General Environmental Science ,Governance ,threats ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Corporate governance ,Stakeholder ,15. Life on land ,PE&RC ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,Biodiversity hotspot ,research questions ,Policy ,Geography ,climate change ,Research questions ,governance ,13. Climate action ,Public participation ,Wildlife Ecology and Conservation ,recommendations ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Identification (biology) ,lcsh:Ecology ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Stakeholder differences ,policy - Abstract
The identification of research questions with high relevance for biodiversity conservation is an important step towards designing more effective policies and management actions, and to better allocate funding among alternative conservation options. However, the identification of priority questions may be influenced by regional differences in biodiversity threats and social contexts, and to variations in the perceptions and interests of different stakeholders. Here we describe the results of a prioritization exercise involving six types of stakeholders from the Mediterranean biome, which includes several biodiversity hotspots spread across five regions of the planet (Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Australia). We found great heterogeneity across regions and stakeholder types in the priority topics identified and disagreement among the priorities of research scientists and other stakeholders. However, governance, climate change, and public participation issues were key topics in most regions. We conclude that the identification of research priorities should be targeted in a way that integrates the spectrum of stakeholder interests, potential funding sources and regional needs, and that further development of interdisciplinary studies is required. The key questions identified here provide a basis to identify priorities for research funding aligned with biodiversity conservation needs in this biome. AFB, Grant/Award Number: 17008; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Grant/Award Number: IF/01053/2015; National Research Foundation Incentive Funding, Grant/Award Number: 103841; REN Biodiversity Chair; EDP Biodiversity Chair; COMPETE, Grant/Award Number: PTDC/AAG‐MAA/2261/2014 POCI‐01‐0145‐FEDER‐356 016824; The Society for Conservation Biology
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- 2019
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