The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 06:25 authored by Hoffmann, M, Hilton-Taylor, C, Angulo, A, Boehm, M, Thomas BrooksThomas Brooks, Butchart, SHM, Carpenter, KE, Chanson, J, Collen, B, Cox, NA, Darwall, WRT, Dulvy, NK, Harrison, LR, Katariya, V, Pollock, CM, Quader, S, Richman, NI, Rodrigues, ASL, Tognelli, MFT, Vie, JC, Aguiar, JM, Allen, DJ, Allen, GR, Amori, G, Ananjeva, NB, Andreone, F, Andrew, P, Ortiz, ALA, Baillie, JEM, Baldi, R, Bell, BD, Biju, SD, Bird, JP, Black-Decima, P, Blanc, JJ, Bolanos, F, Bolivar-G, W, Burfield, IJ, Burton, JA, Capper, DR, Castro, F, Catullo, G, Cavanagh, RD, Channing, A, Chao, NL, Chenery, AM, Chiozza, F, Clausnitzer, V, Collar, NJ, Collett, LC, Collette, BB, Cortez Fernandez, CFC, Craig, MT, Crosby, MJ, Cumberlidge, N, Cuttelod, A, Derocher, AE, Diesmos, AC, Donaldson, JS, Duckworth, JW, Dutson, G, Dutta, SK, Emslie, RH, Farjon, A, Fowler, S, Freyhof, J, Garshelis, DL, Gerlach, J, Gower, DJ, Grant, TD, Hammerson, GA, Harris, RB, Heaney, LR, Hedges, SB, Hero, JM, Hughes, B, Hussain, SA, Icochea-M, J, Inger, RF, Ishii, N, Iskandar, DT, Jenkins, RKB, Kaneko, Y, Kottelat, M, Kovacs, KM, Kuzmin, SL, Marca, EL, Lamoreux, JF, Lau, MWN, Lavilla, EO, Leus, K, Lewison, RL, Lichtenstein, G, Livingstone, SR, Lukoschek, V, Mallon, DP, McGowan, PJK, McIvor, A, Moehlman, PD, Molur, S, Alonso, AM, Musick, JA, Nowell, K, Nussbaum, RA, Olech, W, Orlov, NL, Papenfuss, TJ, Parra-Olea, G, Perrin, WF, Polidoro, BA, Pourkazemi, M, Racey, PA, Ragle, JS, Ram, M, Rathbun, G, Reynolds, RP, Rhodin, AGJ, Richards, SJ, Rodriguez, LO, Ron, SR, Rondinini, C, Rylands, AB, Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y, Sanciangco, JC, Sanders, KL, Santos-Barrera, G, Schipper, J, Self-Sullivan, C, Shi, Y, Shoemaker, A, Short, FT, Sillero-Zubiri, C, Silvano, DL, Smith, KG, Smith, AT, Snoeks, J, Stattersfield, AJ, Symes, AJ, Taber, AB, Talukdar, BK, Temple, HJ, Timmins, R, Tobias, JA, Tsytsulina, K, Tweddle, D, Ubeda, C, Valenti, SV, van Dijk, PP, Veiga, LM, Veloso, A, Wege, DC, Wilkinson, M, Williamson, EA, Xie, F, Young, BE, Akcakaya, HR, Bennun, L, Blackburn, TM, Boitani, L, Dublin, HT, da Fonseca, GAB, Gascon, C, Lacher Jr, TE, Mace, GM, Mainka, SA, McNeely, JA, Mittermeier, RA, Reid, GM, Rodriguez, JP, Rosenberg, AA, Samways, MJ, Smart, J, Stein, BA, Stuart, SNUsing data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world’s vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration would have been at least one-fifth again as much in the absence of these. Nonetheless, current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups: agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species.
History
Publication title
ScienceVolume
330Issue
6010Pagination
1503-1509ISSN
0036-8075Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial SciencesPublisher
Amer Assoc Advancement SciencePlace of publication
1200 New York Ave, Nw, Washington, USA, Dc, 20005Repository Status
- Restricted
