Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coasts
Abstract The loss of natural wetland habitats along China's coasts has contributed to population declines in waterbirds, especially migratory shorebirds. Identifying important shorebird sites is important for habitat conservation and management. We integrated shorebird survey datasets from mult...
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| author | Houlang Duan Xiubo Yu Shaoxia Xia Yu Liu |
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| description | Abstract The loss of natural wetland habitats along China's coasts has contributed to population declines in waterbirds, especially migratory shorebirds. Identifying important shorebird sites is important for habitat conservation and management. We integrated shorebird survey datasets from multiple sources (bird‐watching websites, survey reports, and published literature) for coastal wetlands in China and used the criterion of 1% of the global or flyway population (hereafter, Ramsar 1% criterion) and priority index Pi to identify conservation priority sites and corresponding prioritization rank. We used gap analysis to identify the conservation status of natural protected areas. Forty‐eight conservation priority sites, where 31 shorebird species met the Ramsar 1% criterion. The prioritization rank was very high priority for six sites, high priority for five sites, and priority for 37 sites. There were 28 conservation priority sites for shorebirds with conservation gaps, and these accounted for 58.33% of all 48 conservation priority sites. Of these unprotected sites, the prioritization ranks were very high priority or high priority for six sites, which were mainly concentrated in Jiangsu province. We recommend prioritizing the protection of these sites by creating new protected areas or incorporating these areas into the existing system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-300c21d55b0e41e198396030ca478cb02022-12-22T00:08:17ZengWileyEcosphere2150-89252022-02-01132n/an/a10.1002/ecs2.3950Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coastsHoulang Duan0Xiubo Yu1Shaoxia Xia2Yu Liu3Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaAbstract The loss of natural wetland habitats along China's coasts has contributed to population declines in waterbirds, especially migratory shorebirds. Identifying important shorebird sites is important for habitat conservation and management. We integrated shorebird survey datasets from multiple sources (bird‐watching websites, survey reports, and published literature) for coastal wetlands in China and used the criterion of 1% of the global or flyway population (hereafter, Ramsar 1% criterion) and priority index Pi to identify conservation priority sites and corresponding prioritization rank. We used gap analysis to identify the conservation status of natural protected areas. Forty‐eight conservation priority sites, where 31 shorebird species met the Ramsar 1% criterion. The prioritization rank was very high priority for six sites, high priority for five sites, and priority for 37 sites. There were 28 conservation priority sites for shorebirds with conservation gaps, and these accounted for 58.33% of all 48 conservation priority sites. Of these unprotected sites, the prioritization ranks were very high priority or high priority for six sites, which were mainly concentrated in Jiangsu province. We recommend prioritizing the protection of these sites by creating new protected areas or incorporating these areas into the existing system.https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3950coastal wetlandconservation priority sitesgap analysishabitat conservation |
| spellingShingle | Houlang Duan Xiubo Yu Shaoxia Xia Yu Liu Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coasts Ecosphere coastal wetland conservation priority sites gap analysis habitat conservation |
| title | Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coasts |
| title_full | Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coasts |
| title_fullStr | Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coasts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coasts |
| title_short | Conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on China's coasts |
| title_sort | conserving unprotected important sites for shorebirds on china s coasts |
| topic | coastal wetland conservation priority sites gap analysis habitat conservation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3950 |
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