Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery
Abstract The need to manage threats to biodiversity, and to do so cost‐effectively, is urgent. Cross‐realm conservation management is recognized as a cost‐effective approach, but it requires collaboration between agencies and jurisdictions, and local knowledge of anthropogenic threats to biodiversit...
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| author | Abbey E. Camaclang Jessica Currie Emily Giles Graham J. Forbes Christopher B. Edge Wendy A. Monk Joseph J. Nocera Graeme Stewart‐Robertson Constance Browne Zoe G. O'Malley James Snider Tara G. Martin |
| author_facet | Abbey E. Camaclang Jessica Currie Emily Giles Graham J. Forbes Christopher B. Edge Wendy A. Monk Joseph J. Nocera Graeme Stewart‐Robertson Constance Browne Zoe G. O'Malley James Snider Tara G. Martin |
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| description | Abstract The need to manage threats to biodiversity, and to do so cost‐effectively, is urgent. Cross‐realm conservation management is recognized as a cost‐effective approach, but it requires collaboration between agencies and jurisdictions, and local knowledge of anthropogenic threats to biodiversity. With its emphasis on stakeholder engagement and use of structured expert elicitation, Priority Threat Management (PTM) facilitates rapid, cross‐realm planning at the regional scale. We used PTM to identify cost‐effective management strategies with the aim of securing nine ecological groups, comprised of 45 species and one ecological community of conservation concern, across terrestrial and freshwater realms within the Wolastoq|Saint John River watershed in Canada. Under business‐as‐usual, four of nine groups are expected to have >50% probability of persistence over the next 25 years. Investment of $141 million over 25 years in three management strategies could secure seven groups across both realms with >50% probability of persistence. Achieving higher levels of persistence comes at a cost—securing six groups with >60% probability of persistence requires investing $218 million over 25 years in seven strategies. Through a structured, iterative process, whereby stakeholders cooperate to clarify objectives, devise management strategies, and collate data, PTM can support timely and cost‐effective management across multiple realms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d07c31b6eb6d4ee5b4f9fa654259500c2023-10-16T14:51:41ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542021-02-0132n/an/a10.1111/csp2.300Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recoveryAbbey E. Camaclang0Jessica Currie1Emily Giles2Graham J. Forbes3Christopher B. Edge4Wendy A. Monk5Joseph J. Nocera6Graeme Stewart‐Robertson7Constance Browne8Zoe G. O'Malley9James Snider10Tara G. Martin11Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia CanadaWWF‐Canada Toronto Ontario CanadaWWF‐Canada Toronto Ontario CanadaUniversity of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick CanadaNatural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service Fredericton New Brunswick CanadaEnvironment and Climate Change Canada at Canadian Rivers Institute University of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick CanadaUniversity of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick CanadaAtlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) Saint John Saint John New Brunswick CanadaNew Brunswick Museum Saint John New Brunswick CanadaUniversity of New Brunswick Fredericton New Brunswick CanadaWWF‐Canada Toronto Ontario CanadaDepartment of Forest and Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia CanadaAbstract The need to manage threats to biodiversity, and to do so cost‐effectively, is urgent. Cross‐realm conservation management is recognized as a cost‐effective approach, but it requires collaboration between agencies and jurisdictions, and local knowledge of anthropogenic threats to biodiversity. With its emphasis on stakeholder engagement and use of structured expert elicitation, Priority Threat Management (PTM) facilitates rapid, cross‐realm planning at the regional scale. We used PTM to identify cost‐effective management strategies with the aim of securing nine ecological groups, comprised of 45 species and one ecological community of conservation concern, across terrestrial and freshwater realms within the Wolastoq|Saint John River watershed in Canada. Under business‐as‐usual, four of nine groups are expected to have >50% probability of persistence over the next 25 years. Investment of $141 million over 25 years in three management strategies could secure seven groups across both realms with >50% probability of persistence. Achieving higher levels of persistence comes at a cost—securing six groups with >60% probability of persistence requires investing $218 million over 25 years in seven strategies. Through a structured, iterative process, whereby stakeholders cooperate to clarify objectives, devise management strategies, and collate data, PTM can support timely and cost‐effective management across multiple realms.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.300complementaritycost‐effectivenesscross‐realm planningdecision analysisNew Brunswickpriority threat management |
| spellingShingle | Abbey E. Camaclang Jessica Currie Emily Giles Graham J. Forbes Christopher B. Edge Wendy A. Monk Joseph J. Nocera Graeme Stewart‐Robertson Constance Browne Zoe G. O'Malley James Snider Tara G. Martin Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery Conservation Science and Practice complementarity cost‐effectiveness cross‐realm planning decision analysis New Brunswick priority threat management |
| title | Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery |
| title_full | Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery |
| title_fullStr | Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery |
| title_short | Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery |
| title_sort | prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery |
| topic | complementarity cost‐effectiveness cross‐realm planning decision analysis New Brunswick priority threat management |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.300 |
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