Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets
Abstract Wetland conservation is becoming increasingly important as wetland areas decline globally. However, no comprehensive global-scale mapping of wetland conservation priorities and targets has been published. This information is needed to extend the current protected area network and improve th...
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| author | Qu Yi Gong Huixin Zheng Yaomin Shi Jinlian Zeng Xingyu Yang Huize Wang Jiaxin Niu Zhenguo Li Liping Wang Shudong Zhao Tianjie Cao Yue Wang Zongming Mao Dehua Jia Mingming Guo Ke Gong Peng Cui Guofa Huang Xiankai |
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| description | Abstract Wetland conservation is becoming increasingly important as wetland areas decline globally. However, no comprehensive global-scale mapping of wetland conservation priorities and targets has been published. This information is needed to extend the current protected area network and improve the conservation efficiency for wetlands. Here, we propose a cost-effective assessment model for wetland conservation by integrating wetland conservation value- and human impact-related indicators to identify global wetland conservation priorities. These priorities cover 28% of the potential global wetland distribution, and of that, only 44% is currently protected by existing protected areas. To protect more wetland conservation priorities, we propose three target-setting scenarios for protected area expansion that offer additional contributions of 9.40%, 42.40%, and 55.97%, respectively. These three global targets can be downscaled to the national level and used to update national wetland biodiversity conservation strategies and action plans under a harmonized legal and regulatory regime at different scales and jurisdictions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffb971025cbc47d69fe2350a9c80de352024-01-07T12:48:31ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352024-01-015111110.1038/s43247-023-01195-5Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targetsQu Yi0Gong Huixin1Zheng Yaomin2Shi Jinlian3Zeng Xingyu4Yang Huize5Wang Jiaxin6Niu Zhenguo7Li Liping8Wang Shudong9Zhao Tianjie10Cao Yue11Wang Zongming12Mao Dehua13Jia Mingming14Guo Ke15Gong Peng16Cui Guofa17Huang Xiankai18National and Local Joint Laboratory of Wetland and Ecological Conservation, Institute of Natural Resources and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of SciencesBusiness School, Beijing Technology and Business UniversityBusiness School, Beijing Technology and Business UniversityBusiness School, Beijing Technology and Business UniversityNational and Local Joint Laboratory of Wetland and Ecological Conservation, Institute of Natural Resources and Ecology, Heilongjiang Academy of SciencesBusiness School, Beijing Technology and Business UniversityInstitute for Culture and Tourism Development, Beijing Technology and Business UniversityAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute for National Parks, Tsinghua UniversityKey Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of SciencesKey Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of SciencesKey Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing Municipal Research Center for Rural EconomyDepartment of Geography and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong KongSchool of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry UniversityBusiness School, Beijing Technology and Business UniversityAbstract Wetland conservation is becoming increasingly important as wetland areas decline globally. However, no comprehensive global-scale mapping of wetland conservation priorities and targets has been published. This information is needed to extend the current protected area network and improve the conservation efficiency for wetlands. Here, we propose a cost-effective assessment model for wetland conservation by integrating wetland conservation value- and human impact-related indicators to identify global wetland conservation priorities. These priorities cover 28% of the potential global wetland distribution, and of that, only 44% is currently protected by existing protected areas. To protect more wetland conservation priorities, we propose three target-setting scenarios for protected area expansion that offer additional contributions of 9.40%, 42.40%, and 55.97%, respectively. These three global targets can be downscaled to the national level and used to update national wetland biodiversity conservation strategies and action plans under a harmonized legal and regulatory regime at different scales and jurisdictions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01195-5 |
| spellingShingle | Qu Yi Gong Huixin Zheng Yaomin Shi Jinlian Zeng Xingyu Yang Huize Wang Jiaxin Niu Zhenguo Li Liping Wang Shudong Zhao Tianjie Cao Yue Wang Zongming Mao Dehua Jia Mingming Guo Ke Gong Peng Cui Guofa Huang Xiankai Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets Communications Earth & Environment |
| title | Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets |
| title_full | Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets |
| title_fullStr | Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets |
| title_short | Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets |
| title_sort | global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post 2025 targets |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01195-5 |
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