reviewFrontiers in Ecology and the EnvironmentJul 18, 2022HYBRID OA

Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

FIForest IsbellPBPatricia BalvaneraAMAkira MoriJHJin HeJMJames M. Bullock

University of Minnesota · Universidad de Morelia · +76 more institutions

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Abstract

Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill knowledge gaps, but are rarely able to engage with sufficiently large and diverse groups of specialists. To improve understanding of the perspectives of thousands of biodiversity experts worldwide, we conducted a survey and asked experts to focus on the taxa and freshwater, terrestrial, or marine ecosystem with which they are most familiar. We found several points of overwhelming consensus (for instance, multiple drivers of biodiversity loss interact synergistically) and important demographic and geographic differences in…

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  • Biodiversity
  • Threatened species
  • Environmental resource management
  • Judgement
  • Measurement of biodiversity
  • Geography
  • Habitat
  • Habitat destruction
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