Monitoring biodiversity loss in rapidly changing Afrotropical ecosystems: an emerging imperative for governance and research

AO Achieng, GB Arhonditsis… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Africa is experiencing extensive biodiversity loss due to rapid changes in the environment,
where natural resources constitute the main instrument for socioeconomic development and …

Measuring the impact of conservation: The growing importance of monitoring fauna, flora and funga

PJ Stephenson, MC Londoño-Murcia, PAV Borges… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many stakeholders, from governments to civil society to businesses, lack the data they need
to make informed decisions on biodiversity, jeopardising efforts to conserve, restore and …

[HTML][HTML] Global biodiversity monitoring: from data sources to essential biodiversity variables

V Proença, LJ Martin, HM Pereira, M Fernandez… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) consolidate information from varied
biodiversity observation sources. Here we demonstrate the links between data sources …

An inventory of biodiversity data sources for conservation monitoring

PJ Stephenson, C Stengel - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Many conservation managers, policy makers, businesses and local communities cannot
access the biodiversity data they need for informed decision-making on natural resource …

Historical introgression from wild relatives enhanced climatic adaptation and resistance to pneumonia in sheep

YH Cao, SS Xu, M Shen, ZH Chen… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
How animals, particularly livestock, adapt to various climates and environments over short
evolutionary time is of fundamental biological interest. Further, understanding the genetic …

Bringing sustainability to life: A framework to guide biodiversity indicator development for business performance management

PFE Addison, PJ Stephenson, JW Bull… - … Strategy and the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity loss is a critical sustainability issue, and companies are beginning to seek ways
to assess their biodiversity performance. Initiatives to date have developed biodiversity …

Unblocking the flow of biodiversity data for decision-making in Africa

PJ Stephenson, N Bowles-Newark, E Regan… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
African countries need to conserve biodiversity and use natural resources rationally if they
are to avoid continued environmental degradation that jeopardizes sustainable …

Harnessing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to track the Aichi Targets and Sustainable Development Goals

TM Brooks, SHM Butchart, NA Cox, M Heath… - Biodiversity, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
For 50 years, the IUCN Commissions, Secretariat, Members such as BirdLife International
and partners such as UNEP-WCMC have been mobilising biodiversity and conservation …

[HTML][HTML] The Holy Grail of biodiversity conservation management: monitoring impact in projects and project portfolios

PJ Stephenson - Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Many biodiversity conservation projects struggle to demonstrate the impact of their actions.
Existing project management guidelines inadequately address the issue of planning …

Trends and patterns in the extinction risk of Australia's birds over three decades

AJ Berryman, SHM Butchart, MV Jackson… - Emu-Austral …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Australia recently committed through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
(GBF) to halt human-induced extinction of known threatened species and to reduce …