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Beyond the Hype: Navigating the Conservation Implications of Artificial Intelligence

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13076

Chris Sandbrook

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A 150-Year Avian Extinction Debt Forewarns a Global Species Crisis and Highlights Conservation Opportunities 150 年的鸟类灭绝债务预示着全球物种危机，并凸显了保护机遇

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13078

Zhibang Wang, Ning Cui, Chih-Ming Hung, Shou-Hsien Li, Feng Dong

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Effects of Freshwater Protected Areas on Survival of a Critically Endangered Cetacean 淡水保护区对极度濒危鲸目动物生存的影响

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13081

Yi Han, Wenjing Xu, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang, Zhigang Mei

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Evolution and Viability of Asian Horseshoe Crabs Appear Tightly Linked to Geo-Climatic Dynamics in the Sunda Shelf

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13074

Qian Tang, Akbar John, Yusli Wardiatno, Shin Nishida, Van Tu Do, Xiaoyong Xie, Siddhartha Pati, Handoko Adi Susanto, Sukree Hajisamae, Bryan Raveen Nelson, Wah Wah Min, Mohammad Eusuf Hasan, Tristan Salles, Yilin Chen, Yanhua Qu, Fumin Lei, Byrappa Venkatesh, Frank E. Rheindt

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Creating an Authorizing Environment to Care for Country

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13075

Teagan Shields, Leah Talbot, Jack Pascoe, Josh Gilbert, Jade Gould, Barry Hunter, Stephen van Leeuwen

{"title":"Creating an Authorizing Environment to Care for Country","authors":"Teagan Shields, Leah Talbot, Jack Pascoe, Josh Gilbert, Jade Gould, Barry Hunter, Stephen van Leeuwen","doi":"10.1111/conl.13075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13075","url":null,"abstract":"Typically, Western Science approaches the study of complex systems by examining the component parts outside of their contextual relationships. In contrast, Indigenous people continue to advocate the need for land and seascape approaches that include all aspects of life, particularly the special relationship between Kin (people), Country, and Knowledge. Globally, Indigenous people are lobbying for environmental research to take a rights-based approach that improves economic opportunities; confers greater authority over the stewardship of Country; delivers equity in managing Country; emboldens control to integrate knowledge systems; values and promotes culture; and recognizes Indigenous self-determination. In Australia, the National Indigenous Environment Research Network (NIERN) proposal offers a solution that supports the rights-based approach driven by Indigenous Australians through the establishment of a community of practice guided by Indigenous researchers and Indigenous Knowledge holders. We describe this Indigenous-led solution to the self-determination of Indigenous environmental research priorities by exploring the concept, the authorizing environment, and the mutual benefits that could be delivered by such a network. The empowerment of Indigenous people in research is possible if an all-of-system approach is taken. This approach must involve Indigenous people in all decision-making processes including the development of research priorities, the design of methodologies, the interpretation of findings, and finally the evaluation of outputs and outcomes.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Long-distance Friends and Collective Action in Fisheries Management

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13073

Kristopher M. Smith, Anne C. Pisor, Bertha Aron, Kasambo Bernard, Paschal Fimbo, Haji Machano, Rose Kimesera, Jason Rubens, Lorna Slade, Jumanne Sobo, Ali Thani, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder

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European Native Oyster Reef Ecosystems Are Universally Collapsed

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13068

Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Hannah McCormick, Alison Debney, José M. Fariñas‐Franco, Celine Gamble, Chris Gillies, Boze Hancock, Ane T. Laugen, Stéphane Pouvreau, Joanne Preston, William G. Sanderson, Åsa Strand, Ruth H. Thurstan

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Threatened Mammals With Alien Populations: Distribution, Causes, and Conservation

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13069

Lisa Tedeschi, Bernd Lenzner, Anna Schertler, Dino Biancolini, Franz Essl, Carlo Rondinini

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High Fish Biomass and Low Nutrient Enrichment Synergistically Enhance Stability in a Seagrass Meta-Ecosystem 高鱼类生物量与低营养物质富集协同增强海草元生态系统的稳定性

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13071

Maximilian H. K. Hesselbarth, Jacob E. Allgeier

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How Do We Identify Anthropogenic Allee Effects in the Wildlife Trade? 如何识别野生动物贸易中的人为近郊效应？