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Harnessing Solar Energy to Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch 利用太阳能减少兼捕海龟

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-10-15 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13151

Jesse F. Senko, John Wang, Kayla M. Burgher, Lekelia Danielle Jenkins, Christopher Lue Sang, Mark Bailly, Juan Pablo Cuevas Amadaor, Felipe Cuevas Amadaor, Stuart Bowden, Mike Osmond, Jennifer Blain

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“Walk the Land, Before You Talk About the Land”: TEK‐Based Conservation Monitoring Invalidates Caribou Extirpation Status Assigned by British Columbia and Canada “在你谈论土地之前，先走一走”：基于TEK的保护监测使不列颠哥伦比亚省和加拿大指定的北美驯鹿灭绝状态无效

IF 8.5 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-10-13 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13152

Bruce R. Muir, Jeff Richert

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Greenwashing Marine Conservation: The Use of Artificial Reefs for Fisheries and Coral Restoration Needs Oversight 洗绿海洋保护：人工鱼礁用于渔业和珊瑚恢复需要监督

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13141

Jacob E. Allgeier, Matthew Griffith

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Longevity Collapse in Dolphins: A Growing Conservation Concern in the Bay of Biscay 海豚寿命的缩短：比斯开湾日益增长的保护问题

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13142

Etienne Rouby, Floriane Plard, Vincent Ridoux, Audrey Mauchamp, Willy Dabin, Jérôme Spitz, Matthieu Authier

{"title":"Longevity Collapse in Dolphins: A Growing Conservation Concern in the Bay of Biscay","authors":"Etienne Rouby, Floriane Plard, Vincent Ridoux, Audrey Mauchamp, Willy Dabin, Jérôme Spitz, Matthieu Authier","doi":"10.1111/conl.13142","DOIUrl":"10.1111/conl.13142","url":null,"abstract":"Marine megafauna populations face global decline from human impacts, making early detection of demographic tipping points essential for effective conservation. Traditional viability analyses rely on Capture-Mark-Recapture data, logistically impractical for highly mobile pelagic cetaceans. Stranding data provide an alternative to conventional monitoring. This study presents the first evidence of declining viability in the most abundant cetacean of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Bay of Biscay. Using a novel cross-sectional framework with stratified random sampling, we analyzed age-at-death data from 759 specimens collected between 1997 and 2019. Female longevity declined dramatically from 24 to 17 years, corresponding to a 2.4% reduction in population growth rate. This demographic decline highlights the Bay of Biscay as a demographic sink despite stable abundance estimates. Our findings demonstrate that stranding data can provide acute demographic signals for wide-ranging cetacean species, offering critical early warning indicators for proactive conservation management.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145255160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Marine Conservation Leadership: Does Australia Walk the Talk? 海洋保护领导：澳大利亚是否言出必行？

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13147

Carissa Klein, Kate Becker, David E. Carrasco Rivera, Madeline Davey, Rosa Mar Dominguez-Martinez, Hedley Grantham, Benjamin Lucas, Hugh Possingham, Leslie Roberson, Ama Wakwella, Amelia Wenger, James E. M. Watson

{"title":"Marine Conservation Leadership: Does Australia Walk the Talk?","authors":"Carissa Klein, Kate Becker, David E. Carrasco Rivera, Madeline Davey, Rosa Mar Dominguez-Martinez, Hedley Grantham, Benjamin Lucas, Hugh Possingham, Leslie Roberson, Ama Wakwella, Amelia Wenger, James E. M. Watson","doi":"10.1111/conl.13147","DOIUrl":"10.1111/conl.13147","url":null,"abstract":"The conservation of Australia's extraordinary marine biodiversity has been prominently championed over the past three decades by successive Federal and State Governments, who have consistently portrayed the nation as a global leader in marine protection. Here, we question whether this reputation is justified. We highlight substantial—and in some cases catastrophic—declines in marine species and ecosystems, linked to failures in marine protected area placement and management, fisheries policy, climate change, and water quality regulation. We argue that Australia must strategically expand its network of marine protected areas, prioritizing regions critical for biodiversity and ensuring effective management. This must be complemented by robust policies that promote the sustainable production and consumption of seafood and address the urgent challenges posed by climate change and pollution. Only through such comprehensive and coordinated action can Australia genuinely claim a leadership role in global marine conservation.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13147","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145246639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Broadening the Justifications for Inclusive Conservation: Values Associated With Nature's Contributions to People 拓宽包容性保护的理由：与自然对人类贡献相关的价值观

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13129

Milena Gross, Henrik von Wehrden, Tuyeni Heita Mwampamba, John Sanya, Jasmine Pearson, Jennifer Kasanda Sesabo, Maraja Riechers, Ugo Arbieu, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Berta Martín-López

{"title":"Broadening the Justifications for Inclusive Conservation: Values Associated With Nature's Contributions to People","authors":"Milena Gross, Henrik von Wehrden, Tuyeni Heita Mwampamba, John Sanya, Jasmine Pearson, Jennifer Kasanda Sesabo, Maraja Riechers, Ugo Arbieu, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Berta Martín-López","doi":"10.1111/conl.13129","DOIUrl":"10.1111/conl.13129","url":null,"abstract":"Overlooking the diverse values associated with Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) undermines conservation efforts. To examine this underresearched association, we combined the NCP and plural valuation frameworks to investigate how values are associated with groups of people with shared NCP preferences, referred to as NCP preference clusters. We conducted 623 surveys with 362 farmers, 50 nature conservationists, 55 tour guides, and 156 tourists within the social–ecological system (SES) of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, comprising a national park as well as inhabited and cultivated areas. We identified five distinct clusters, each expressing varying degrees of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values. While each framework overlooks key dimensions of people–nature relationships, combining both frameworks better captures the multidimensionality of such relationships and provides pivotal insights for inclusive conservation. To recognize the distinct associations between NCP preferences and diverse values, diversifying place-based conservation approaches in SESs with (a) protected area(s), without compromising biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, is pivotal.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145234938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Testing the Effect of Different Risk Messages on Intention to Consume Animal-Based Medicinal Wine 测试不同风险信息对消费动物药酒意愿的影响

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13135

Jingjing Zhao, Anita Kar Yan Wan, Xiaoxi Zhang, Beilu Duan, Lishu Li, Tien Ming Lee

{"title":"Testing the Effect of Different Risk Messages on Intention to Consume Animal-Based Medicinal Wine","authors":"Jingjing Zhao, Anita Kar Yan Wan, Xiaoxi Zhang, Beilu Duan, Lishu Li, Tien Ming Lee","doi":"10.1111/conl.13135","DOIUrl":"10.1111/conl.13135","url":null,"abstract":"Owing to the high demand for animal parts for traditional medicines in Asia, the unsustainable wildlife trade remains a major threat to regional conservation efforts. We presented a video-based randomized controlled trial intervention to over 1000 Chinese residents with medicinal needs in a Mekong region seaport. Our results showed that two intervention messages, compared to control, significantly reduced the intention of consumers to use animal-based medicinal wine. Although structural equation models showed that both interventions directly influenced the capability, opportunity, and motivation (COM) not to purchase animal-based medicinal wine, their indirect effects through the COM variables varied across the two treatments. Notably, the health-risk message indirectly affected consumption intention by mediating both health-related and legal-related capabilities not to purchase animal-based medicinal wine, whereas this was not observed for the legal-risk message. Overall, our experiment provided insights into the effective design of campaigns to reduce intention to consume animal-based medicinal wine.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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What Will Count?—Evidence for the Global Recognition of Other Effective area–based Conservation Measures 什么才是重要的？-全球认可其他有效的区域保护措施的证据

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13150

Carly N Cook, Chris Lemieux, Hedley S. Grantham, Madhu Rao, Peter J. Clyne, Vanessa Rathbone, Roshan Sharma

{"title":"What Will Count?—Evidence for the Global Recognition of Other Effective area–based Conservation Measures","authors":"Carly N Cook, Chris Lemieux, Hedley S. Grantham, Madhu Rao, Peter J. Clyne, Vanessa Rathbone, Roshan Sharma","doi":"10.1111/conl.13150","DOIUrl":"10.1111/conl.13150","url":null,"abstract":"Other effective area–based conservation measures (OECMs) are anticipated to play an important role in progress towards global protection targets, with progress being judged on the basis of the areas reported to the World Database on Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM). Given concerns that OECMs may be designated inappropriately, in this study we asked what evidence has been provided to show that sites have been assessed against the criteria to be OECMs. We found <5% of the 6,482 sites in the dataset provide supporting information of any kind, and 2.2% of sites have features that conflict with the definition of an OECM. Although our results cannot determine if sites genuinely meet the criteria to be recognized as OECMs, they reveal a significant issue with the ability to verify whether sites should be in the WD-OECM. To increase the credibility of OECMs, we recommend sites be classed as unconfirmed until they can demonstrate they meet the relevant criteria.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13150","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Languages of Life: A Global Perspective on Linguistic Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation 生命语言：生物多样性保护语言优先事项的全球视角

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13139

Diogo Veríssimo, Carolina Hazin, Ricardo Rocha, Maria P. Dias

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Wilderness Quality, Habitat Connectivity, and the Effectiveness of Protected Areas Diminish as Human Activities Intensify 随着人类活动的加剧，荒野质量、栖息地连通性和保护区的有效性都在下降

IF 7.7 1区环境科学与生态学

Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13149

Wenna Tu, Thomas W. Crowther, Yunyan Du, Lidong Mo, Yibiao Zou, Xianyu Yang, Katharina Runge, Jiawei Yi, Nan Wang, Jiale Qian, Andrew Z. F. Xing, Lalasia Bialic-Murphy

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