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Integrative research of Mediterranean climate regions: a global call to action 地中海气候区综合研究：全球行动呼吁书

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892924000067

Ignasi Arranz, Enric Batllori, Cristina Linares, William J. Ripple, Núria Bonada

{"title":"Integrative research of Mediterranean climate regions: a global call to action","authors":"Ignasi Arranz, Enric Batllori, Cristina Linares, William J. Ripple, Núria Bonada","doi":"10.1017/s0376892924000067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892924000067","url":null,"abstract":"Mediterranean climate regions (hereafter ‘Med-regions’) cover small areas globally but harbour a wide diversity of ecosystems that are under serious threat due to current global climate change. Despite intensive research and conservation efforts in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems to prevent the consequences of habitat fragmentation, overfishing and changes in fire regimes and heatwaves, there is still no global consensus on how to conserve and manage Med-region ecosystems. We define integrative research as an interdisciplinary approach with common concepts and metrics enabling a better understanding of the general mechanisms underlying ecosystems. Building upon existing literature that promotes integrative research in Med-region ecosystems, we advocate for a more integrative approach that takes into consideration cross-ecosystem generalities and common resilience mechanisms. We propose examples of potential studies for implementing such integrative research, including: (1) integrative research across ecosystems; (2) integrative research across Med-regions; and (3) integrative research across political boundaries. We then offer recommendations for promoting integrative studies, including leveraging biodiversity data, establishing working groups in research syntheses and testing theoretical frameworks. Promoting integrative research in Med-regions would enable and facilitate the roadmap towards a better understanding of Med-region ecosystems’ responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances and the identification of ecological baselines. We seek to foster future research synergies to identify tipping points across ecosystems and aid in determining desired future conditions in Med-regions globally.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140036166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Evaluating guidelines as key components of conservation policies: a conceptual framework and a pilot application 评估作为保护政策关键组成部分的指导方针：概念框架和试点应用

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892924000055

Angela Osorio, Laurent Schmitt, Dominique Badariotti, Yves Meinard

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Market–community collaborative wildlife management in Malawi: subjectivities and shifting configurations of protests and celebrations 马拉维的市场-社区野生动物合作管理：抗议和庆祝活动的主体性和变化配置

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-02-28 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892924000043

Sane Pashane Zuka, Brenda Kanyika Zuka

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Community-based monitoring reveals low anthropogenic pressure on a game vertebrate population in a sustainable-use Amazonian protected area 以社区为基础的监测显示，在一个可持续利用的亚马逊保护区内，人为因素对一种野生脊椎动物种群造成的压力很小

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892924000031

Yasmin Maria Sampaio dos Reis, Maíra Benchimol

{"title":"Community-based monitoring reveals low anthropogenic pressure on a game vertebrate population in a sustainable-use Amazonian protected area","authors":"Yasmin Maria Sampaio dos Reis, Maíra Benchimol","doi":"10.1017/s0376892924000031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892924000031","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Biodiversity systematic monitoring programmes have been expanding across the globe, especially in protected areas (PAs). Amongst sustainable-use PAs, medium- to large-sized mammals and birds comprise crucial groups to monitor, given their importance to forest functionality and subsistence for local residents. Here, we used 6 years of community-based monitoring data from a sustainable-use PA in the Brazilian Amazonia (Tapajós–Arapiuns Extractive Reserve) to examine the influence of anthropogenic stressors and time on the density and biomass of forest mammal and bird game species. We further assessed trends in population density of target groups over the period. A total of 1915 km of line-transect surveys were completed by trained local monitors along eight established transects, providing data from 12 medium-sized and five large-sized game genera. Generalized linear mixed models of all medium-sized species, all large species and four individual taxa (Tinamidae, Dasyproctidae, primates and Cervidae) showed that some species (e.g., Dasyprocta croconota) exhibited great density, whereas others (e.g., Tapirus terrestris and Tayassu pecari) were rarely detected. Anthropogenic variables did not affect the density and biomass of the overall medium-sized and large vertebrates. Dasyproctidae, Tinamidae and primates were the only taxa influenced by anthropogenic stressors, with negative influence occurring only for Tinamidae. Moreover, density of groups and taxa remained stable throughout the period in the Reserve, although the frequency of some species may indicate past population losses. Continuation of this monitoring programme is required to improve understanding of population fluctuations, but over the 6 years studied, game population density and biomass were not linked to anthropogenic stressors.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139951286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Identifying medium- and large-sized mammal species sensitive to anthropogenic impacts for monitoring in subtropical montane forests 确定亚热带山地森林中对人为影响敏感的中型和大型哺乳动物物种，以便进行监测

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1017/s037689292400002x

Sofía Bardavid, Luis Rivera, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Anna M Pidgeon, Volker C Radeloff, Natalia Politi

{"title":"Identifying medium- and large-sized mammal species sensitive to anthropogenic impacts for monitoring in subtropical montane forests","authors":"Sofía Bardavid, Luis Rivera, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Anna M Pidgeon, Volker C Radeloff, Natalia Politi","doi":"10.1017/s037689292400002x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s037689292400002x","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Medium- and large-sized mammals play important roles in maintaining forest ecosystem functions, and these functions often diminish when mammal species are depleted by human activities. Understanding the sensitivity or tolerance of mammal species to human pressure and detecting species changes through monitoring programmes can inform appropriate management decisions. The objective of our study was to identify medium- and large-sized mammal species that can be included in a monitoring programme in the Southern Yungas of Argentina. We used occupancy modelling to estimate the probability of habitat use (ψ) of 13 of 25 mammal species detected by 165 camera traps placed in forests across a range of human footprint index (HFI) values. As defined by the HFI, 54% of the study area is wilderness. The probabilities of habitat use of two mammal species were significantly associated with the HFI: the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris; ψ = 0.33, range = 0.22–0.50) was inversely associated with HFI values, whereas the grey brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira; ψ = 0.79, range = 0.67–0.87) was positively associated with the HFI. Monitoring the probability of habitat use of the sensitive species (lowland tapir) could help us to detect changes in areas experiencing anthropogenic impacts before they cause extirpation, whereas the high probability of the habitat use values of the tolerant species (grey brocket deer) might indicate that anthropogenic impacts are strongly influencing habitat, signalling that mitigation strategies might be warranted. The Southern Yungas retains an intact mammal fauna, and we showed that the HFI is useful for monitoring anthropogenic impacts on these mammals. There are still opportunities to develop conservation strategies to minimize threats to mammal species in the region by implementing a monitoring programme with the proposed species.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139753312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Perceived benefits, burdens and effectiveness of a buffer zone programme in improving protected area–people relationships 缓冲区计划在改善保护区与人的关系方面的预期效益、负担和效果

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892924000018

Sweta Dixit, Neelam Chandra Poudyal, Thakur Silwal, Omkar Joshi, Ananta Bhandari, Ganesh Pant, Donald G Hodges

{"title":"Perceived benefits, burdens and effectiveness of a buffer zone programme in improving protected area–people relationships","authors":"Sweta Dixit, Neelam Chandra Poudyal, Thakur Silwal, Omkar Joshi, Ananta Bhandari, Ganesh Pant, Donald G Hodges","doi":"10.1017/s0376892924000018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892924000018","url":null,"abstract":"Programmes focused on buffer zones (BZs) and park revenue-sharing (PRS) are aimed at sharing protected area (PA) benefits with local communities to meet their development needs and, in turn, improve the PA–people relationship. However, whether and how these programmes improve public attitudes towards PAs is little understood. We assessed how residents perceive the benefit and burdens of Nepal’s BZ programme, which shares up to 50% of PA revenue with communities, and how this process relates to their perceptions of change in the PA–people relationship since the BZ programme was implemented. Survey results from 2122 households in the BZs of six PAs showed that residents’ perceptions of PA–people relationships had improved since the BZ programme’s implementation. Furthermore, the perceived trend in the PA–people relationship was positively related to the perception of benefits and satisfaction with coordination between the PA and local government; it was negatively related to perceived burdens of BZ-related laws in rural development, history of damage/loss from wildlife and misunderstandings of the purpose behind BZ funds being given to local communities. These findings provide valuable insights for PA managers in Nepal and worldwide in designing new or improving existing mechanisms of benefit-sharing with local people and to improve PA–people relationships.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"111 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139515167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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‘… And We have made from water every living thing’: water conservation and the Holy Qur’an '......我以水创造万物'：水资源保护与《古兰经

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1017/s037689292300036x

Lisa A Blankinship, Sarah Gillaspie, Khaled Obaideen, Basil H Aboul-Enein

{"title":"‘… And We have made from water every living thing’: water conservation and the Holy Qur’an","authors":"Lisa A Blankinship, Sarah Gillaspie, Khaled Obaideen, Basil H Aboul-Enein","doi":"10.1017/s037689292300036x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s037689292300036x","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Water conservation is of particular importance for arid regions, including many Muslim-majority countries. With the added pressures of human population growth and expansion and global climate change, water conservation efforts are imperative to extending the life of current water supplies as well as to sourcing water treatment methods that are religiously congruent. We review Qur’anic verses that address water usage and conservation. We searched the English translations of the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an and the King Saud University Electronic Moshaf Project for Qur’anic scripture related to water and water conservation. A total of 25 verses were found that related to creation, water usage for agriculture and food provision/production and as a common resource for humanity. Qur’anic scripture encourages gratitude for water and wise stewardship of this resource. Specific prohibitions against the reuse of water (e.g., treated water) were not found, and recent Islamic literature supports the use of cleansed greywater. Treated greywater may thus be an additional source for agricultural needs, thus reducing the stress placed on already limited water supplies. Water conservation falls within Qur’anic scripture.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139412356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Selective logging intensity and time since logging drive tropical bird and dung beetle diversity: a case study from Amazonia 选择性伐木强度和伐木以来的时间驱动热带鸟类和蜣螂多样性：亚马孙案例研究

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000334

Filipe M França, Wallace Beiroz, Christian B Andretti, Thiago VV Costa, Fernando Z Vaz-De-Mello, Juliana M Silveira, Julio Louzada

{"title":"Selective logging intensity and time since logging drive tropical bird and dung beetle diversity: a case study from Amazonia","authors":"Filipe M França, Wallace Beiroz, Christian B Andretti, Thiago VV Costa, Fernando Z Vaz-De-Mello, Juliana M Silveira, Julio Louzada","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000334","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how selective logging affects biodiversity is crucial to planning cost-effective conservation strategies in tropical forests, yet there is limited understanding of its impacts on fauna functional diversity in the tropical Americas. We assessed how selective logging intensification and time since logging influence multiple metrics of fauna functional integrity in the Brazilian Amazon by collecting bird and dung beetle data within 48 logging management units that had experienced varying exploitation intensities between 1.5–2.0 and 5.0–6.0 years before the faunal surveys. We investigated assemblage responses and used functional attributes to assess changes in functional diversity, specialization, originality and species rarity. Using point counts and pitfall traps, we collected 5081 records of 182 bird species and 7892 dung beetles from 45 species. Logging intensification led to significant declines in most dung beetle responses and bird body mass, whereas time since logging was a key driver of dung beetle and bird functional and taxonomic diversity. Our study presents novel empirical evidence of how logging intensification effects vary across taxa, ecological metrics and time since logging, which is key to informing forest conservation and further investigating environmental degradation impacts on tropical biodiversity.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139078029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Methodological approaches to assessing population-level impacts of bird collisions with wind turbines: a critical perspective 评估鸟类与风力涡轮机碰撞对种群影响的方法：重要视角

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000346

Thierry Chambert, Olivier Duriez, Aurélien Besnard

{"title":"Methodological approaches to assessing population-level impacts of bird collisions with wind turbines: a critical perspective","authors":"Thierry Chambert, Olivier Duriez, Aurélien Besnard","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000346","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Wind energy is a source of collision fatalities for birds and bats. To evaluate the risk that wind power development projects might pose to the conservation of protected species, it is essential to quantify the impact of collisions on the dynamics of wild populations. To address this challenge, two approaches are primarily employed: potential biological removal (PBR) and population projection analysis (PPA). PBR is a decision rule designed to calculate a sustainable fatality limit for a given population, whereas PPA relies on simulation-based modelling to forecast a population’s future trajectory under various scenarios. In the context of environmental impact assessments (EIAs), we argue that PPA offers a more suitable method than PBR for evaluating population-level impacts resulting from collisions with wind turbines. Unlike PBR, PPA can be focused on a single source of disturbance, aligning with the perspective of the EIA process. By contrast, PBR necessarily adopts a population-centred perspective and is therefore only relevant when considering all sources of mortality that jointly affect a population. Furthermore, robust utilization of the PBR approach requires the definition of quantitative conservation objectives and the implementation of a comprehensive management strategy evaluation, neither of which is ever undertaken within the context of an EIA.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139057217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Droughts and controlled rivers: how Belo Monte Dam has affected the food security of Amazonian riverine communities 干旱与受控河流：贝洛蒙特大坝如何影响亚马逊河沿岸社区的粮食安全

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Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000358

Priscila FM Lopes, Marta Cousido-Rocha, Monalisa RO Silva, Cristiane C Carneiro, Juarez CB Pezzuti, Eduardo G Martins, Eder MS De Paula, Alpina Begossi, Maria G Pennino

{"title":"Droughts and controlled rivers: how Belo Monte Dam has affected the food security of Amazonian riverine communities","authors":"Priscila FM Lopes, Marta Cousido-Rocha, Monalisa RO Silva, Cristiane C Carneiro, Juarez CB Pezzuti, Eduardo G Martins, Eder MS De Paula, Alpina Begossi, Maria G Pennino","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000358","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The Neotropics have vast river catchments with untapped hydroelectric potential, but there are multiple expected negative impacts of dams, including those on local food security and livelihoods. Yet, monitoring of dam effects on subsistence is rare, particularly during initial implementation. Our study assessed changes in human fish consumption near the Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian Amazon during the period 2012–2021, which covers construction, operation and a severe El Niño-induced drought. Over time, fish became less common and were consumed in smaller amounts, even though fewer people shared meals. The largest changes occurred between 2013 and 2016 (post-construction but prior to full operation), resulting in a downward trend in fish consumption, particularly during the drought season. Adding more fish species to the diet did not increase consumption per person. These changes in fish consumption suggest that they stem from environmental impacts of the project (e.g., reduced river level), despite secondary effects from climatic events. These findings underscore the urgent need for comprehensive assessments of the social and ecological impacts of large infrastructure projects in the Amazon, along with sustainable and equitable management strategies to ensure food security and meet the needs of local communities.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139057220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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