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Scenarios and models to support global conservation targets
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posted on 2023-05-20, 02:18 authored by Nicholson, E, Elizabeth FultonElizabeth Fulton, Thomas BrooksThomas Brooks, Blanchard, R, Leadley, P, Metzger, JP, Mokany, K, Stevenson, S, Wintle, BA, Woolley, SNC, Barnes, M, Watson, JEM, Ferrier, SGlobal biodiversity targets have far-reaching implications for nature conservation worldwide. Scenarios and models hold unfulfilled promise for ensuring such targets are well founded and implemented; here, we review how they can and should inform the Aichi Targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and their reformulation. They offer two clear benefits: providing a scientific basis for the wording and quantitative elements of targets; and identifying synergies and trade-offs by accounting for interactions between targets and the actions needed to achieve them. The capacity of scenarios and models to address complexity makes them invaluable for developing meaningful targets and policy, and improving conservation outcomes.
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Publication title
Trends in Ecology and EvolutionVolume
34Pagination
57-68ISSN
0169-5347Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Elsevier Science LondonPlace of publication
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