Monitoring Biodiversity Change through Effective Global Coordination

Authors

• Laetitia M. Navarro, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
• Néstor Fernández, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
• Carlos Guerra, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
• Rob Guralnick, University of Florida Museum of Natural History
• W Daniel Kissling, University of Amsterdam
• Maria Cecilia Londoño, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos, Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
• Frank Muller-Karger, University of South FloridaFollow
• Eren Turak, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, 10 Valentine Avenue, Parramatta 2150, NSW, Australia
• Patricia Balvanera, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad (IIES), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo Postal 27-3, Sta Ma de Guido, Morelia Michoacan 58090, Mexico
• Mark J. Costello, University of Auckland
• Aurelie Delavaud, French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB), Institut d’Océanographie, 195 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, France
• GY El Serafy, Stichting Deltares, Marine and Coastal Systems Unit, Boussinesqweg 1, 2629 HV Delft, P.O. Box 177, 2600 MH Delft, The Netherlands
• Simon Ferrier, CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1700, Canberra 2601, ACT, Australia
• Ilse Geijzendorffer, Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands
• Gary N. Geller, Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland
• Walter Jetz, Yale University
• Eun-Shik Kim, Kookmin University
• HyeJin Kim, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
• Corinne S. Martin, UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom
• Melodie A. McGeoch, Monash University
• Tuyeni H. Mwampamba, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad (IIES), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo Postal 27-3, Sta Ma de Guido, Morelia Michoacan 58090, Mexico
• Jeanne L. Nel, Institute for Environmental Studies
• Emily Nicholson, Deakin University
• Nathalie Pettorelli, Institute of Zoology
• Michael E. Schaepman, University of Zurich
• Andrew Skidmore, University of Twente
• Isabel Sousa Pinto, Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environemntal Research (CIIMAR) and University of Porto
• Sheila Vergara, Biodiversity Information Management, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Forestry Campus, UPLB, Los Banos, Laguna 4031, Philippines
• Petteri Vihervaara, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
• Haigen Xu, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences
• Tetsukazu Yahara, Kyushu University
• Mike Gill, Polar Knowledge Canada, P.O. Box 162, Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada B0P 1H0
• Henrique M. Pereira, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.005

Abstract

The ability to monitor changes in biodiversity, and their societal impact, is critical to conserving species and managing ecosystems. While emerging technologies increase the breadth and reach of data acquisition, monitoring efforts are still spatially and temporally fragmented, and taxonomically biased. Appropriate long-term information remains therefore limited. The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) aims to provide a general framework for biodiversity monitoring to support decision-makers. Here, we discuss the coordinated observing system adopted by GEO BON, and review challenges and advances in its implementation, focusing on two interconnected core components — the Essential Biodiversity Variables as a standard framework for biodiversity monitoring, and the Biodiversity Observation Networks that support harmonized observation systems — while highlighting their societal relevance.

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Was this content written or created while at USF?

Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, v. 29, p. 158-169

Scholar Commons Citation

Navarro, Laetitia M.; Fernández, Néstor; Guerra, Carlos; Guralnick, Rob; Kissling, W Daniel; Londoño, Maria Cecilia; Muller-Karger, Frank; Turak, Eren; Balvanera, Patricia; Costello, Mark J.; Delavaud, Aurelie; El Serafy, GY; Ferrier, Simon; Geijzendorffer, Ilse; Geller, Gary N.; Jetz, Walter; Kim, Eun-Shik; Kim, HyeJin; Martin, Corinne S.; McGeoch, Melodie A.; Mwampamba, Tuyeni H.; Nel, Jeanne L.; Nicholson, Emily; Pettorelli, Nathalie; Schaepman, Michael E.; Skidmore, Andrew; Sousa Pinto, Isabel; Vergara, Sheila; Vihervaara, Petteri; Xu, Haigen; Yahara, Tetsukazu; Gill, Mike; and Pereira, Henrique M., "Monitoring Biodiversity Change through Effective Global Coordination" (2017). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 2192.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2192