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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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