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Conservation, Volume 1, Issue 2

June 2021 - 6 articles

Cover Story: We surveyed the policymakers and scientific advisors that represented their respective countries in negotiations of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) about their perceptions of the biodiversity science–policy interface (SPI). We found that a wide variety of SPI mechanisms were being used. Overall, they were considered to be sufficiently effective, improving over time, and supplied with information of adequate quality. Most respondents, however, agreed that key actors were still missing from the biodiversity SPI. View this paper
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Articles (6)

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,853 Views
16 Pages

Taxonomy and Translocations of African Mammals: A Plea for a Cautionary Approach

  • Spartaco Gippoliti,
  • Jan Robovský and
  • Francesco M. Angelici

Ecotourism can fuel an important source of financial income for African countries and can therefore help biodiversity policies in the continent. Translocations can be a powerful tool to spread economic benefits among countries and communities; yet, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,123 Views
8 Pages

Animals Traded for Traditional Medicine Purposes in the Kumasi Central Market, Ghana: Conservation Implications

  • Maxwell Kwame Boakye,
  • Alfred Ofori Agyemang,
  • Edward Debrah Wiafe,
  • Hubert Olivier Dossou-Yovo and
  • Meyir Ziekah

The Kumasi Central Market is the largest urban open market in Ghana and animals used for medicinal purposes are among the items that are typically displayed for sale. However, no study has been undertaken on the animal species sold for traditional me...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,112 Views
7 Pages

The Earth’s biodiversity is in crisis. Without radical action to conserve habitats, the current rate of species extinction is predicted to accelerate even further. Efficient species conservation requires planning, management, and continuous biodivers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,049 Views
15 Pages

Assessments of Bacterial Community Shifts in Sediments along the Headwaters of São Francisco River, Brazil

  • Marcos de Paula,
  • Thiago Augusto Costa Silva,
  • Amanda Soriano Araújo and
  • Gustavo Augusto Lacorte

Sustainable use of freshwater resources for human civilization needs requires the assessment and monitoring of freshwater health, and bacterial communities from riverbed sediments have been shown to be susceptible to chronic anthropogenic disturbance...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,475 Views
10 Pages

Small Scale Fisheries, Dolphins and Societal Challenges: A Case Study in the City of Volos, Greece

  • Stergios V. Pardalis,
  • Anastasia Komnenou,
  • Athanasios Exadactylos and
  • Georgios A. Gkafas

Existing literature on dolphin-fisheries interaction focused on Greece reveals both an undeveloped area for research, but also a lack of relevant data in this field. Although imperative, relevant research has been slow on innovation and cooperation a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,087 Views
8 Pages

Country Representatives’ Perceptions of the Biodiversity Science-Policy Interface

  • André Derek Mader,
  • Brian Alan Johnson,
  • Yuki Ohashi and
  • Isabella Fenstermaker

Biodiversity knowledge is communicated by scientists to policymakers at the biodiversity “science-policy interface” (SPI). Although the biodiversity SPI is the subject of a growing body of literature, gaps in our understanding include the efficacy of...

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