Global Mammal Assessment programme, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell'Università 32, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2011 Sep 27;366(1578):2591-7. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0111.
A global strategy is necessary to achieve the level of coordination, synergy and therefore optimization of resources to achieve the broad goal of conserving mammals worldwide. Key elements for the development of such a strategy include: an institutional subject that owns the strategy; broad conservation goals, quantitative targets derived from them and appropriate indicators; data on the distribution of species, their threats, the cost-effectiveness of conservation actions; and a set of methods for the identification of conservation priorities. Previous global mammal research investigated phylogeny, extinction risk, and the species and areas that should be regarded as global conservation priorities. This theme issue presents new key elements: an updated Red List Index, a new list of evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species, new high-resolution mammal distribution models, a global connectivity analysis and scenarios of future mammal distribution based on climate and land-cover change. Area prioritization schemes account for mammalian phylogeny, governance and cost-benefit of measures to abate habitat loss. Three discussion papers lay the foundations for the development of a global unifying mammal conservation strategy, which should not be further deterred by the knowledge gaps still existing.
制定全球战略对于实现协调、协同以及资源优化至关重要，从而实现保护全球哺乳动物这一广泛目标。制定此类战略的关键要素包括：拥有该战略的机构主体；广泛的保护目标，以及从中衍生的量化指标和适当指标；物种分布、威胁、保护行动成本效益方面的数据；以及一套用于确定保护重点的方法。之前的全球哺乳动物研究调查了系统发育、灭绝风险以及应被视为全球保护重点的物种和区域。本期特刊提出了新的关键要素：更新的红色名录指数、新的进化独特且全球濒危物种清单、新的高分辨率哺乳动物分布模型、全球连通性分析以及基于气候和土地覆盖变化的未来哺乳动物分布情景。区域优先规划方案考虑了哺乳动物的系统发育、治理以及减轻栖息地丧失措施的成本效益。三篇讨论文件为制定全球统一的哺乳动物保护战略奠定了基础，不应再因仍然存在的知识差距而受阻。
