Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
Conserv Biol. 2024 Feb;38(1):e14161. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14161. Epub 2023 Oct 11.
Citizen science plays a crucial role in helping monitor biodiversity and inform conservation. With the widespread use of smartphones, many people share biodiversity information on social media, but this information is still not widely used in conservation. Focusing on Bangladesh, a tropical megadiverse and mega-populated country, we examined the importance of social media records in conservation decision-making. We collated species distribution records for birds and butterflies from Facebook and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), grouped them into GBIF-only and combined GBIF and Facebook data, and investigated the differences in identifying critical conservation areas. Adding Facebook data to GBIF data improved the accuracy of systematic conservation planning assessments by identifying additional important conservation areas in the northwest, southeast, and central parts of Bangladesh, extending priority conservation areas by 4,000-10,000 km . Community efforts are needed to drive the implementation of the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets, especially in megadiverse tropical countries with a lack of reliable and up-to-date species distribution data. We highlight that conservation planning can be enhanced by including available data gathered from social media platforms.
公民科学在帮助监测生物多样性和为保护提供信息方面发挥着至关重要的作用。随着智能手机的广泛使用，许多人在社交媒体上分享生物多样性信息，但这些信息在保护中尚未得到广泛应用。以孟加拉国为例，孟加拉国是一个热带生物多样性丰富、人口众多的国家，我们研究了社交媒体记录在保护决策中的重要性。我们从 Facebook 和全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF）中整理了鸟类和蝴蝶的物种分布记录，将其分为仅 GBIF 数据和 GBIF 和 Facebook 数据相结合的数据，并调查了识别关键保护区域的差异。将 Facebook 数据添加到 GBIF 数据中，通过在孟加拉国西北部、东南部和中部识别出更多重要的保护区域，将优先保护区域扩大了 4000-10000 公里，从而提高了系统保护规划评估的准确性。需要社区的努力来推动实施雄心勃勃的《昆明-蒙特利尔全球生物多样性框架》目标，特别是在那些生物多样性丰富但缺乏可靠和最新物种分布数据的热带大国。我们强调，通过包括来自社交媒体平台的可用数据，可以增强保护规划。
