Lanzas Mónica, Pou Nuria, Bota Gerard, Pla Magda, Villero Dani, Brotons Lluis, Sainz de la Maza Pau, Bach Joaquim, Pont Sara, Anton Marc, Herrando Sergi, Hermoso Virgilio
Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, Spain.
Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, Spain.
J Environ Manage. 2024 Mar;354:120247. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120247. Epub 2024 Feb 16.
The latest report on the state of nature in Europe (2013-2018) shows that biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, with most protected species and habitats in poor condition. Despite an increasing volume of collected biodiversity information, urgent action is needed to integrate biodiversity data and knowledge to improve conservation efforts. We conducted a study in Catalonia (NE Spain), where we collected management measures implemented between 2013 and 2018, including allocation, budget, pressures aimed, and habitats/species potentially benefiting. We integrated information on pressures and habitats/species with the measures to identify non-spatial management gaps. Then, we integrated the spatially explicit information to determine the spatial management gap, identifying geographical areas where species/habitats are under pressure without registered measures. We demonstrated the importance of integrating existing information. Our findings revealed that resources were often not distributed adequately across species/habitats, with biases towards certain taxa being a common issue. The non-spatial management gap analysis identified taxonomic groups, especially plants and mollusks with the wider management gaps. We also identified threatened areas, especially in the northeast of the region with the larger spatial management gaps. These results could guide priority objectives to optimize conservation efforts. Integrating different information sources provided a broader view of the challenges that conservation science is facing nowadays. Our study offers a path toward bending the curve of biodiversity loss by providing an integrative framework that could optimize the use of the available information and help narrow the knowing-doing gap. In the context of the EU, this example demonstrates how information can be used to promote some environmental policy instruments, such as the Prioritized Action Frameworks (PAFs). Additionally, our findings highlight the importance of supporting decision-making with systematic assessments to identify deficiencies in the conservation process, reduce the loss of critical ecosystems and species, and avoid biases among taxa.
最新的欧洲自然状况报告（2013 - 2018年）显示，生物多样性正以惊人的速度下降，大多数受保护物种和栖息地状况不佳。尽管收集到的生物多样性信息数量不断增加，但仍需要采取紧急行动，整合生物多样性数据和知识，以加强保护工作。我们在加泰罗尼亚（西班牙东北部）开展了一项研究，收集了2013年至2018年期间实施的管理措施，包括资源分配、预算、目标压力以及可能受益的栖息地/物种。我们将压力信息与栖息地/物种信息和这些措施相结合，以识别非空间管理差距。然后，我们整合空间明确信息来确定空间管理差距，识别出物种/栖息地面临压力但未采取登记措施的地理区域。我们证明了整合现有信息的重要性。我们的研究结果表明，资源往往没有在物种/栖息地之间得到充分分配，对某些分类群存在偏见是一个常见问题。非空间管理差距分析确定了分类群，特别是植物和软体动物存在较大的管理差距。我们还确定了受威胁地区，特别是在该地区东北部，存在较大的空间管理差距。这些结果可为优化保护工作的优先目标提供指导。整合不同的信息来源，能更全面地了解保护科学目前面临的挑战。我们的研究提供了一条途径，通过提供一个综合框架来优化可用信息的使用，并有助于缩小认知与行动之间的差距，从而扭转生物多样性丧失的趋势。在欧盟的背景下，这个例子展示了如何利用信息来推动一些环境政策工具，如优先行动框架（PAF）。此外，我们的研究结果强调了通过系统评估支持决策的重要性，以识别保护过程中的不足，减少关键生态系统和物种的损失，并避免分类群之间的偏见。
