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author Plumptre, Andrew J
Waliczky, Zoltan
Baisero, Daniele
Crowe, Olivia
Kivono, Jeannot
Tobar, Cecilia
Toscano, Maria Gabriela
Boulad, Natalia
Costa, Hugo
Davila, Camila
Dirou, Sophie
Duarte, Eleuterio
Fierro, Karolina
Castellanos-Castro, Carolina
Haddad, Hanna
Holness, Stephen
Maisels, Fiona
Marnewick, Daniel
Mbende, Menard
Mheiri, Maitha Abdulla Al
Moundzoho, Dissondet
Nampindo, Simon
Nangendo, Grace
Ngama, Steeve
Numa, Catherine
Peñaranda, Diego
Rijal, Samridhi
Sánchez-Nivicela, Manuel
Skowno, Andrew
Starnes, Thomas
Texier, Nicolas
von Staden, Lize
Bowser, Anne
Brooks, Thomas M
Bunting, Gill
Butchart, Stuart H M
Cox, Neil
Elliot, Wendy
Gilbert, Jo
Langhammer, Penny
Langrand, Olivier
Neugarten, Rachel
Rao, Madhu
Rodriguez, Jon Paul
Della Togna, Gina
Upgren, Amy
Woodley, Stephen
author_facet Plumptre, Andrew J
Waliczky, Zoltan
Baisero, Daniele
Crowe, Olivia
Kivono, Jeannot
Tobar, Cecilia
Toscano, Maria Gabriela
Boulad, Natalia
Costa, Hugo
Davila, Camila
Dirou, Sophie
Duarte, Eleuterio
Fierro, Karolina
Castellanos-Castro, Carolina
Haddad, Hanna
Holness, Stephen
Maisels, Fiona
Marnewick, Daniel
Mbende, Menard
Mheiri, Maitha Abdulla Al
Moundzoho, Dissondet
Nampindo, Simon
Nangendo, Grace
Ngama, Steeve
Numa, Catherine
Peñaranda, Diego
Rijal, Samridhi
Sánchez-Nivicela, Manuel
Skowno, Andrew
Starnes, Thomas
Texier, Nicolas
von Staden, Lize
Bowser, Anne
Brooks, Thomas M
Bunting, Gill
Butchart, Stuart H M
Cox, Neil
Elliot, Wendy
Gilbert, Jo
Langhammer, Penny
Langrand, Olivier
Neugarten, Rachel
Rao, Madhu
Rodriguez, Jon Paul
Della Togna, Gina
Upgren, Amy
Woodley, Stephen
Plumptre, Andrew J
Waliczky, Zoltan
Baisero, Daniele
Crowe, Olivia
Kivono, Jeannot
Tobar, Cecilia
Toscano, Maria Gabriela
Boulad, Natalia
Costa, Hugo
Davila, Camila
Dirou, Sophie
Duarte, Eleuterio
Fierro, Karolina
Castellanos-Castro, Carolina
Haddad, Hanna
Holness, Stephen
Maisels, Fiona
Marnewick, Daniel
Mbende, Menard
Mheiri, Maitha Abdulla Al
Moundzoho, Dissondet
Nampindo, Simon
Nangendo, Grace
Ngama, Steeve
Numa, Catherine
Peñaranda, Diego
Rijal, Samridhi
Sánchez-Nivicela, Manuel
Skowno, Andrew
Starnes, Thomas
Texier, Nicolas
von Staden, Lize
Bowser, Anne
Brooks, Thomas M
Bunting, Gill
Butchart, Stuart H M
Cox, Neil
Elliot, Wendy
Gilbert, Jo
Langhammer, Penny
Langrand, Olivier
Neugarten, Rachel
Rao, Madhu
Rodriguez, Jon Paul
Della Togna, Gina
Upgren, Amy
Woodley, Stephen
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Changes in Key Biodiversity Area networks following national comprehensive assessments. Plumptre, Andrew J Waliczky, Zoltan Baisero, Daniele Crowe, Olivia Kivono, Jeannot Tobar, Cecilia Toscano, Maria Gabriela Boulad, Natalia Costa, Hugo Davila, Camila Dirou, Sophie Duarte, Eleuterio Fierro, Karolina Castellanos-Castro, Carolina Haddad, Hanna Holness, Stephen Maisels, Fiona Marnewick, Daniel Mbende, Menard Mheiri, Maitha Abdulla Al Moundzoho, Dissondet Nampindo, Simon Nangendo, Grace Ngama, Steeve Numa, Catherine Peñaranda, Diego Rijal, Samridhi Sánchez-Nivicela, Manuel Skowno, Andrew Starnes, Thomas Texier, Nicolas von Staden, Lize Bowser, Anne Brooks, Thomas M Bunting, Gill Butchart, Stuart H M Cox, Neil Elliot, Wendy Gilbert, Jo Langhammer, Penny Langrand, Olivier Neugarten, Rachel Rao, Madhu Rodriguez, Jon Paul Della Togna, Gina Upgren, Amy Woodley, Stephen Biodiversity Conservation of Natural Resources Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity. Based on the Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA Standard), published in 2016, sites are currently being assessed for KBA designation in a growing number of countries across the world. For these assessments, the KBA criteria are applied to all species and ecosystems with available data. We reviewed the first comprehensive assessments of 11 countries and compared the KBA network before and after assessments. The mean (SD) number of KBAs per country increased by 69.6% (102.1), and the mean total extent of KBAs per country increased by 164.2% (150.7). More than half of the KBAs in 2024 had >50% of their area outside the 2019 KBAs, indicating a substantial increase in KBA extent (54.0% [18.8] of KBAs). The mean proportion of each KBA covered by protected or conserved areas decreased from 56.2% (20.2) to 44.5% (15.5), owing to the incorporation of unprotected sites in the KBA network. On average, 41.1% (14.0) of sites in each country (mean 44.5 [46.4] sites per country) and 47.2% (20.5) of new KBA area after the assessment were completely unprotected, indicating that many of the new sites were not recognized in national protected area networks as significant for biodiversity before the assessment. Making a comprehensive assessment of KBAs increased the combined coverage of protected and conserved area networks from 25.4% (10.6) to 32.0% (13.1) in each country and thus contributed to reducing biodiversity loss. Therefore, comprehensive assessments of KBAs led to a substantially increased number and extent of recognized sites of importance for biodiversity published in the World Database of KBAs. Where such assessments have not been made, many important areas for biodiversity may be overlooked. We therefore encourage other nations to update their KBA networks to inform efforts to meet the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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spellingShingle Changes in Key Biodiversity Area networks following national comprehensive assessments.
Plumptre, Andrew J
Waliczky, Zoltan
Baisero, Daniele
Crowe, Olivia
Kivono, Jeannot
Tobar, Cecilia
Toscano, Maria Gabriela
Boulad, Natalia
Costa, Hugo
Davila, Camila
Dirou, Sophie
Duarte, Eleuterio
Fierro, Karolina
Castellanos-Castro, Carolina
Haddad, Hanna
Holness, Stephen
Maisels, Fiona
Marnewick, Daniel
Mbende, Menard
Mheiri, Maitha Abdulla Al
Moundzoho, Dissondet
Nampindo, Simon
Nangendo, Grace
Ngama, Steeve
Numa, Catherine
Peñaranda, Diego
Rijal, Samridhi
Sánchez-Nivicela, Manuel
Skowno, Andrew
Starnes, Thomas
Texier, Nicolas
von Staden, Lize
Bowser, Anne
Brooks, Thomas M
Bunting, Gill
Butchart, Stuart H M
Cox, Neil
Elliot, Wendy
Gilbert, Jo
Langhammer, Penny
Langrand, Olivier
Neugarten, Rachel
Rao, Madhu
Rodriguez, Jon Paul
Della Togna, Gina
Upgren, Amy
Woodley, Stephen
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Changes in Key Biodiversity Area networks following national comprehensive assessments. Plumptre, Andrew J Waliczky, Zoltan Baisero, Daniele Crowe, Olivia Kivono, Jeannot Tobar, Cecilia Toscano, Maria Gabriela Boulad, Natalia Costa, Hugo Davila, Camila Dirou, Sophie Duarte, Eleuterio Fierro, Karolina Castellanos-Castro, Carolina Haddad, Hanna Holness, Stephen Maisels, Fiona Marnewick, Daniel Mbende, Menard Mheiri, Maitha Abdulla Al Moundzoho, Dissondet Nampindo, Simon Nangendo, Grace Ngama, Steeve Numa, Catherine Peñaranda, Diego Rijal, Samridhi Sánchez-Nivicela, Manuel Skowno, Andrew Starnes, Thomas Texier, Nicolas von Staden, Lize Bowser, Anne Brooks, Thomas M Bunting, Gill Butchart, Stuart H M Cox, Neil Elliot, Wendy Gilbert, Jo Langhammer, Penny Langrand, Olivier Neugarten, Rachel Rao, Madhu Rodriguez, Jon Paul Della Togna, Gina Upgren, Amy Woodley, Stephen Biodiversity Conservation of Natural Resources Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity. Based on the Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA Standard), published in 2016, sites are currently being assessed for KBA designation in a growing number of countries across the world. For these assessments, the KBA criteria are applied to all species and ecosystems with available data. We reviewed the first comprehensive assessments of 11 countries and compared the KBA network before and after assessments. The mean (SD) number of KBAs per country increased by 69.6% (102.1), and the mean total extent of KBAs per country increased by 164.2% (150.7). More than half of the KBAs in 2024 had >50% of their area outside the 2019 KBAs, indicating a substantial increase in KBA extent (54.0% [18.8] of KBAs). The mean proportion of each KBA covered by protected or conserved areas decreased from 56.2% (20.2) to 44.5% (15.5), owing to the incorporation of unprotected sites in the KBA network. On average, 41.1% (14.0) of sites in each country (mean 44.5 [46.4] sites per country) and 47.2% (20.5) of new KBA area after the assessment were completely unprotected, indicating that many of the new sites were not recognized in national protected area networks as significant for biodiversity before the assessment. Making a comprehensive assessment of KBAs increased the combined coverage of protected and conserved area networks from 25.4% (10.6) to 32.0% (13.1) in each country and thus contributed to reducing biodiversity loss. Therefore, comprehensive assessments of KBAs led to a substantially increased number and extent of recognized sites of importance for biodiversity published in the World Database of KBAs. Where such assessments have not been made, many important areas for biodiversity may be overlooked. We therefore encourage other nations to update their KBA networks to inform efforts to meet the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
title Changes in Key Biodiversity Area networks following national comprehensive assessments.
topic Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41025938/