How can global conventions for biodiversity and ecosystem services guide local conservation actions?

Ilse R Geijzendorffer; Astrid JA van Teeffelen; Hilary Allison; Daniela Braun; Katherine  Horgan; Maitane Iturrate-Garcia; Maria João Santos; Loïc Pellissier; Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard; Simone Quatrini; Shoko Sakai; Debra Zuppinger-Dingley

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2017.12.011

How can global conventions for biodiversity and ecosystem services guide local conservation actions?

Ilse R Geijzendorffer^*, Astrid JA van Teeffelen, Hilary Allison, Daniela Braun, Katherine Horgan, Maitane Iturrate-Garcia, Maria João Santos, Loïc Pellissier, Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard, Simone Quatrini, Shoko Sakai, Debra Zuppinger-Dingley

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Abstract

With global science-policy conventions for biodiversity and ecosystem services in place, much effort goes into monitoring and reporting on the progress toward policy targets. As conservation actions happen locally, can such global monitoring and reporting efforts effectively guide conservation actions at subnational level? In this paper we explore three different perspectives: policy reporting for policy implementation; scientific knowledge for empowerment and actions; and from past trends to influencing the future. Using these three perspectives, we identify ways forward for both decision makers and scientists on how to engage, inform and empower a larger diversity of actors who make decisions on the future of biodiversity and ecosystem services at multiple scales.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-150
Number of pages	6
Journal	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.12.011
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017

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Geijzendorffer, I. R., van Teeffelen, A. JA., Allison, H., Braun, D., Horgan, K., Iturrate-Garcia, M., Santos, M. J., Pellissier, L., Prieur-Richard, A.-H., Quatrini, S., Sakai, S., & Zuppinger-Dingley, D. (2017). How can global conventions for biodiversity and ecosystem services guide local conservation actions? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 29, 145-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.12.011

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abstract = "With global science-policy conventions for biodiversity and ecosystem services in place, much effort goes into monitoring and reporting on the progress toward policy targets. As conservation actions happen locally, can such global monitoring and reporting efforts effectively guide conservation actions at subnational level? In this paper we explore three different perspectives: policy reporting for policy implementation; scientific knowledge for empowerment and actions; and from past trends to influencing the future. Using these three perspectives, we identify ways forward for both decision makers and scientists on how to engage, inform and empower a larger diversity of actors who make decisions on the future of biodiversity and ecosystem services at multiple scales.",

author = "Geijzendorffer, {Ilse R} and {van Teeffelen}, {Astrid JA} and Hilary Allison and Daniela Braun and Katherine Horgan and Maitane Iturrate-Garcia and Santos, {Maria Jo{\~a}o} and Lo{\"i}c Pellissier and Anne-H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Prieur-Richard and Simone Quatrini and Shoko Sakai and Debra Zuppinger-Dingley",

note = "Funding text 1: Authors are grateful for the discussion opportunity created at the {\textquoteleft}Global Change and Biodiversity{\textquoteright} conference organized by the University of Z{\"u}rich Research Priority Programme on Global Change and Biodiversity, where the work for this manuscript was initiated. Funders of the conference are: Congressi Stefano Franscini , ETHZ , Swiss National Science Foundation and the University of Zurich . Reflections presented in this paper contribute to the ongoing work in the GEO BON Policy Taskforce. Funding text 2: IG's contribution was partly funded by the ECOPOTENTIAL project under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No 641762).",

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