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Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination
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posted on 2017-12-01, 00:00 authored by L M Navarro, N Fernández, C Guerra, R Guralnick, W D Kissling, M C Londoño, F Muller-Karger, E Turak, P Balvanera, M J Costello, A Delavaud, G Y El Serafy, S Ferrier, I Geijzendorffer, G N Geller, W Jetz, E S Kim, H J Kim, C S Martin, M A McGeoch, T H Mwampamba, J L Nel, Emily NicholsonEmily Nicholson, N Pettorelli, M E Schaepman, A Skidmore, I Sousa Pinto, S Vergara, P Vihervaara, H Xu, T Yahara, M Gill, H M Pereira© 2018 The Authors The ability to monitor changes in biodiversity, and their societal impact, is critical to conserving species and managing ecosystems. While emerging technologies increase the breadth and reach of data acquisition, monitoring efforts are still spatially and temporally fragmented, and taxonomically biased. Appropriate long-term information remains therefore limited. The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) aims to provide a general framework for biodiversity monitoring to support decision-makers. Here, we discuss the coordinated observing system adopted by GEO BON, and review challenges and advances in its implementation, focusing on two interconnected core components — the Essential Biodiversity Variables as a standard framework for biodiversity monitoring, and the Biodiversity Observation Networks that support harmonized observation systems — while highlighting their societal relevance.
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Current opinion in environmental sustainabilityVolume
29Pagination
158 - 169Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1877-3435Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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