Summary
The rate and extent of global biodiversity change is surpassing our ability to measure, monitor and forecast trends. We propose an interconnected worldwide system of observation networks — a global biodiversity observing system (GBiOS) — to coordinate monitoring worldwide and inform action to reach international biodiversity targets.
Authors:Gonzalez A. Vihervaara P. Balvanera P. Bates A. Bayraktarov E. Bellingham P.J. Bruder A. Campbell J. Catchen M.D. Cavender-Bares J. Chase J. Coops N. Costello M.J. Dornelas M. Dubois G. Duffy E.J. Eggermont H. Fernandez N. Ferrier S. Geller G.N. Gill M. Gravel D. Guerra C.A. Guralnick R. Harfoot M. Hirsch T. Hoban S. Hughes A.C. Hunter M.E. Isbell F. Jetz W. Juergens N. Kissling W.D. Krug C.B. Le Bras Y. Leung B. Londono-Murcia M.C. Lord J.M. Loreau M. Luers A. Ma K. MacDonald A.J. McGeoch M. Millette K.L. Molnar Z. Mori A.S. Muller-Karger F.E. Muraoka H. Navarro L. Newbold T. Niamir A. Obura D. O'Connor M. Paganini M. Pereira H. Poisot T. Pollock L.J. Purvis A. Radulovici A. Rocchini D. Schaepman M. Schaepman-Strub G. Schmeller D.S. Schmiedel U. Schneider F.D. Shakya M.M. Skidmore A. Skowno A.L. Takeuchi Y. Tuanmu M.-N. Turak E. Turner W. Urban M.C. Urbina-Cardona N. Valbuena R. van Havre B. Wright E.
Published in: 2023
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Program area: East Antarctica Monitoring Program
Gonzalez A., Vihervaara P., Balvanera P., Bates A., Bayraktarov E., Bellingham P.J., Bruder A., Campbell J., Catchen M.D., Cavender-Bares J., Chase J., Coops N., Costello M.J., Dornelas M., Dubois G., Duffy E.J., Eggermont H., Fernandez N., Ferrier S., Geller G.N., Gill M., Gravel D., Guerra C.A., Guralnick R., Harfoot M., Hirsch T., Hoban S., Hughes A.C., Hunter M.E., Isbell F., Jetz W., Juergens N., Kissling W.D., Krug C.B., Le Bras Y., Leung B., Londono-Murcia M.C., Lord J.M., Loreau M., Luers A., Ma K., MacDonald A.J., McGeoch M., Millette K.L., Molnar Z., Mori A.S., Muller-Karger F.E., Muraoka H., Navarro L., Newbold T., Niamir A., Obura D., O'Connor M., Paganini M., Pereira H., Poisot T., Pollock L.J., Purvis A., Radulovici A., Rocchini D., Schaepman M., Schaepman-Strub G., Schmeller D.S., Schmiedel U., Schneider F.D., Shakya M.M., Skidmore A., Skowno A.L., Takeuchi Y., Tuanmu M.-N. , Turak E., Turner W., Urban M.C., Urbina-Cardona N., Valbuena R., van Havre B., Wright E.
(2023)
A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide actio,
Nature Ecology & Evolution
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02171-0;