生物多様性の保全:2010年以降の課題
Michael R W Rands1, William M Adams, Leon Bennun
1Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK. mr494@cam.ac.uk
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 11, 2010
まとめ
人口増加と消費は,持続不可能な生物多様性の減少を促しています. 効果的な保全には,地球規模の公共財としての生物多様性を政策や社会的枠組みに統合する根本的な変化が必要である.
科学分野:
- エコロジー エコロジー エコロジー
- 保護生物学の保護生物学
- 環境科学 環境科学
背景:
- 人口増加と一人当たりの消費の増加は,地球の生物多様性の持続不可能な搾取につながっています.
- 生物多様性の減少は,気候変動や海洋酸性化などの人類による影響によって悪化しています.
- 保護の努力と持続可能性への関心が高まっているにもかかわらず,生物多様性の減少は続いている.
研究 の 目的:
- 生物多様性の保全が人間の生存と生態系の機能にとって極めて重要であることを強調する.
- 2010年以降の強化され,適切に資金調達された保全アプローチを提唱する.
- 政策の統合と社会的変化を含む,効果的な生物多様性保全のための根本的な変化を提案する.
主な方法:
- この研究は,生物多様性保全の課題と解決策に関する既存の知識の議論と統合を提示しています.
- 過去と現在の保全戦略の有効性を検討する.
- 政策や社会行動におけるシステム的な変化の必要性を分析する.
主要な成果:
- 生物多様性の持続不可能な搾取は,人口と消費パターンによって引き起こされる.
- 気候変動,海洋酸化,その他の人類による影響により,生物多様性の減少が加速しています.
- 現在の保全の成功は,生物多様性の全体的な減少を止めるには不十分である.
結論:
- 効果的な生物多様性の保全は,人間の生存と生態系サービスのために不可欠です.
- 将来の保全には,強化された,資金援助された戦略と,生物多様性のグローバルな公共財としての認識が必要です.
- 資源管理政策に保全を統合し,制度的/社会的変化を促進することは,効果的な実施に不可欠です.
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