人类使用的植物的全球分布
S Pironon1,2, I Ondo1,2, M Diazgranados1,3
1Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 18, 2024
概括
保护利用的植物多样性对于人类的生存至关重要. 虽然土著土地拥有丰富的植物资源,但保护区往往缺乏这种多样性,强调需要更好的保护策略.
科学领域:
- 植物学
- 保护生物学
- 生物地理
背景情况:
- 人类生活依赖于植物,使得利用植物多样性的研究对可持续资源管理至关重要.
- 了解人类使用的植物物种的地理分布对于保护工作至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在各种使用类别中调查使用的植物物种的全球分布模式.
- 评估利用的植物多样性,植物总多样性和保护区的覆盖面之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在10个使用类别中分析了35,687种植物的数据.
- 研究了全球分布模式,并将其与植物的总多样性进行了比较.
- 使用的物种丰富程度与保护区的发生率相关.
主要成果:
- 在使用的植物多样性和全球植物多样性之间发现了一般一致性.
- 确定中美洲,非洲之角和南亚的土著土地作为利用植物多样性的热点.
- 观察到利用物种的丰富性与保护区的存在之间存在负相关性.
结论:
- 同时保护物种多样性及其对人类的贡献是可行的.
- 保护战略必须优先考虑丰富的植物和相关的传统知识.
- 迫切需要采取行动,使保护重点与昆明-蒙特利尔全球生物多样性框架的目标保持一致.
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