将公民科学纳入IUCN红色名单评估中
Rachael Gallagher1, Erin Roger2, Jasmin Packer3,4
1Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
概括
公民科学数据可以帮助评估灭绝风险,但细微的数据类型,如存在-缺席和威胁信息,对于IUCN红色名单标准来说,比简单的发生记录更有价值. 由专家领导的项目提高了数据的可靠性.
科学领域:
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 生物多样性监测 生物多样性监测
- 公民科学 公民科学
背景情况:
- 公民科学在通过物种监测和保护努力解决灭绝危机方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 现有的公民科学数据和计划往往缺乏明确的指导,以根据国际自然保护联盟 (IUCN) 红色名单标准为基础,为灭绝风险评估和保护行动提供信息.
- 公民科学能力与IUCN威胁物种清单的具体数据要求之间存在差距.
研究的目的:
- 分析不同公民科学数据输出的适用性,以告知IUCN红色名单标准 (A-E).
- 为有效的灭绝风险评估推最佳的公民科学数据类型和项目设计.
- 确定成功的公民科学项目的特征,为IUCN的评估做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 检查了IUCN红色名单的每个标准 (A-E) 与五种类型的公民科学输出相比:发生数据,存在-缺席观测,结构化调查,物理样本和叙述.
- 分析了真实世界的公民科学项目,专注于两动物和真菌,以评估它们对IUCN评估的贡献.
- 调查了成功提供了评估有价值数据的公民科学项目的属性.
主要成果:
- 虽然通常使用的发生数据,但对于IUCN评估来说,可能比存在-缺席数据或对威胁的结构化调查数据的影响要小.
- 由经过验证数据的公认专家领导的公民科学项目产生了更高的信心,并且对评估更有价值.
- 来自公民科学的细微数据类型为提高灭绝风险评估的准确性和全面性提供了重大潜力.
结论:
- 加强对验证的公民科学数据的认可和整合对于强有力的灭绝风险评估至关重要.
- 公民科学计划应该优先生成细微的数据 (例如,存在-缺席,威胁信息),以更好地与IUCN标准保持一致.
- 公民科学家和科学专家之间的合作是最大限度地提高公民科学对全球保护工作的影响的关键.
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