在全球分布的保护区中对野生动物健康的看法和监测实践
Diego Montecino-Latorre1, Mathieu Pruvot1,2, Sarah H Olson1
1Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, USA.
概括
保护区 (PA) 的野生动物健康监测不一致,危及生物多样性保护. 许多PA未能记录不健康的野生动物或家禽,因管理不善和缺乏标准化协议而失去宝贵的健康监测数据.
科学领域:
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 野生动物健康监测 野生动物健康监测
- 保护区管理 保护区管理
背景情况:
- 保护区 (PA) 的健康监测对于生物多样性保护至关重要,但其状况在很大程度上是未知的.
- 在健康监测和了解当地对野生动物,人类和牲畜健康相关性的看法方面的差距可能会阻碍PA的有效实施.
研究的目的:
- 在全球范围内评估PAs当前的健康监测实践.
- 评估人们对野生动物健康,病原体传播和动物在PA的存在的看法.
- 为保护工作确定健康数据管理的挑战.
主要方法:
- 一项基于网络的调查被分发给世界各地的电力公司的数据管理人员.
- 评估了对野生动物健康,物种间病原体传播,不健康动物 (野生动物和家禽) 的检测/记录以及数据管理实践的看法.
- 分析了来自128个PA的86个响应.
主要成果:
- 97%的受访者承认野生动物健康 (WH) 与PA保护目标的相关性,其中98%遇到不健康的野生动物.
- >50%报告说受伤/生病的动物和>20%报告死亡的动物没有被记录.
- 发现了不一致的记录方法,缺乏家庭动物健康数据 (74%),以及数据存储的多样性 (数据库,纸张,电子表格).
结论:
- 在PA中记录不健康的野生动物和家禽方面存在显著的数据缺口.
- 不充分的管理和缺乏标准化的协议导致有价值的综合征性野生动物健康监测数据丢失.
- 解决这些缺陷对于提高PA地区生物多样性保护成果至关重要.
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