Biodiversity post-2020: closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation

Andrea Perino, Henrique M. Pereira, Maria Felipe-Lucia, HyeJin Kim, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Melissa R. Marselle, Jasper N. Meya, Carsten Meyer, Laetitia M. Navarro, Roel van Klink, Georg Albert, Christopher D. Barratt, Helge Bruelheide, Yun Cao, Ariane Chamoin, Marianne Darbi, Maria Dornelas, Nico Eisenhauer, Franz Essl, Nina FarwigJohannes Förster, Jörg Freyhof, Jonas Geschke, Felix Gottschall, Carlos Guerra, Peter Haase, Thomas Hickler, Ute Jacob, Thomas Kastner, Lotte Korell, Ingolf Kühn, Gerlind U. C. Lehmann, Bernd Lenzner, Alexandra Marques, Elena Motivans Švara, Laura C. Quintero, Andrea Pacheco, Alexander Popp, Julia Rouet-Leduc, Florian Schnabel, Julia Siebert, Ingmar R. Staude, Stefan Trogisch, Vid Švara, Jens-Christian Svenning, Guy Pe'er, Kristina Raab, Demetra Rakosy, Marie Vandewalle, Alexandra S. Werner, Christian Wirth, Haigen Xu, Dandan Yu, Yves Zinngrebe, Aletta Bonn

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Abstract

National and local governments need to step up efforts to effectively implement the post-2020 global biodiversity framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity to halt and reverse worsening biodiversity trends. Drawing on recent advances in interdisciplinary biodiversity science, we propose a framework for improved implementation by national and subnational governments. First, the identification of actions and the promotion of ownership across stakeholders need to recognize the multiple values of biodiversity and account for remote responsibility. Second, cross-sectorial implementation and mainstreaming should adopt scalable and multifunctional ecosystem restoration approaches and target positive futures for nature and people. Third, assessment of progress and adaptive management can be informed by novel biodiversity monitoring and modeling approaches handling the multidimensionality of biodiversity change.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere12848
Number of pages16
JournalConservation Letters
VolumeEarly View
Early online date21 Nov 2021
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 21 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • Biodiversity change
  • Global biodiversity framework
  • Implementation
  • Mainstreaming
  • Monitoring
  • Remote responsibility
  • Restoration
  • Scenario
  • Values

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