TY - JOUR
T1 - Antarctica and the strategic plan for biodiversity
AU - Chown, Steven L
AU - Brooks, Cassandra M.
AU - Terauds, Aleks
AU - Le Bohec, Céline
AU - van Klaveren-Impagliazzo, Céline
AU - Whittington, Jason D.
AU - Butchart, Stuart H.M.
AU - Coetzee, Bernard W T
AU - Collen, Ben
AU - Convey, Peter
AU - Gaston, Kevin J
AU - Gilbert, Neil
AU - Gill, Mike
AU - Höft, Robert
AU - Johnston, Sam
AU - Kennicutt, Mahlon C.
AU - Kriesell, Hannah J.
AU - Le Maho, Yvon
AU - Lynch, Heather J.
AU - Palomares, Maria
AU - Puig-Marcó, Roser
AU - Stoett, Peter
AU - McGeoch, Melodie A
PY - 2017/3/28
Y1 - 2017/3/28
N2 - The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, adopted under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, provides the basis for taking effective action to curb biodiversity loss across the planet by 2020—an urgent imperative. Yet, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, which encompass 10% of the planet’s surface, are excluded from assessments of progress against the Strategic Plan. The situation is a lost opportunity for biodiversity conservation globally. We provide such an assessment. Our evidence suggests, surprisingly, that for a region so remote and apparently pristine as the Antarctic, the biodiversity outlook is similar to that for the rest of the planet. Promisingly, however, much scope for remedial action exists.
AB - The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, adopted under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, provides the basis for taking effective action to curb biodiversity loss across the planet by 2020—an urgent imperative. Yet, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, which encompass 10% of the planet’s surface, are excluded from assessments of progress against the Strategic Plan. The situation is a lost opportunity for biodiversity conservation globally. We provide such an assessment. Our evidence suggests, surprisingly, that for a region so remote and apparently pristine as the Antarctic, the biodiversity outlook is similar to that for the rest of the planet. Promisingly, however, much scope for remedial action exists.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85016957668&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001656
DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001656
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85016957668
SN - 1544-9173
VL - 15
JO - PLoS Biology
JF - PLoS Biology
IS - 3
M1 - e2001656
ER -