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A practical guide to the application of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems criteria
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posted on 2015-02-19, 00:00 authored by J P Rodríguez, D A Keith, K M Rodríguez-Clark, N J Murray, Emily NicholsonEmily Nicholson, T J Regan, R M Miller, E G Barrow, Lucie Bland, K Boe, T M Brooks, M A Oliveira-Miranda, M Spalding, P WitThe newly developed IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is part of a growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity, which addresses ecosystems and their functioning. The Red List of Ecosystems standard allows systematic assessment of all freshwater, marine, terrestrial and subterranean ecosystem types in terms of their global risk of collapse. In addition, the Red List of Ecosystems categories and criteria provide a technical base for assessments of ecosystem status at the regional, national, or subnational level. While the Red List of Ecosystems criteria were designed to be widely applicable by scientists and practitioners, guidelines are needed to ensure they are implemented in a standardized manner to reduce epistemic uncertainties and allow robust comparisons among ecosystems and over time. We review the intended application of the Red List of Ecosystems assessment process, summarize 'best-practice' methods for ecosystem assessments and outline approaches to ensure operational rigour of assessments. The Red List of Ecosystems will inform priority setting for ecosystem types worldwide, and strengthen capacity to report on progress towards the Aichi Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity. When integrated with other IUCN knowledge products, such as the World Database of Protected Areas/Protected Planet, Key Biodiversity Areas and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Red List of Ecosystems will contribute to providing the most complete global measure of the status of biodiversity yet achieved.
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Philosophical transactions bVolume
370Issue
1662Pagination
1 - 9Publisher
Royal Society PublishingLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1471-2970Language
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IUCN Red List of Ecosystemsecosystem conservationecosystem risk assessmentecosystem typesrisk of collapsethreatened ecosystemsClassificationConservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemEndangered SpeciesModels, BiologicalRisk AssessmentScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineBiologyLife Sciences & Biomedicine - Other TopicsEXTINCTIONSTATES
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